When you want something gone, You can’t simply think: “I WANT IT GONE” Obviously If you want it gone entirely — it must also be gone from your thoughts Well, when you think how much you “want it gone” — you’re thinking OF IT Therefore it’s NOT gone from your thoughts quite a paradox …
Tag: Change
Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure
What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity? Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society Now what do …
Wisdom of Inexplicable Self-Correcting Open Systems (Rant)
Being precisely right is overrated Being “right for good reason” is overrated Just being right gets the job done This is the magic of just DOING, vs overthinking Once you start doing it, playing with it, tinkering, solving problems — you find solutions Sometimes you even find solutions you don’t even understand This …
How DEAD Is It? What’s left?
What’s LEFT does not replace that which has passed The photograph does not replace the person, though it looks the same The person that changed is NOT the same person, though it’s named the same The place feels different without someone or something, though it’s still the same place etc Let’s not pretend …
We Domesticate Impermanence by Clinging to Vestiges
We domesticate impermanence by clinging to any vestige of what once was. Everything changes, nothing lasts And even if something lasts — your perception of it changes. You change The only thing that “lasts” is that which is beyond you. It’s beyond you therefore you can’t get hold of it — it …
Where Does “PROGRESSIVE” Come From, Historically?
Where does “PROGRESSIVE” come from? Let’s first be clear what we’re talking about, Let’s say “progressive” in this context means “SOCIAL REFORM” So where does SOCIAL REFORM come from? Here is where: TECHNOLOGY If not for technology, you would still be spending day and night toiling at the fields Large % of that …
If You’re Pushing Yourself, You Should Get Some “NEGATIVITY”
If you’re PUSHING, of course the WORLD/REALITY push back The WORLD: -your hitherto world is not BUILD for the new world you’re creating, it has to be broken down e.g. past people have to be removed –places have to be changed –old habits are now inefficiencies and vulnerabilities, you need new habits -to ADD something …
Everyone Should Get “Rich”
Do you need food? Do you need shelter? Do you have shelter? Do you have all the food? Do you have enough to live indefinitely? If you don’t then how do you know you will have it tomorrow? What if you won’t? What if you starve? What if you freeze? This is …
If You Can’t Own Who You Are Then How Could You Get What You Want?
If you can’t own who you are, then how could you own what you like? and then how could you GET what you WANT, get what you LIKE? Where do you draw the line? Where does self-consciousness start? Does it start with your vulnerabilities? Where do you begin to feel ashamed? What would you …
It’s NOT about the POSSIBILITY of IMPROVEMENT — it’s about the AGGREGATE WILL TO CHANGE
OPPORTUNITIES TO IMPROVE ARE EVERYWHERE (IMPROVEMENT is INTRINSIC to REALITY) =EVERY SINGLE THING IN YOUR LIFE has INNATELY the PROPERTY of being SUSCEPTIBLE TO IMPROVEMENT, by definition -every single thing can be changed, -improvement is a form of change Furthermore The EXPRESSION OF THE TRUTH of that POSSIBILITY of IMPROVEMENT is UBIQUITOUS: -when someone …