You can straw-man yourself Straw man fallacy is giving an impression of refuting an argument — rather than actually addressing it. Straw man fallacy is an excellent way of deceiving others or oneself It’s because we often confuse the thing with it’s appearance Furthermore few things in this world are clear and plain …
Tag: Self
Desperate to Feel That You’re “Good”
We want to feel that we’re “good”, We want to believe in something We want someone or something to lead us Used to be god to tell us what is right and wrong Priest telling us what to believe in Telling us what to do Used to be god or priest or your “love …
Own Idea of Success
There’s success And there’s “success” What is success? I don’t know To me success is what you did today, and how conscious you were, and how ALIVE, but to you? I don’t know But i know what it is not It is not what someone else tells you it is And it is …
To Judge or Not To Judge
Update 2024.05.26: I have since written a more pragmatic take on the subject: To Judge or Not To Judge (#2) There’s observing And then there’s judging and comparing and labelling Indeed you must judge. Judge those you work with. Judge who to trust. Judge the potential dangers. Indeed you must compare. This is …
You Mismanage You
Your hopes about you cause you to misperceive, misjudge yourself When you don’t understand you — you don’t know how to deal with you; You don’t know how to manage you; Therefore you mismanage you; You don’t capitalise on your strengths — because you’re too busy making up for your weaknesses …
The Transformative Power of Sincerity and Plainness
Be sincere be plain be transparent be simple be honest be vulnerable be naive Make yourself known and obvious and transparent to the world, to those around you, to those you meet, to everyone you interact with Why? Because once you’re honest with the world — you can be honest with yourself Once you’re …
Confidence, Delusion, Reality
There is confidence There is delusion There is ignorance There is insecurity and doubt There is insight There is true confidence, which is true There is false confidence, which is delusion When there is insight — there is also confidence, true confidence Confidence Confidence is everything from the tiny situational confidence, to the …
Branding Mentality
“Branding mentality” is insidious We humans always like to delude ourselves in regards to WHO we are And today this behaviour even has a name — it’s called “branding” — and it’s encouraged There’s only WHO YOU ARE Your job is to convey it Anything but that is either deceptive or delusional or …
There’s Only Seeing
There’s only SEEING or NOT SEEING. Failure of logic is the failure of seeing There’s the reality — which is the way things are — and either you see it, or not. When you’re making a logical error — it’s either that you didn’t see how things truly work (“bad logic”), or you’re losing …
Only God Can Judge Me
How do you decide what is right and what is wrong? You TEST it Only reality cures ignorance, only action, real world action How do you decide if you’re right or wrong? You TEST it, obviously. How do you decide if you’re living right? You TEST IT. Can someone else decide for you …