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I probably come off as a cynical person (though I think I’ve improved a lot in that aspect) from the way I post.
I see myself as a realist and say what’s on my mind even if what I say might be perceived as something stemming from a pessimistic worldview.
Actually, I’m not a nihilist or life-hating person. I think it’s a phase people go through, and staying stuck there is a mark
of emotional immaturity and an indication of someone who hasn’t experienced much or ruminated a lot on these kind of matters.
Living on this planet is probably a net negative overall due to entropy, and there’s a strong case to be made for the drawbacks outweighing the positives in life. In spite of that, I don’t think it’s reasonable to let that negatively affect your emotional disposition and outlook on things.
Notice the landscape of society and media, and how it’s almost as if it’s all designed to keep you in a constant negative energy state.
The things you see getting amplified online are more often than not there to foment outrage, division and mistrust. Artificial inequality and perceived scarcity keeps you in survival mode, reducing you to your base instinct.
All this makes you easier to control and manipulate.
You can’t be in a great, happy mood all the time. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply unrealistic and what may constitute as a form of sham guruism.
There is always a baseline emotional state you generally stay around which fluctuates up and down. What I advocate for is a state of emotional balance, avoiding extremes and harmful states which lead to self-destruction.
Ideally one should try to lift their baseline emotional state, while also reducing the impact and length of depressive periods. This can be achieved pragmatically through the relentless optimization of various aspects of one’s life, ‘maxxing out’ on QoL, essentially.
But the most effective and efficient measures come from when you free your mind from being clouded by negative thoughtforms as a result of changes to your overall mindset and outlook.
I see myself as a realist and say what’s on my mind even if what I say might be perceived as something stemming from a pessimistic worldview.
Actually, I’m not a nihilist or life-hating person. I think it’s a phase people go through, and staying stuck there is a mark
of emotional immaturity and an indication of someone who hasn’t experienced much or ruminated a lot on these kind of matters.
Living on this planet is probably a net negative overall due to entropy, and there’s a strong case to be made for the drawbacks outweighing the positives in life. In spite of that, I don’t think it’s reasonable to let that negatively affect your emotional disposition and outlook on things.
Notice the landscape of society and media, and how it’s almost as if it’s all designed to keep you in a constant negative energy state.
The things you see getting amplified online are more often than not there to foment outrage, division and mistrust. Artificial inequality and perceived scarcity keeps you in survival mode, reducing you to your base instinct.
All this makes you easier to control and manipulate.
You can’t be in a great, happy mood all the time. Any suggestion to the contrary is simply unrealistic and what may constitute as a form of sham guruism.
There is always a baseline emotional state you generally stay around which fluctuates up and down. What I advocate for is a state of emotional balance, avoiding extremes and harmful states which lead to self-destruction.
Ideally one should try to lift their baseline emotional state, while also reducing the impact and length of depressive periods. This can be achieved pragmatically through the relentless optimization of various aspects of one’s life, ‘maxxing out’ on QoL, essentially.
But the most effective and efficient measures come from when you free your mind from being clouded by negative thoughtforms as a result of changes to your overall mindset and outlook.
