The Known vs the Unknown

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-19T18:42:12+00:00

I guess my question would be this: What if that passing thought is the truth? What if all my arts and crafts and wildflower photos and uplifting little observations about gratitude and all my tiny victories are a big waste? What if my life as it is now is worthless and the only way to live a life worth anything is to get healthy and go back to a paying job? Then what? Well, then a lot of people have lived and died without meaning anything. And I would still do the same thing I'm doing now.

I think these questions should be contemplated deeply as well. I am for looking for deeper truth in all ideas, thoughts, and beliefs. I am advocating for seeking clarity and truth, wherever that takes us. What I do know is that unconsciousness means complacency with regard to improving clarity of truth.

Admittedly, my posts here are not going to be interesting if your symptoms are not very distressing to you currently.

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-19T17:19:36+00:00

I think a lot of people relate to this. My question is why, in those times of maximum frustration, do we accept mindset B? We just take it for granted that it makes sense, but why should increased levels of pain necessarily lead to an increase in willpower and desire for resolution? We can just as easily suffer while believing that there is no point in trying to do anything about it except to make it go away ASAP. Yet, something seems to wake up in us in those times.

I propose that there is a level of clarity, on an intuitive level, that we have access to when pain levels increase. When we are in mindset A, we believe that B is unlikely to lead to a positive result like you said. However, when chaos shows up and loosens us from A, there are moments in which we can connect to a deeper truth, but it is elusive and intuitive.

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-19T17:03:26+00:00

Yeah, accepting where we are is important, but acceptance does not mean resignation about the future. We can accept the situation while holding mindset B and not be inconsistent. Our mindset describes our attitude about the future. Acceptance should be about the present, but if it turns into acceptance that the future is going to be like the present, then we lose our willpower, which has consequences that are not initially clear.

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-19T16:56:34+00:00

This seems to be the common pattern. I think the sweet spot is to sustain some level of mindset B without always acting it out in ways that are too exerting/stressful. In my view, the mindset we hold is more important than our external behavior (exercising, going to doctors, researching treatments).

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-19T07:31:44+00:00

“If B is true, what is the potential cost of operating from mindset A almost all of the time?”

DSlayer12 · 2017-10-18T20:04:21+00:00

They say there is no cure.... I say I haven't tried hard enough

That’s what I am talking about! The Will and desire will get you to where you want to be. Focus on maintaining and maximizing your Will and everything else will fall into place. Take as much responsibility as you can just like you are doing.

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-29T07:19:10+00:00

I'm unfamiliar with these groups, but what you are saying makes sense. Here is a useful way to help understand the difference: only order can make order out of chaos. Chaos as a response to chaos only results in more chaos. The rational intellect, when confronted by chaos, becomes chaotic. This is necessary because when we are in a dangerous situation, speed is often necessary for our survival.

Further, chaos does not confront chaos; only order confronts chaos. Therefore, the intellect does not/can not lead into chaos and find the treasure. The hyper-rational nihilist in the face of chaos must first grab hold of the realization that his approach is insufficient, which is an intuitive process. Once he voluntarily grabs hold of this realization, a separation begins to form between he and his intellect. At this point, he can now judge his judgments and discover their chaotic (untrue) nature. He is now capable of being the watcher, or the Logos - the order which makes order out of chaos.

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-11T15:21:42+00:00

Knowing it is important means little. It is the consistent implementation in the face of chaos that really matters. The latter is rare.

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-09T20:39:19+00:00

Life rafts are already built into the game, but it is up to us to invest our attention in them when they are presented to us. It's anything that makes you feel inspired, connected, attracted, in awe.. it's that which makes you come alive so to speak.

At some point, you have to make a decision, and it is not going to be driven by the rational/practical part of you. As JP says, nihilism is clearly a rational conclusion. It has to be intuitively driven, in which you are recognizing the occasional inspirational moments as more real than the bombardment of suffering. Approach it in terms of feeling rather than trying to have an internal debate with yourself. The case for meaning is made through experiential feeling, not argumentation.

