Feeling Good is Like Washing Your Hands: Emotional Health Is Not a Moral Issue

There are certain conditions in life which, if present long enough, will cause emotional pain in a human being—no matter how intelligent, spiritual, moral, or resilient that person is. Just as drinking poisoned water will cause illness regardless of who you are, so too will emotional suffering arise from specific, predictable environmental and physical conditions. … Continue reading Feeling Good is Like Washing Your Hands: Emotional Health Is Not a Moral Issue

THE TRUTH ABOUT EMOTIONAL PAIN LIKE DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

YOU WOULDNT GO INTO A HOSPITAL WARD OF MALARIA AND TOUCH EVERYTHING WITHOUT WASHING UR HANDS TO PROVE UR STRONGER THAN IT HAHAH THATS MADNESS.  WHY ? CUZ U KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET SICK IF YOU DO THAT. BUT IF YOU WASH YOUR HANDS YOU WILL BE OK.  SO TOO WITH EMOTIONAL PAIN … Continue reading THE TRUTH ABOUT EMOTIONAL PAIN LIKE DEPRESSION/ANXIETY

Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life

Introduction For thousands of years, many traditions—especially within certain spiritual and religious systems—have claimed that existence is inherently suffering. This idea, often repeated in slogans such as “Life is pain” or “Existence is suffering”, has shaped countless minds and lives, becoming a cornerstone of some philosophies and spiritual practices. But is it actually true? This … Continue reading Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life

Comforting Thoughts on Death

Death terrifies because it confronts us with the unknown. Will we cease entirely, dissolve into nothing? Will we recycle into new forms, or step into a world beyond this one? The mind cannot map it, and so it trembles. Yet there are reasons for comfort. In nature, nothing is lost. Matter decays but becomes soil; … Continue reading Comforting Thoughts on Death

A Choice of Soil: How A Person Becomes Good Or Evil 

Every human life, at its root, is lived in one of two soils. These are not mere habits, nor passing moods, but fundamental stances toward existence: the soil of good, and the soil of evil. Upon this choice rests everything. From this ground, each life grows into its specific form—some into towering oaks of virtue, … Continue reading A Choice of Soil: How A Person Becomes Good Or Evil 

The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal

Whether we are talking about relationships, or effectiveness in therapy, or true happiness. The thing you must remember is that the external: beauty, muscles, body, money, material wealth, and so on - is all a shell. The shell might look good, but the real important thing we must know is what the fuck is inside … Continue reading The External Is A Shell – Focus on the Internal

Sometimes we don’t need formal learning, just need to listen to the quiet voice inside.

Some of the happiest, best people in the world have no formal understanding of complex history, philosophy or psychology. The instincts bestowed on us by nature and God are enough to live a full, happy, good life. And in fact often an education in the sciences and humanities can do more to push us away … Continue reading Sometimes we don’t need formal learning, just need to listen to the quiet voice inside.

You are infinitely meaningful. The entire universe literally does not exist without you. All things are connected in the great web of existence. Remove one piece and it all falls apart.

HOLY SHIT - EVERY HUMAN IS MAXIMALLY MEANINGFUL i have a web of dominoes. i flick one they begin to fall in all directions i remove one.  if they are dependent on each other. the whole web collapses.  if they are not dependent on each other the web continues despite its removal existence is contingent … Continue reading You are infinitely meaningful. The entire universe literally does not exist without you. All things are connected in the great web of existence. Remove one piece and it all falls apart.