Tag: Thoughts

I’ve found that if I don’t think of anyone I dislike/hate as an inadvertent guru, I’ve wasted a great opportunity.

Self-flagellation = Indulgence.  Objectively addressing a weakness = Strength.

Talent and luck can carry me in the short term, but those two qualities are fickle as hell.  In the long term, personal growth needs to be fed with discipline and critical thinking in order to maintain consistent efficacy.  So in the end, while the choice isn’t easy, it is simple:  be disciplined, keep applying…

As people age, I’ve seen them use their accumulated knowledge in two ways:  the first is to buttress themselves with a series of “dont’s,” and hoard the potential comfort that resides in the time they have left, as it all the while slips through their clenched fingers.  While this method may keep them drearily comfortable,…

Applying critical thinking to myself in order to expose outdated/self-destructive programming is incredibly uncomfortable—one of the most uncomfortable things I’ve ever subjected myself to.  But whenever I’ve done it, the practice has always seems to induce higher levels of effectiveness and speeds of perception.  Which ironically, make me WAY more comfortable.

For any seeking to hone their awareness into a functional tool, I would advise caution:  at first, those who know you and share your goals will cheer you on.  Then, as you accomplish your goals and sharpen your perception, they will begin to grow nervous; your assiduousness will be taken as unspoken condemnation of their…

When someone’s screwed by life to the point where futility and hopelessness become undeniable realities, I believe it’s possible to alchemize all that disappointment and pain, the shattered idealism, and not only use them to strip perception down to the clearest it’s ever been, but also to internalize the most empowering realization in all of…

Just from a scientific perspective (though I’m not wedded to science; I enjoy using it because it thus far provides the most predictable and consensus-building model of reality we have to date) we possess an extremely limited perception; our eyes only see the visible ROYGBIV spectrum, our ears only detect a frequency within a certain…

“To stand a chance of making it, don’t merge with the vast sea of dignified do-nothings who are so afraid to suck that they never take a chance.”   —People who stand a chance of making it

I believe the ultimate goal of spirituality is to come to a whole-being realization that if everything is created by divinity, then there’s actually no such thing as “spirituality,” because all divine things are spiritual by default (we arise from [God] and in the end return to [God]; we have no choice in the matter…