Is darkness wonderful? Is darkness terrible? What’s so enthralling about the darkness? What’s perhaps terrifying about the darkness? Is darkness symbol of evil? Of disorientation? Is darkness symbol of fear? Is darkness symbol of mystery? And excitation? I think darkness must be the proxy for UNKNOWN This is why it’s thrilling And this …
Tag: The New
Be More Progressive AND More Conservative
Without the legacy of our ancestors, we wouldn’t be able to accomplish NONE of the things we accomplish today Obviously If you still lived in a cave — chance are you wouldn’t be able to build your own pick up truck, then go to your local mall, built by man of your generation using techniques …
Say Yes to Actually Rare, Transient Opportunities
-there are opportunities we know are ONLY present now -and there are opportunities which we’re not aware will not present themselves again -and then there are opportunities which CAN, indeed, wait I think we overrate the latter And underappreciate the transience of most opportunities Not least because we can’t know the future And …
Give Up To Reallocate Resources
There are only opportunities You find the best opportunity and then go in that direction How far you went doesn’t matter — if a better opportunity emerges You just change direction Why is “perseverance” an ideal, then? Perseverance is an ideal because of OPACITY involved, UNCERTAINTY involved You actually DON’T KNOW what …
Resourcefulness vs Opportunism
There are infinitely many possibilities, there are infinitely many resources To be resourceful is to access those resources YES, there are infinitely many resources Not until EVERYTHING IS KNOWN — there will be NEW POSSIBILITIES This is not a naive promise of your heart’s desires This is merely stating of the fact that IF …
About Travelling
The value of travelling is not travelling. The value of travelling is THE NEW. The value of THE NEW is that the new is the promise of growth, evolution. You can’t have growth without changing, without developing into something different, something new indeed. On a deeper level — the value of the NEW is …
Ego is Stagnation
The moment you view yourself as more than no one is the moment you hindered your growth. Growing is trying and failing, Learning is not knowing, We think we understand this but we don’t. We “humble up” if necessary — until it becomes too threatening to humble up, Too threatening to our self-image. …
Step Back is Step Forward
That which you know you do wrong — that is easy. You know it’s wrong — you correct — case closed. That which you don’t know you do wrong — that is hard. It’s hard because you don’t know it’s wrong therefore you don’t know what’s wrong therefore how the fuck do you correct …
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 …
SPIRITUAL EXPANSION AND CONSOLIDATION
There are two modes: expansion and consolidation One is expansive and open and adventurous and MOVING Other is enclosing and retaining and protective and settling We obviously rely on both: acquiring resources — then retaining them. If you’re only acquiring and never retaining — than your work is futile. Water seeps through your hands. …