So I'm going to write about emotional stability and the road to self-actualization. Self-actualization is regarded as the pinnacle of human achievement. Being able to realize this kind of psychological state really stands out to separate humans from animals.
I think a lot of people in the world today are being held back by themselves. These kinds of attitudes can range from the types that always complain all the way to the people who are so full of themselves that to me it's blatantly obvious that they are just totally insecure with themselves and need to over-compensate for their feelings of self-inadequacies. *Cue the guy with a small penis and a Hummer H1.
I've come the realization that everything really begins from within yourself. You are able to control everything in the world right around you. I read an interesting excerpt from taopoker about Sartre's lobster.
It rang a bell instantly. It made me think about free will, choices and the ability to control our own lives any way we really want. But it's not to say it's as simple as just thinking it. You need to will yourself to it. Something that is much easier said than done. For more about self-actualization go here.
I've come the realization that everything really begins from within yourself. You are able to control everything in the world right around you. I read an interesting excerpt from taopoker about Sartre's lobster.
It was around 3am and Benjo told me a weird story regarding John-Paul Sartre. I actually started the conversation by asking him something about Sartre. I think it was about him banging Simone de Beauvoir. Anyway, Benjo told me how Simone de Beauvoir made him take a holiday in Southern France because he was too burnt out after experiencing hallucinations, specifically one about a lobster following him around. He had been doing too much mescaline and was feeling the residual effects of that drug. For years the lobster would follow him around and he made the decision that he was not going to see the lobster any more... and the lobster vanished and ceased to exist anymore.
I had a moment of clarity and finally figured it out. Everything. Especially what Sartre was trying to teach us... that we have to make a choice in life. And not just about what we do, but what we believe, and the values we hold. Those choices are not going to be made for us or nor should they be dictated by those around us. He decided to stop seeing the lobsters and they were gone.
It rang a bell instantly. It made me think about free will, choices and the ability to control our own lives any way we really want. But it's not to say it's as simple as just thinking it. You need to will yourself to it. Something that is much easier said than done. For more about self-actualization go here.
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who needs insecurities when you're hot! right A?! ^5
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