There’s function and dysfunction (let’s define “function” as the opposite of dysfunction) -to function is to function well -to dysfunction is to function unwell -to function unwell is to eventually NOT function, to eventually fail -to function well is to survive and thrive, and continue functioning, and functioning well Usually dysfunction is quickly revealed. …
Tag: Change
Your Own Growth is a Burden
I wrote that attachment alone is holding you back I wrote that bad luck is great Those two together result in: You become attached to your great fortunes and advantages — and then you fear losing them — and then those are holding you back It really is so that things you own end …
It Really Is ONLY What You DO
It’s really what you do, not what you have, not what you are… You have infinitely many possibilities. INFINITELY MANY The problem is not with not having options, not having possibilities, not having opportunities, not having this, not having that… The problem is with WILLING The problem is with CHOOSING The problem is with …
No Virtue In a Vacuum
There’s the “negative” It affects you. It affects you, more or less, In a sense something is only “negative” IF it affects you, and only as negative as much it affects you E.g. there’s something horrible happening out there somewhere in the world — but it doesn’t affect you, you’re not aware of it, …
Take The Moment As It Is —Make The Most Out Of It — Then Let Go Of It Entirely
Each moment is unique but also similar depending on what property you look From our narrow individual perspective — there’s a limited number of similar moments — and then we die in the grand scheme of things — there’s an infinite number of infinitely similar moments As an individual entity you are concerned with …
Say “Yes” Million Times and “NO” Billion Times
One is either moving and growing and elevating himself — or not The one whose not moving doesn’t truly care what happens to him and what he’s doing. He may say he cares but his actions speak otherwise. Let’s assume his actions reveal the truth of it The one who is moving and growing and …
Life Gives You Exactly What You Need
Life gives you either exactly what you want, or NOT exactly what you want If it gives you NOT what you want — it forces you to YOURSELF take what you want That process of taking what you want, taking responsibility — is indeed the process of growing and evolving and elevating …
You Don’t Know Improvement (Unless You Improve Yourself)
You don’t know the “IMPROVEMENT” You think you know, but you don’t There’s not much you know BEFORE YOU TRIED IT, TESTED IT Few things are knowable a priori And the more complex the matter — the more testing it requires The greater the scale — the more testing it requires, And some matters …
Mockery is Easy (Mockery is a COPE)
Mocking is easy Mockery is even easier than criticism Criticism is already easy: find some fault, focus on it, blow it out of proportions, EASY Sounding smart is easy, being convincing is easy, But mockery is REALLY easy, because ANYTHING can be mocked, Stupid shit and wrong shit can of course be mocked, but even …
Modes of Wanting
-there’s something one wants -one is more wanting or less wanting -one either believes that what-one-wants is possible or not if he believes it’s indeed possible… -one either ACTS ON IT , DOESN’T ACT… or it’s a SPECTRUM (a hierarchy) -and to ALL OF THE ABOVE he can have anything from NEGATIVE to POSITIVE attitude …