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Are we talking enough about the feeling of being someone boring ? I have no hobbies that make me special, attractive, nor looking special or having a special personality. I'm just existing and it hurts. Even through the internet, I'm awkward, it's worse irl.
Perception and Perspective
personally for me it’s very hard to figure out where my anxiety is stemming from. There are a bunch of variables and things that are constantly cycling through my mind and I don’t know if it stemmed from the past? or worrying about the future?
but thankfully I’ve realised something. It probably won’t make sense to others but like the only thing I have is today? There is no future there is no past. Because the way I perceive today and what I do today will determine what will become my past and what will become my future. The power of understanding yourself, your actions and holding yourself accountable (not in the finish your entire todo list or dieeee way) be gentle, be realistic.
My capabilities are not limited. I could have done more today but compared to what? Somebody on instagram who checked all the boxes in their planner next to a cup of cappuccino?
‘you could have done something in a different way’ okay next time I get the chance I will but what’s important is I’ve done whatever I could for now and it’s a lesson learned and chapter closed for today.
when I workout with weights there’s a concept of progressive overload. That slowly increasing the weights will eventually give you effective results. “This improvement in overall performance will, in turn, allow the athlete to keep increasing the intensity of training sessions.” So why not with whatever you’re trying accomplish? consistency. A little of progress (any kind of progress everyday) is still progress and will enhance and improve later on. Believe it. Work towards it gradually. At your own pace.
For me, my perception and perspective on things changes a lot of odds. Changes everything.
Illuminated Mind 🌞 Our thoughts shape the way we perceive the world. When we take the time to truly understand each thought, we unlock the potential for healing and awakening. This deeper awareness allows us to heal from past wounds, gain clarity, and align with our true purpose.
𝙉ã𝙤 𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙩𝙤 ?
Pensando em uma sutil brisa me que conduz a voar por cima dos montes, os pensamentos fluindo como essa brisa.
Eu tenho inveja, oh, sim como a invejo vagando por aí... eu quero ser você... Eu preciso ser você....
As pessoas costumam pensar assim, quem nem eu?.
Pensar que não há talentos dentro de si ou que não tem nem um resquício de ter algo único para si mesmo ?
Eu sou uma pessoa normal ?
Eu sou Da mesma forma que todos ?
Sempre me pego imaginando fazendo algo de bom, Algo que me faz sentir prazer por um tempo..
Essa amargura no peito, como se faltasse algo.
A sensação de que algo foi arrancado brutalmente enquanto ainda existia..
A dor demandando como a brisa, brisa que constantemente pesa como uma neblina, fria e dolorosamente densa.
Imagine-se...
Imagine.. imagine... imagine... Imagine... IMAGINE!!!
Não sinta nada.. ..se sinta como um nada.
O vazio que se vai sem despedidas ou ao menos palavras, apenas o silêncio brutal evidente.
É bom sentir a quietude escassa...Preparando para dar o primeiro passo, o silêncio para , o zumbir do Vazio volta ... Ele volta...volta...VOLTA... VOLTA...VOLTA.
Ele constantemente esteve ali, nunca foi embora, nem sequer por um momento.
𓇢𓆸𓏲𓇬𑁍
Me observava no fino véu escuridão,Que nem um leão almejando ansiosamente atacar a presa rudemente até cair no chão e ver o sangue escorrendo pelos seus dentes.
Lutando em vão, a presa desistiu, apenas aceitou seu destino.
Tentando olhar por uma última o seu predador, raiva em seus olhos, angústia, inveja e remorso...Invejando-o, imaginando que poderia ser ele, poderia ser mais fácil.
a lucidez se esvazia da mente ,a Alma do corpo some e lentamente morre como um mero reles oco..
𓇢𓆸𓏲𓇬𑁍
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
𝐎𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐞mpre 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞m? 𝐀𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐦𝐨 𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐫? 𝐎𝐮 𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 o 𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐥?
── ⋆⋅☆⋅⋆ ──
𝘖𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘢𝘥𝘢 𝘱𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘲𝘶𝘪 𝘦 𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘱𝘢 𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘴 𝘦𝘳𝘳os 𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘴 𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘦 é 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘢 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘢 𝘷𝘦𝘻 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘰 .
Yeah, after the past few months i feel you last panel...
one thing I want to say today relates to my current job. (As you guys know, I’ve left off working in science labs to work an office job in sci comm. My role...
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Some advice for dealing with yourself and others.
(I especially like the shifting things from too busy to bored one; a list is so helpful there)
A few things to try…
Average size mannequin with average size woman.
The problem, in one picture.
I never realized until seeing this picture that my interpretation of an average size woman has become REALLY SKEWED oh my god I wanna cry
best picture ive reblogged in a while.
