Things which mess you up in the head
May 28, 2024 16:51:26 GMT
Post by Stella on May 28, 2024 16:51:26 GMT
Let's start with some basic premises. There is no such thing as free will or the power of choice. Determinism is an illusion. Life is nothing more than an experience of biology and an environment. There are certain beliefs which you are convinced through social conditioning to be reality when they're not. Therefore there are beliefs which mess with your head. This is what we're going to be thinking about in this post.
Here it's very important not to get caught up in dualistic 'either or' thinking and think that if such a thing as free will does not exist then surely everything is either predetermined or determined. This is not the case. All you need to do is to take a good look around you at the world today, pay some close attention to your environment, and you should see that while there is no free will, nothing also is ever predetermined or inevitable. People change. Societies change. Culture changes. The brain changes. There's even this whole theory of neuro-plasticity. But see the only constant here is change, but see not all change conforms to a regular pattern or sequence. Therefore you can also throw cause and effect and logical sequences into the mix of illusions we often think is part of our reality.
Where most people get into trouble is when change occurs and they assume that they chose to change or that they made the change happen. This is where you are predicating your entire existence on the basis of free will and the belief that you are the captain of your own ship and in control of your destiny. This is not the case. This isn't even possible.
But see you can flip this a complete 180 degrees and believe you know that something will happen before it does and buy into cause and effect and determinism. It is this particular illusion which is the basic premise of the gambling industry, though they incentivize it with a financial reward. Some will even calculate odds against future sporting events to sell you on your own abilities to predict the future. It's all based on determinism and probability. But do you have the mathematical awareness or psychic insight to make it work for you? Most people don't.
But see when we change as individuals it is usually because we have been changed by a certain circumstance occurring in our environment.
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Here it's very important not to get caught up in dualistic 'either or' thinking and think that if such a thing as free will does not exist then surely everything is either predetermined or determined. This is not the case. All you need to do is to take a good look around you at the world today, pay some close attention to your environment, and you should see that while there is no free will, nothing also is ever predetermined or inevitable. People change. Societies change. Culture changes. The brain changes. There's even this whole theory of neuro-plasticity. But see the only constant here is change, but see not all change conforms to a regular pattern or sequence. Therefore you can also throw cause and effect and logical sequences into the mix of illusions we often think is part of our reality.
Where most people get into trouble is when change occurs and they assume that they chose to change or that they made the change happen. This is where you are predicating your entire existence on the basis of free will and the belief that you are the captain of your own ship and in control of your destiny. This is not the case. This isn't even possible.
But see you can flip this a complete 180 degrees and believe you know that something will happen before it does and buy into cause and effect and determinism. It is this particular illusion which is the basic premise of the gambling industry, though they incentivize it with a financial reward. Some will even calculate odds against future sporting events to sell you on your own abilities to predict the future. It's all based on determinism and probability. But do you have the mathematical awareness or psychic insight to make it work for you? Most people don't.
But see when we change as individuals it is usually because we have been changed by a certain circumstance occurring in our environment.
read more