The “Solitude” Of An Interconnected Cell

Question: Is solitude a choice? Answer: Not really. It is an illusory state our inherently egocentric, self-justifying nature dreams about. We can’t find “solitude”, we can’t truly “escape”, isolate ourselves when we exist in a fully integrated, interdependent system, where we are but individual cogwheels, cells of a single, living system! It is simply a … More The “Solitude” Of An Interconnected Cell

Tough Lesson: Never Leave The Collective!

Question: What is a tough lesson that you learned today? Answer: The same old “tough lesson” again and again. The moment I listen to my proudly individualistic, egoistic reason – as a snake whispering into my ears – and I follow my own logic, calculations instead of relying on the “collective intelligence” of my mutually … More Tough Lesson: Never Leave The Collective!

Giving Up The Self

Question: What do you think would be the hardest thing for you to give up? Answer: My “self”. By default – according to our inherently self-centered, self-serving, self-protective and self-justifying nature – our “self”, self-esteem, our “honor” is our greatest treasure, which we guard, raise all the time. We have countless examples how this can … More Giving Up The Self

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

“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