Every self-fulfilling prophecy begins as an internal voice which is just too firm to be silenced.
The craziest ideas have greater clarity than the most sure shot tried and tested ones.
In this world - Money is God. In the sense that money has control over anything and everything we believe we have control over. If there is something we cannot control with Money, then we have no control over it anyway.
Yeah , go on... Spit it out . Bull shit , right? Prove me wrong though.
Don't drag in the case of cancer or death or opportunities lost to time and that money is powerless in such cases. You and I are powerless in any case for the above mentioned. If praying gives you a fake sense of miracles, by all means, go ahead and do it . But if its not a repeatable result, then well... its more a coincidence and survivor bias, than actually having to do with the turn of events.
Was listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness" .. One statement resonated quite well .. ."My skepticism is often misinterpreted as nihilism"
While I am all on the side of "do-ers" and people wanting to improve things around them through action, and will always side with the underdogs who "Take from their surroundings and make something better out of it" (Primer), I will always strive to see through one-time-miracles of healing or solace if someone is trying to preach it as a dogma. If it worked for you, well and good. Whatever floats your boat. If meditation helps you feel better, by all means do it. You have no right to establish it as the defacto mechanism for catharsis though. One size doesn't fit all.
I agree with having foundations that are taken for granted initially... (the neil bohr's planetary model of atoms for example) to understand greater concepts. That's all fine. What is important though is that we should be able to come back to it at a later point and understand why the explanation was built up in such a fashion, what to take literally and what to skim through metaphorically. Its like having many passes through a book, understanding a different concept each time. That is perfectly fine. Because we are allowing ourselves to accept something for the sake of understanding the whole point, and at the same time not allowing ourselves getting too carried away to the point of having a tattoo of the atomic model on our foreheads. if you want a tattoo , and are above 18 (yeah arbitrary choice), go ahead. Like Andreas said - sometimes, its important to be scammed.... to know what a scam is. (From the discussion on money chains taking a rebirth using crypto)
And so... when you want monetary results and push me to the point of just blabbering nonsense, so that you feel that i am doing something which you think is in the right direction... well, its ok, i let you be.... because i want you to feel better and go back to your worldly worries knowing that I am fine (in your definition). I appreciate your care or concern.
My luxury is my free spirit. Not lambos, drugs, flesh or alcohol. I don't create a dent in the ozone layer or instigate hate speech among millions. And the price I have to pay to just be able to read or write or learn or create what i like is a hefty one indeed... even if it causes no harm to anyone else.
And so, I end my rant for now. PS: Not directed at anyone specifically, but at the society which tries to clip the wings of the quiet one , because they are too loud to listen. Do I sound like a teen now? Maybe
I am off to an event where I will see do-ers/startups pitch their idea. A much more positive environment of underdogs, those who face rejections and failures day in and day out, yet still pursue their dreams.
The craziest ideas have greater clarity than the most sure shot tried and tested ones.
In this world - Money is God. In the sense that money has control over anything and everything we believe we have control over. If there is something we cannot control with Money, then we have no control over it anyway.
Yeah , go on... Spit it out . Bull shit , right? Prove me wrong though.
Don't drag in the case of cancer or death or opportunities lost to time and that money is powerless in such cases. You and I are powerless in any case for the above mentioned. If praying gives you a fake sense of miracles, by all means, go ahead and do it . But if its not a repeatable result, then well... its more a coincidence and survivor bias, than actually having to do with the turn of events.
Was listening to Nassim Nicholas Taleb's "Fooled by Randomness" .. One statement resonated quite well .. ."My skepticism is often misinterpreted as nihilism"
While I am all on the side of "do-ers" and people wanting to improve things around them through action, and will always side with the underdogs who "Take from their surroundings and make something better out of it" (Primer), I will always strive to see through one-time-miracles of healing or solace if someone is trying to preach it as a dogma. If it worked for you, well and good. Whatever floats your boat. If meditation helps you feel better, by all means do it. You have no right to establish it as the defacto mechanism for catharsis though. One size doesn't fit all.
I agree with having foundations that are taken for granted initially... (the neil bohr's planetary model of atoms for example) to understand greater concepts. That's all fine. What is important though is that we should be able to come back to it at a later point and understand why the explanation was built up in such a fashion, what to take literally and what to skim through metaphorically. Its like having many passes through a book, understanding a different concept each time. That is perfectly fine. Because we are allowing ourselves to accept something for the sake of understanding the whole point, and at the same time not allowing ourselves getting too carried away to the point of having a tattoo of the atomic model on our foreheads. if you want a tattoo , and are above 18 (yeah arbitrary choice), go ahead. Like Andreas said - sometimes, its important to be scammed.... to know what a scam is. (From the discussion on money chains taking a rebirth using crypto)
And so... when you want monetary results and push me to the point of just blabbering nonsense, so that you feel that i am doing something which you think is in the right direction... well, its ok, i let you be.... because i want you to feel better and go back to your worldly worries knowing that I am fine (in your definition). I appreciate your care or concern.
My luxury is my free spirit. Not lambos, drugs, flesh or alcohol. I don't create a dent in the ozone layer or instigate hate speech among millions. And the price I have to pay to just be able to read or write or learn or create what i like is a hefty one indeed... even if it causes no harm to anyone else.
And so, I end my rant for now. PS: Not directed at anyone specifically, but at the society which tries to clip the wings of the quiet one , because they are too loud to listen. Do I sound like a teen now? Maybe
I am off to an event where I will see do-ers/startups pitch their idea. A much more positive environment of underdogs, those who face rejections and failures day in and day out, yet still pursue their dreams.
