There’s what they think of you and it bothers you and stifles you or compels you There’s also what YOU think of you and it bothers you and stifles you and compels you In either case you’re likely not fully aware of that opinion influencing you With what they think of you …
Tag: Psychology
Attachment Alone Is Holding You Back
Attachment alone can be holding you back Not lack of effort Not lack of opportunities Not lack of insight Not lack of luck Not other people but Attachment You once got what you once wanted Now you want more Which want is the real want? Past want or current want or future want? It’s …
Subjectivity > Objectivity
We have ideas about how good something is and how attractive and how desirable This car is more premium then that car This career is more lucrative then that career This girl is more attractive then that girl This lifestyle is more desirable then that lifestyle This food is more healthy then that food This …
The Paradox of Criticism
There’s the critic, the criticised, and the criticism The subject of the criticism is the criticised The subject of the criticism is not the critic isn’t it ironic? we go about criticising people and things pretending we have higher values in mind really just trying to assert ourselves and yet we fail at that …
Introspectively Rational
you call yourself rational are you rational? are you introspectively rational? there are fools in the world if you’re reading it — you know there are fools in this world — who wouldn’t read because they wouldn’t understand it their rationality is limited to their basic needs and it’s ok our ancestors were the …
To Affirm Is to Admit
To affirm is to admit You unravel given reality and admit it’s truth Armed with this understanding you resume your creation and exploration Your realisation may escape you You will then (re)AFFIRM it — admit it again Your realisation may escape you Because your cognition is limited, your memory is limited Because …
How to Use It
Whether it’s coffee or cocaine or whatever else you use — either you know how to use it, and use it consciously — or not some substances and interests will ruin you, true but the real demon is always within: your proclivities and habits you’re not much designed to USE things you’re designed …
You Don’t Accept You
Acceptance is a continuous process Don’t assume you accept something or yourself or someone You don’t just singularly accept it and it’s done It’s a process When you think you accept yourself — you are blind to the parts of you which you don’t actually accept You want to think you accept …
You Can’t Comprehend Numbers
You can’t comprehend numbers You haven’t evolved with a bank account. There were no bank accounts in your cave and no numbers in your cave… not larger then 10 or 20 or what-have you. Surely not larger then 100 You can’t comprehend what is going on with your money. You feel in control …
You Can Skim But Fail to Understand
You can skim through an idea or theory and understand it in 90% — but that missing last 10% compromises the entire meaning I believe combination of your innate cognitive laziness with confirmation bias is what largely causes that — and subsequently our ineffectiveness at learning from what we read and hear And …