Is one aware that I am observing now, or only aware of the thing that is being observed? Does awareness lead to analysis? What is psychological knowledge?
As we can see from the 2020-2025 covid story, all this knowledge has led us to nothing good.
Those ignorant (i.e. we all) are in no position to expand knowledge. We simply live and do not care or want to care about “higher” matters. Knowledge comes only through the elevated ones, who - as the history proves - the more elevated they are, the more corrupt and forgetting about their roots they tend to be. In general, a small percentage of “knowledge” is used for the common good. The core of the business is to keep knowledge available only to select few and to milk maximum profits from it at the expense of us all. Proof: patents, the legal system, arbitrary admission to basic life needs.
If we (the humanity) were honest, we would provide the following for free to anyone: shelter (housing), water for consumption and sanitation, basic (real) food, protection from natural forces, and - a recent addition - free electricity for the basic needs related to existence and employment.
Except for Libya, nobody has ever attempted to do anything like this. Despite absurd $$ trillions in flow, even more absurd $$ trillions reflowed to private accounts (aka inflation / budget), supposedly advanced technology everywhere, supposedly breakthrough science everywhere.
Maybe we should stop thinking about “knowledge” as a principle of “progress”. So far, it looks more like a gigantic hoax. Useless, expensive and paid from the money earned by people who actually do some work - without their say or consent.
I see it that the tone of this piece is to equate knowledge with creating an image in man's made-up symbolic field. The question asked: can planet earth and its life-forms only be viewed through verbal constructs and definitions? Or are these definitions a "stone around your neck"? How about with you? Is everything you perceive covered by a dense network of thought? Where is the object perceived before the thought is applied?
Many people are sure that thought is the only tool for progress. It has created many decades of war, and is presently raging. Some people so pleased about that. The most suspect is my image of myself. I am totally innocent, and the victim of those vile forces. (My government, or you called it "the unauthorized influences that are disturbing my personal space".)
This piece is suggesting that everything you reject in the world is centered in your own (darkened) heart. FIND IT, and root it out. This piece is radical responsibility, that the content of everything I reject IS ME. Not that it is just viewed by me. The thinker and the thought are one and the same. What are you going to do with that? Can you park the thinker, and just observe? What would life be like without this division?
You say that "knowledge may not be the ultimate principle of progress". Often it works for something, even if it's distorted. What is a better tool? (That is the point of this essay.)
I see the “thinking” process as a series of events: priming (imprinting a pattern), test training (reinforcing), live detecting and recognizing.
In short, you won’t be able to detect / recognize / diagnose a thing for which the mind has no base pattern imprinted. You may be able to notice something, but the mind won’t be able to read its meaning, either in isolation (what is it?) or in context (what does it mean to/for me?).
This gap is the basis of all scams, cheats, hoaxes, lies and other forms of deception. It is also the deepest basis of all military training and action. It is also the basis of the “science” - the best scientist is the one who makes up new connections where there have never been any defined before. This gap is the basis of all inventiveness, from outdoor survival to routine erection of buildings, bridges, roads, etc. Last but not least, the ability to cover this gap is the basis of all human relationships. Without it, we are incapable of making any connections, and we will be perceived as weird, awkward, clumsy, offensive, hostile, unwanted, you name it.
Interestingly, anti-social media are all based on the eradication of this life skill and replacing it with algorithmic dead patterning, without and mental input on part of the user. In other words, we have mass-deployed powerful online training platforms whose sole purpose is to dehumanize the user. And their success is painfully obvious.
My point is: we don’t need to work on dark or bright sides of the “consciousness”, we don’t need shadow work and mental therapies. It’s all secondary to the first missing link in the mind: We are incapable of answering the question: “What am I looking at?”
We are unable to properly assess what is in our field of vision. Our mind has been trained to set up dozens of filters between that thing over there and our internal processes. For example, psychologists love the “fight or flight” filter - they can diagnose everyone with any fictitious problems by using this filter.
Marketing and advertising (different names for legally allowed cheating) are based on reframing the subject - selling the message in a way that is not recognized by your mind. Advanced marketing is based on reframing your mind - twisting your perception so that you will never be able to use common sense reasoning.
There are two tools far better than any knowledge: two basic questions to ask before making any ventures.
Question one: “Does what I have work for me?” If yes, don’t do anything about it. Don’t even think about it. If your relationship with your wife/husband gives you nice feelings, immerse yourself in it and enjoy, don’t think about what you are missing or lacking (unless you want to make yourself schizophrenic).
Question two: “Do I need it?” Whatever is offered by Life, challenge it with this question and fully, unconditionally accept your own response that comes from within.
The electric vehicle fraud is the best example here. You have a vehicle that runs 400 miles without a single stop, any weather, any load, any landscape. 1 - it works for you perfectly. Do not even look for alternatives. Waste of time and energy. 2 - when confronted by EV advertising, do you need it? No, because you already have a vehicle that suits all your needs. Do not spend a second on considering the “advantages” of EV dead investments. You don’t need “knowledge” that sets you back AND you have to pay for it AND you won’t be able to recuperate ever.