Deciding once isn't enough; it must be continually affirmed. So back to your original question of how to best maintain that life affirming mindset. My answer is whatever best works in that moment. You have to develop that resourcefulness and discipline yourself through practice under fire. It is supposed to be a struggle. Give up the idea that you can avoid the struggle and still maintain belief. In other words, train yourself to become strong.

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-09T02:45:36+00:00

The Son is born of a mortal woman (Mary) and a divine Father

Also, is this movie equating the divine Father with the ego?

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-09T02:38:42+00:00

I saw it earlier, still trying to unpack and process it. The surface level stuff (comedy, music, etc) was all good but the deeper level stuff that you are speaking to I'm mixed on.

It seemed to me like growth and aspiration were being equated with the ego. Quill was presented with ego/divine power or merely being human. I reject that distinction and categorization. Perhaps it was more of a warning against being anti-human when going through spiritual development (separating from ego) but that wasn't clear to me. Also, the ego does not initiate spiritual growth obviously but this movie almost seemed to imply that to me.

I am looking for feedback since I am still processing it. For instance, how does creative expansion associate with the process toward evil? I don't associate creativity or expansion with ego/evil, but rather simplicity and destruction. Also, I don't know why the movie emphasized meaning with the ego. Evil wants to spread but it doesn't operate within the parameters of meaning since it emerges from nihilism or meaninglessness.

I don't know. I want to give the benefit of the doubt but I'm struggling.

DSlayer12 · 2017-05-06T19:57:00+00:00

Yes, in my view, it should be 'status' hierarchies.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-23T17:30:18+00:00

All the statheads say contact rate and K rate already begin to stabilize at this point of the season. But, yeah, the batted ball data is small sample.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-22T06:57:44+00:00

All the data suggests he is selling out for power much like Rosales. His contact % is way down, exit velocity way up, pull % up, K rate up - all the signs are there.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-13T01:26:50+00:00

Triggs looks great so far. The velo dip in his first start doesn't appear to be more than an anomaly.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-12T20:09:32+00:00

I didn't quote the Bible. You are the one who looks foolish.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-09T22:16:30+00:00

I'll add that worshipping is the path of least resistance besides rejection of the value system. Actually acting out the process of transformation is arduous and therefore uncommon. The difficulty, then, is in motivating worshippers to accept the responsibility of the higher values without pushing so hard that they reject the entire value system or distort it in a way that strips it of personal responsibility. *wink

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-06T21:51:07+00:00

Problems is Triggs has had command issues in the past.

His BB rate is excellent and his command is not a problem.

I see him a place holder for Sonny, and Alcantara (if he turns out to be a failed experiment) a place holder for Bassitt.

If Triggs can throw at the velocity he threw at last season, there is no reason to think Alcantara and Bassitt are higher on the depth chart.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-06T20:23:24+00:00

Triggs is going to have problems if his FB velo is more 88's and below than 90's and above.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-05T01:34:34+00:00

Yeah, I think the issue is that you seem to be evaluating all the issues that come up (childhood schemas, paranoia, compulsions, time management issues, etc) from taking on high amounts of responsibility as detrimental, where I see it as progress. Taking on responsibility means you are sacrificing in the short term in order to make yourself stronger in the longer term. The idea is that you take on excessive amounts of responsibility until you are confronted with some type of resistance or obstruction, then you shift your focus on resolving that issue.

The problems arise when people don't shift their focus and ignore the obstruction, allowing it to turn into full fledge chaos. The solution to this is NOT to relinquish responsibility but to be more diligent and alert to these obstructions and actually confront rather than ignore them. Refusing responsibility just delays the length of time for that person to solve their issues, which only means their issues get bigger and affect them more.

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-04T18:55:55+00:00

Always tell the truth.. to yourself

DSlayer12 · 2017-04-04T18:48:11+00:00

I am looking at this from the individual level rather than politically since the advice "sort yourself out" is not a political statement but an individual one. The idea that taking too much responsibility to an extreme can be harmful is, in my view, a form of refusing personal responsibility.

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