You want to be self-sceptical
“You should be sceptical about your own beliefs”
This is absolutely basic and has been talked of over and over again
You should be sceptical not just of your beliefs. That is easy.
You should be sceptical of every THOUGHT which emerges in you
And you should be sceptical of every FEELING which emerges in you
ESPECIALLY every feeling
Because feeling influences every thought, which influences every belief,
And then every belief produces a thought which itself feeds back to the feeling
And perhaps you’re so dull that you don’t even realise that every thought of yours actually has a feeling
That every thought of yours isn’t just a simple thought that you can do whatever you want with
That it is instead bound to a deeper process
Process which you can only feel, observe how it feels
Thus when a feeling emerges — that’s true calling to be sceptical
It’s when you should ask — WHERE DID THIS FEELING EMERGE FROM?
Is it outside?
It is inside?
If it’s inside — how did it get inside?
If it’s outside — how have you ended up in that time and place where that feeling could emerge in you? And how did you let it emerge in you?
If you’re experiencing resistance to something — ask WHY?
Where has it came from
HOW REAL IS IT?
How well does this experience of resistance inform you of the nature of an object?
If you’re experiencing pull towards something — ask WHY?
What do you want really?
What exactly are you being pulled towards?
This is real self-scepticism
This is real self-control
Manipulating abstract ideas is an idle past-time. Being sceptical about this person or that technology or this trend or that influencer… all that is child’s play. It’s playing with the toys of ideas and thoughts.
Turn scepticism INWARDS
That is the true KEY to the reality you’re experiencing
There’s NO FEELING that should go unexamined
And again — I’m not saying this merely philosophically
EVERY SINGLE DAY you make decisions based on your FEELINGS — which you then more or less rationalise, or sometimes even take for granted entirely.
“I feel like being entertained”
“I feel like making myself more important”
“I feel like being proud”
“I feel like being shy”
“I feel like being antagonistic”
“I feel like being self-indulgent”
“I feel like proving something”
“I feel like distracting myself with something”
This is the TRUE tapestry of your day to day motivations and “goals”
This doesn’t come after your grand plans — it precedes them