No need to overthink, just a simple yes/no game does everything we need in this Life.
As we can see from the 2020-2025 covid story, all this knowledge has led us to nothing good.
Those ignorant (i.e. we all) are in no position to expand knowledge. We simply live and do not care or want to care about “higher” matters. Knowledge comes only through the elevated ones, who - as the history proves - the more elevated they are, the more corrupt and forgetting about their roots they tend to be. In general, a small percentage of “knowledge” is used for the common good. The core of the business is to keep knowledge available only to select few and to milk maximum profits from it at the expense of us all. Proof: patents, the legal system, arbitrary admission to basic life needs.
If we (the humanity) were honest, we would provide the following for free to anyone: shelter (housing), water for consumption and sanitation, basic (real) food, protection from natural forces, and - a recent addition - free electricity for the basic needs related to existence and employment.
Except for Libya, nobody has ever attempted to do anything like this. Despite absurd $$ trillions in flow, even more absurd $$ trillions reflowed to private accounts (aka inflation / budget), supposedly advanced technology everywhere, supposedly breakthrough science everywhere.
Maybe we should stop thinking about “knowledge” as a principle of “progress”. So far, it looks more like a gigantic hoax. Useless, expensive and paid from the money earned by people who actually do some work - without their say or consent.
I see it that the tone of this piece is to equate knowledge with creating an image in man's made-up symbolic field. The question asked: can planet earth and its life-forms only be viewed through verbal constructs and definitions? Or are these definitions a "stone around your neck"? How about with you? Is everything you perceive covered by a dense network of thought? Where is the object perceived before the thought is applied?
Many people are sure that thought is the only tool for progress. It has created many decades of war, and is presently raging. Some people so pleased about that. The most suspect is my image of myself. I am totally innocent, and the victim of those vile forces. (My government, or you called it "the unauthorized influences that are disturbing my personal space".)
This piece is suggesting that everything you reject in the world is centered in your own (darkened) heart. FIND IT, and root it out. This piece is radical responsibility, that the content of everything I reject IS ME. Not that it is just viewed by me. The thinker and the thought are one and the same. What are you going to do with that? Can you park the thinker, and just observe? What would life be like without this division?
You say that "knowledge may not be the ultimate principle of progress". Often it works for something, even if it's distorted. What is a better tool? (That is the point of this essay.)
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I see the “thinking” process as a series of events: priming (imprinting a pattern), test training (reinforcing), live detecting and recognizing.
In short, you won’t be able to detect / recognize / diagnose a thing for which the mind has no base pattern imprinted. You may be able to notice something, but the mind won’t be able to read its meaning, either in isolation (what is it?) or in context (what does it mean to/for me?).
This gap is the basis of all scams, cheats, hoaxes, lies and other forms of deception. It is also the deepest basis of all military training and action. It is also the basis of the “science” - the best scientist is the one who makes up new connections where there have never been any defined before. This gap is the basis of all inventiveness, from outdoor survival to routine erection of buildings, bridges, roads, etc. Last but not least, the ability to cover this gap is the basis of all human relationships. Without it, we are incapable of making any connections, and we will be perceived as weird, awkward, clumsy, offensive, hostile, unwanted, you name it.
Interestingly, anti-social media are all based on the eradication of this life skill and replacing it with algorithmic dead patterning, without and mental input on part of the user. In other words, we have mass-deployed powerful online training platforms whose sole purpose is to dehumanize the user. And their success is painfully obvious.
My point is: we don’t need to work on dark or bright sides of the “consciousness”, we don’t need shadow work and mental therapies. It’s all secondary to the first missing link in the mind: We are incapable of answering the question: “What am I looking at?”
We are unable to properly assess what is in our field of vision. Our mind has been trained to set up dozens of filters between that thing over there and our internal processes. For example, psychologists love the “fight or flight” filter - they can diagnose everyone with any fictitious problems by using this filter.
Marketing and advertising (different names for legally allowed cheating) are based on reframing the subject - selling the message in a way that is not recognized by your mind. Advanced marketing is based on reframing your mind - twisting your perception so that you will never be able to use common sense reasoning.
There are two tools far better than any knowledge: two basic questions to ask before making any ventures.
Question one: “Does what I have work for me?” If yes, don’t do anything about it. Don’t even think about it. If your relationship with your wife/husband gives you nice feelings, immerse yourself in it and enjoy, don’t think about what you are missing or lacking (unless you want to make yourself schizophrenic).
Question two: “Do I need it?” Whatever is offered by Life, challenge it with this question and fully, unconditionally accept your own response that comes from within.
The electric vehicle fraud is the best example here. You have a vehicle that runs 400 miles without a single stop, any weather, any load, any landscape. 1 - it works for you perfectly. Do not even look for alternatives. Waste of time and energy. 2 - when confronted by EV advertising, do you need it? No, because you already have a vehicle that suits all your needs. Do not spend a second on considering the “advantages” of EV dead investments. You don’t need “knowledge” that sets you back AND you have to pay for it AND you won’t be able to recuperate ever.
No need to overthink, just a simple yes/no game does everything we need in this Life.