don't deceive yourself
When someone is deceiving themselves and not accepting of their reality, they become doubtful and insecure.
Brad Stulberg • The Practice of Groundedness
Discern and Think Critically - See through illusion without hating the deceived. Recognise illusion, lies, and unconsciousness—but don’t fall into hatred or superiority. Instead, think clearly, set goals, solution oriented and become the educator of knowledge. Seek the Trivium method of Truth Discovery and conveyance.
I want to understand the plot, the themes, and all the characters that make up my life. I believe in the power of self-narrative, rigorously audited for falsehoods, ever vigilant for delusions. Every day, I pray, “God, let me see things as they truly are, especially myself.”
It would be a shame, wouldn’t it? To be the keeper of your story yet someho... See more
It would be a shame, wouldn’t it? To be the keeper of your story yet someho... See more
Ochuko Akpovbovbo • october reading recap 📚
‘Know thyself!’ The implication was that the average person is ignorant of his true self, and is therefore likely to be ignorant of true happiness. Freud would probably concur.*
Yuval Noah Harari • Sapiens
As the late physicist Richard Feynman once said, “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself—and you are the easiest person to fool.”
Julia Galef • The Scout Mindset: Why Some People See Things Clearly and Others Don't
“Not many people can confront the truth about themselves. If they did they’d run a mile, would take an immediate and profound dislike to the person in whose skin they’d learned to sit quite tolerably all these years.”