An open inquiry into life & society
By voluntarily inflicting pain on oneself the experience becomes personal and engaging, it drags an individual into a realm of discomfort to emerge with additional attributes. When in the hands of physical hurt it links the mind back to the primitive psyche, it enables us to temporarily drop thought of self to be immersed in a moment, albeit an uncomfortable one.
Reading time: 6 mins
The tribalistic nature of politics has divided the community by shifting focus to which team is winning rather than the substance residing in policy. This divide creates a loyal fan base for political heads who irritate and console for their own benefit. Strapped with rhetoric and skewed facts, these orators accrue additional power by exploiting societal fractures.
Reading time: 10 mins
Through awareness of one’s mind and behaviour Taoism seeks to harmoniously unite individuals with the universe, to not fight against but learn how to flow with it. By following the Tao one puts faith in the operations of the cosmos…
Reading time: 8 mins
Effort is the catalyst of achievement; even if one has the appropriate tools, when applied erroneously the work will loiter in inferiority. It’s what one does when no one’s watching that will define the person they become.
Reading time: 7 mins
Contrary to this vanity, self-efficacy is the ability to look at oneself in humble admiration, to be proud of yet modest in one’s abilities yielding confidence in traversing life’s spectrum. When vanity and self-efficacy are confused reality is misinterpreted; a strong self-efficacy will build, where as a high degree of vanity will inevitably implode.
Reading time: 6 mins
The majority of us will eventually loose the place we called home, yet, the sensations encountered there never fully depart us; a feeling of safety, freedom and complete comfort is not merely found in the walls of a house but within the composition we call ourselves.
Reading time: 7 mins
Even if it is as many believe and life is preordained, doesn’t it still feel good to be prepared? Eventually our paved trail will be a reflection of our selections, along it will be crossroads and opportunity and how one arrives at these points will determine orientation after them.
Reading time: 6 mins
When one learns to temporarily strip themselves of individuality they can gain a more objective view of the human condition, to acknowledge the enormous spectrum of emotion faced during existence is what connects us to our fellow sapiens
Reading time: 7 mins
There is comfort in believing we have the world figured out, yet, without unshackling the fear of ridicule we cannot grasp the gravity of our illiteracy. It’s not the incorrect answer making one moronic but the fear of asking the next question. Growth requires discomfort and temporarily showing one’s ignorance can provide a better angle for coalescing cognizance.
Reading time: 6 mins
By examining those individuals we admire and envy we can get valuable data on ourselves; those we admire have a skill or disposition we want to replicate, those we envy have achieved something engendering distaste. In observing our feelings towards these personalities an avenue opens to learn more about our driest thirsts.
Reading time: 6 mins
