after some time on twitter people tend to either overvalue it or devalue it both are nonsense twitter is just a page with short sentences the beauty of twitter is that it’s a page with short sentences (or short articles made of short sentences!) if you want to read many sentences about …
Doubt and Insecurity
Insecurity is subset of the doubt. Doubt is great. Insecurity is delusional. Doubt is questioning. Doubt is reflection. Doubt is exploration. Doubt is great. You want to doubt everything. This is intelligence – this constant vigilance. But to doubt oneself is to create the self – which is delusion. You create the self …
To Seek Empowerment Is To Escape Responsibility
*Empowerment* implies one doesn’t have the power. It’s a dangerous proposition. You crave power. Only NOT. You really crave submission. You want your life to be simple and predictable, orderly and permanent. To seek empowerment is to escape the responsibility. Why ‘seek it’? So that you can’t find it, yes? So …
Respect is a Bad Habit
Respect is a bad habit. We learnt RESPECT out of compulsion, indolence and meekness. We were forced to DEFER and RESPECT. We grew fond of this affliction, in our innate intellectual slothfulness and weakness. Now it’s just a bad habit. All habits are mediocrity and bad habits are destructive. You …
To Raise a Fool
For every rule and every belief you instill in your pupil — his intelligence and individuality is lessened, damaged. If you teach rules and expect them to be obeyed — then you expect to raise a fool. Don’t teach. Facilitate independent discovery. You can create an environment in which independence and …
Expectations Promise Mediocrity
Expectations promise mediocrity. Every expectation is a seed of countless limitations. Every limitation is a drop from the heights of true excellence. For the highest excellence to come into being – the path must be clear of impediments. Every idea you have about the outcome will limit you drastically. To excel one must forget …
Discipline is comfort It’s easier to pay with some effort, buy psychological ease It’s difficult to live within the heart of the unknown — Janus (@JanusFaustus) March 25, 2019
Old Age And Truth
Hoping there’s something glorifying about old age and edifying is as dangerous a belief as it is delusional. One only becomes more godly with age because one finally starts giving though to one’s obviously imminent death. Most men learn nothing from their experiences. So there goes the wisdom-with-experience argument. Confusing exoteric with …
Stealing Ideas
I will gladly steal the brilliant insights of greater then me and post them/ tweet them/ write a fucking book about them …as my own — because thats how little I care about looking good. Every idea known to men shall be repeated infinitely many times. You can’t really steal ideas. It’s like …
Don’t Sell Yourself
I found myself wondering if he was being disingenuous or… just selling. And then I realised it meant the same thing. It’s often the same thing You sell your stuff to someone, you sell yourself to others… Before you know it you lose track of which part of you is for sale and which …