Life Outside Of Oneself

Question: What’s a quote that you really like? Answer: The following quote from Einstein: “A person starts living only when he managed to surpass himself.” Our inherently introverted, self-serving, self-judging and subjective nature makes us similar to cancer cells, especially in the globally integrated, interdependent world we evolved into. Thus by default we are not … More Life Outside Of Oneself

Understanding Happiness

Question: Are people who do things purely for themselves happy? Answer: It depends on what we consider “happiness”. We cant act in a way of purposefully causing ourselves pain, unhappiness. This goes against our instinctive, self-centered “pleasure/pain” principle, calculations. We do whatever we do (even if it looks twisted, harmful) in order to obtain personal … More Understanding Happiness

Cost Of Loving – Assessed Differently

Question: What are the cost of living? Answer: I would like to examine the question of “cost of living” differently, considering the fully integrated, interdependent world we evolved into. The average – non-material – cost of living is how much I am capable of annulling myself, my inherently self-serving, self-justifying, subjective nature towards others. In … More Cost Of Loving – Assessed Differently

Becoming A Mind Reader

Question: Do you ever wish you could read other peoples minds or would you regret knowing what others truly think of you? Answer: I am actually purposefully, methodically learning how to “read other people’s mind”, more precisely to make calculations, act based on the desires, thoughts, aspirations of others. Only in this way can I … More Becoming A Mind Reader

“Self-Improvement” With The Help Of Others

Question: How do you improve if your problem is that self-improvement never works for you? Answer: I agree with you, despite all the claims otherwise “self-improvement” is an oxymoron. After all how could we “pull ourselves up by pulling our own hair”?! If we remain within ourselves we are simply running in never ending circles, … More “Self-Improvement” With The Help Of Others