To feel superior is to feel inferior To want to be “better” is to risk being “worse” Growth is inextricably linked with insecurity If you want to win over others — you are also preparing to lose with others Can you see? Any time you harbour this pleasing thought of being …
Tag: Conflict
To Judge or Not To Judge (#2)
I have previously written on the subject, from a more spiritual perspective: To Judge or Not To Judge Today I take on the subject more pragmatically and simply Judgement is innately divisive. You use some criterion to divide objects into different categories, including categories of desirability, value. Of course one would judge. The …
Answer Disagreement with More, More, More Depth
There exist views and opinions and perspectives which are extremely repugnant to your views and opinions and perspectives and beliefs The default response is more conflict, more repudiation, more stubbornness The false adaptation is argumentum ad temperantiam — argument to moderation. Like all fallacies is distorts the reality in some way, by imposing it’s …
If Both Sides Of The Argument Hate You
If both sides of the argument hate you, what does it mean? In a typical polarisation of views around a subjects, we could consider: -A set of beliefs that both sides agree with -A set of beliefs that only side A agrees with -A set of beliefs that only side B agrees with -A …
About Building From The Common Ground
You say A and I say B You say that it’s A and NOT B I Say that it’s the opposite — it’s B and NOT A. A is wrong. B is right. You say it’s the opposite. I say you’re misinformed You say I’m biased I say you’re irrational You say I lack the …
About Diversity
What is diversity? Variety? Variety is when object has varied attributes (as compared to some other object). Diversity is when you have a group of objects diverse in their attributes. Is diversity good? Diversity is neither good nor bad. There can be multitude of objects diverse in various good qualities. There can be multitude …
Rigid vs Completely Ossified Minds
Most men are rigid. Most men eventually consolidate in their beliefs. The psyche wraps around those beliefs protectively. The entire machinery of schemas and biases makes it immensely difficult to penetrate. Don’t hope for an average person to change. People don’t change. Most men are rigid. There’s little chance of them changing. There’s little …
Politics Doesn’t Matter, Politics Matter
Politics won’t save you. Politics won’t solve your problems. Politics doesn’t make you a better human being. Not having a clue about politics is a virtue, rather than a vice. ….until it’s not. When politics go bad — it’s bad. When politics go bad — it can kill you. When politics go bad — …
THE GRAND THEORY OF CONCENTRATED ENERGY
Energy is as potent as it is CONCENTRATED. If you have energy pulling in all directions — then you’re going nowhere. You have some energy pulling you right and some energy pulling you left and as a result you move a little left and then you move a little right again, and ultimately, you …
From Animal to Partner to Human to Transcendental (Rant)
You go from a desperate animal to a transcendental consciousness. You go from infinitesimal entity to the all-encompassing whole. The desperate animal sees everything from the myopic perspective of it’s own survival. Therefore everyone is either a tool — or a threat. In humans this involves either hardcore personality disorder — or deep, deep …