Today’s lesson is to not take what others teach you too seriously.
The more you live your life through a lens learned through second-hand knowledge, you’ll remain a slave for the rest of your life.
Your biggest priority is to verify what you hear and see before investing your whole being in it.
Don’t be a drone. Be you, authentically, and self-createdly.
No matter how something seems to make sense or others shove it down your throat, unless you verify it for yourself, you will remain a pussycat.
It’s the reason why so many people are Flat Earthers, even though they seem genuinely capable and with great success in the mundane aspects of life. It’s also part of the reason why academics have the most difficulty making friends with differing interests or wooing women.
If you train your brain to believe second-hand shit so enthusiastically, then you’re conditioning it for slavery and setting yourself up to be an obedient follower.
TL;DR, don’t be a bitch, and make your own opinions about stuff, and stand by them even if there’s a chance of them being considered wrong by a large subset of people IF they make enough sense to you and your circumstances. (Ex: Women say they like a nice & kind guy, but what they mean by that is that they feel safe with him. They don’t find him hot, and unless you try being both a nice guy and a jerk for sustainable periods of your life, you’ll never get to see behind the veil.)
Today’s recommended reading: Book of Pook
P.S. Some of you might be more interested in reading as many books as possible, and learning as much technique as possible, but that’s wrong.
The purpose of books isn’t to learn information, but rather, it’s to see how the author thinks.
It’s a snippet of their mental model. How they think, what they believe, and how they see the word. This comes naturally to some, but not to others. The best way to benefit from books is to model your thoughts just like the author’s, and you’ll become more like him (or at least the version of him that believes those principles for sure).
Today’s Blurb:
I’ve had many things come up today, so I didn’t study as much as I wanted to. I realized the key to staying on track while studying is to not let my mind wander from my task, and the same goes for my buddy. If my thought stream diverges too much from what I’m working on, then I’ll find whatever other thing I thought of to be more interesting and feel dread at having to study. Also, if I’m taking a rest from studying, I’d do my best to avoid lying in my bed to take a quick rest, because it’ll be difficult for me to transition all over again. Instead, I just take a walk around the house, grab something to eat, stretch, and sit back on the chair. This is how my brain works, and this is how I get it to do what I want it to. If I don’t meta-observe my thoughts, then I won’t be able to do much. In this aspect, my brain is still untrained, and meditation will do me wonders.
As usual, I’m doing banishing rituals twice a day and meditating an hour a day, and I’ll be making a comparison between my previous state of mind before starting and in the six months’ mark.
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