Directness really IS a superpower. For it really only comes with self-acceptance, self-understanding, self love, self reliability… After a lifetime of self-denial, repression, compliance, obedience, self-sacrifice, trusting others with your happiness and self-worth — directness truly IS a superpower. …for when you finally say what you think — you are that much closer to DOING …
Tag: Psychology
The Tragedy Of Indulgence
Indulgence conceals a terrible secret. It kills pleasure. Indulgence kills pleasure. It kills joy. It kills satisfaction. The very point of indulgence is pleasure, and yet, it kills pleasure obviously it doesn’t grant satisfaction, this much you’ve probably heard, but it basically kills pleasure, it will essentially destroy the joy. Do you know …
The More Relaxed You Are The More Creative AND More Effective
Stress is not concentration. Relaxation is not slacking. Stress, biologically, is an organism’s response to a challenge. To put it simply — it quite simply makes you more suited for the challenge. It makes you smarter, faster and stronger. A lovely thing. Only — what is a challenge? Is life a challenge? I like …
Reciprocity Is Fear
Reciprocity is based on scarcity. And dependence. And clinging. Scarcity is ultimately always based on clinging. When you don’t cling — there is nothing to feel lacking about. Reciprocity is based on your lacking mentality. You are afraid that the giver will take away his gifts. You simply cling to the offerings. …
When You’re Bored – Do NOTHING
You are bored because you seek to be entertained. To seek is to be seeking. You seek it through hedonism and stimulation. It numbs you. Whatever you abuse – turns right against you. It’s simply unnatural. It’s not how homo sapiens fucking works. When you are bored — do NOTHING. If there’s a …
You Are Terribly Superstitious And You Don’t Even Know It
What is superstitiousness? You think it’s “seeing a black cat, thinking it’s a bad omen”. You think it’s stupid. It’s only as stupid as your own collection of cognitive biases. This one is called Post hoc ergo propter hoc. The Post hoc fallacy. Correlation does not imply causation. But you don’t realise it. You …
The Problem With Modernity Is That We Are Simply Not Modern
Mankind is not so modern. We are old. Governed by our instincts. Our best response to our bestiality is to hamper it with laws and regulations. Which itself is bestiality (answering force with the threat of a force). This barely even works and we will probably kill each other soon. Whatever. Instead I …
Thirst For Knowledge Is Just Thirst
Thirst for knowledge is just thirst. It implies thirst. Thirst. A burning need. A desire. A LACK. When you’re lacking — you are poor. You are poor and suffer from all it’s afflictions. You poor condition permeates your being. You become poor at heart, poor at mind, poor at soul, and poor in …
You Want To Be Inspired Because You Aren’t Inspired
You want to be inspired because you aren’t inspired. You want to be motivated because you aren’t motivated. You always want what you don’t have. When you have something – you don’t even recognise it. You only know you have something if you can compare it with NOT having it. And you are uninspired …
No Thing Is Exciting In Itself
What makes the thing exciting? It’s the novelty effect, isn’t it? Obviously it is. It’s not exciting because it is exciting. It is exciting because it’s new. You say that extreme sports are exciting or this or that. It’s not. It’s the fact that you don’t do those things every single day of …