Persistence In The Right Environment Substitutes Talent

Question: Can persistence always be a substitute for talent? Answer: Yes, especially if the persistence is done through a purposeful, mutually supportive, mutually complementing environment. It is even more so if our goal is to become “truly Human” which means full integration with other similarly inclined Human beings. In that context inherent, individual talent serves … More Persistence In The Right Environment Substitutes Talent

Poor But Happy

Question: How some people are poor still, happiest people in the world? Answer: That’s because happiness has no connection to money, material wealth. Of course we need money to cover our basic, natural Human necessities and provide a comfortable, healthy life for our families. But beyond those necessities happiness depends on being satisfied with what … More Poor But Happy

Life Means Connection

Question: How does life begin? Answers: Life begins when previously lifeless, very diverse, seemingly incompatible elements achieve a mutually supportive, mutually complementing connection network, in which Nature’s life-providing energy can start circulating. Then higher level of life ensues when simple lifetime, single cell organisms interconnect to form a qualitatively higher level living system. On a … More Life Means Connection

Fearing For Others

Question: Do humans like fear? Answer: Fear is an instinctive reaction to danger of losing something (our life, health, material possessions, loved ones, losing out on something…). We should love fear as it is the strongest motivating factor. Other animals also fear, it is part of the general survival reflex. But we Humans have the … More Fearing For Others

Cogwheels Getting To Know Themselves – By Annuling Themselves

Question: Have you ever understood yourself best only after destroying yourself? Answer: I would refine your definition saying, that we can understand ourselves only when we annuled ourselves. Due to our inherently egocentric, self-serving, self-justifying nature we can’t actually perceive the world as it is, neither can we get to know ourselves. In order to … More Cogwheels Getting To Know Themselves – By Annuling Themselves

Hopeful Recognition

Question: What do you find hopeful about the world today? Answer: What I find hopeful about the world today is that finally we started to recognize that the root cause behind all of the mounting, global problems we are suffering from is our own, inherently self-serving, self-justifying, subjective and egotistic nature, that drives all of … More Hopeful Recognition

The Best Preparation For Coming Global Problems

Question: Even though you don’t consider yourself a “prepper,” are there still things you try to remain supplied and ready for? Answer: We all have to prepare for the collapse of our civilization which is already under way. We do not want to see the obvious, like we have been “expecting climate change for years” … More The Best Preparation For Coming Global Problems

Building Connections – Above Ourselves

Question: What is a major problem in the world you wish could be solved? Answer: As much as it sounds strange, there is only one thing, one major problem that needs resolving: our innate inability to form true, positive, selfless, mutually responsible and mutually complementing interconnections in between people. And without such connections – like … More Building Connections – Above Ourselves