BREAKING DOWN THE STRONGHOLDS
The things we accept in life get registered in our spirits, become strongholds and then determine the kind of life that we lead.
If we accept positive things, they get entrenched into our minds, control our thoughts so that we live life with a positive…
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How Do We Know What We Know?
By Biblical Researcher Eli Kittim
A posteriori Vs A priori Knowledge
Epistemology is a philosophical branch that questions the conditions required for a belief to constitute knowledge. The possible sources of knowledge that could justify a belief are based on perception, memory, reason, and testimony.
Postmodern epistemology is generally skeptical of “a posteriori” knowledge, which is derived by reasoning from observed phenomena (i.e. empirical knowledge). Because this knowledge gradually changes and evolves over time, its so-called “facts” also change and are not therefore necessarily true. This would imply that scientific knowledge is not necessarily true and is therefore incapable of informing us about reality as it truly is!
The only necessary “truths” appear to be contained in what is known as “a priori” knowledge, which is derived by reasoning from self-evident propositions. Since the time of Immanuel Kant this knowledge has been understood as being acquired independently of any particular experiences. Thus, logical and mathematical propositions fall under this category.
If you think about it, science cannot prove the existence of the external world independently of our perceptions or faculties. Kant was one of the first thinkers to suggest the idea of the philosophical gaze turned inward upon the self rather than focused on the external world per se. Rather than concentrating on observed phenomena, he zoomed in on the observer himself. Since then we have sought to find out what constitutes “necessary truth,” as well as its justification. In short, we have become skeptical of reality and have seriously questioned whether our perceptions of it can be trusted or not.
The Phenomenological Perspective of Experience
Along comes Edmund Husserl (1859 – 1938), a German philosopher, who founded the school of Phenomenology, which studies the structures of experience and consciousness. Consciousness at the most fundamental level is simply the awareness of existence, both internal and external. In other words, phenomenology is primarily concerned with how consciousness perceives and relates to phenomena. A phenomenon is defined as an observable event. This is in contrast to a “noumenon,” which, according to Kant, cannot be directly observed. Thus, Husserl is interested in understanding not the external world as it really is but rather how an individual experiences or perceives it subjectively. Husserl influenced many notable 20th century thinkers, such as Gabriel Marcel, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Jean-Paul Sartre, Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Emmanuel Levinas, Jacques Derrida, and many others!
What is more, Husserl acknowledged a type of gnosis that is far greater than any knowledge derived from the empirical world of the senses. He called it “authentic intuition,” denoting its capacity to grasp the essence of being (Manfred Frank. What is Neostructuralism? Trans. Sabine Wilke and Richard Gray. [Minneapolis: U of Minnesota P, 1989], pp. 411-412)! Since “testimony” is acceptable as a source of knowledge in epistemology, the multiple and independent attestations of the born-again experience can be employed as potential sources of knowledge for a justified true belief in the Platonic sense. Søren Kierkegaard, the father of existentialism, would acknowledge its validity, given that the born-again experience (Jn 3.3) cannot be proven empirically but experienced existentially! The great mystics Rumi, Kabir, and John of the Cross would certainly concur with that statement. This is analogous to what Karl Jaspers, the German-Swiss psychiatrist and philosopher, calls a leap of faith, which is a belief in something outside the confines of reason.
From an interdisciplinary perspective, psychological testing can further confirm the existence of radical changes in the personality as a result of such experiences, not unlike those depicted in the Bible. For example, a murderer named Saul was said to be changed into a lover named Paul. Such cases abound in the “conversion-experience” literature. It seems to be a case where a new identity has replaced an older one (cf. Eph. 4.22-24). In the language of psychoanalyst Donald Winnicott, it is the difference between the False self (i.e. pseudo self) and the True self (i.e. authentic self)! Thus, there are many indicators which suggest that the born-again experience is ipso facto a possible source of knowledge (cf. Eph. 2.5).
Why Then Are There Differences Between Various Belief Systems?
The contradictory doctrinal statements of various religious traditions do not invalidate the authenticity of the existential experience precisely because they do not accurately represent the born-again experience itself, but rather the afterthoughts that follow it. Human reason tries to make sense of its experiences, thereby leading to theological diversity. However, at the point of the “mysterium tremendum” itself the experience is ubiquitous. In other words, whether one is reared in a Christian, Muslim, or Buddhist culture is irrelevant because the authentic mystical experience will be the same. The person will primarily experience a new birth, a profound sense of peace, as well as an all - encompassing love. The attempt to categorize it within a specific cultural and spiritual milieu is a secondary process. As Hegel once wrote:
“The owl of Minerva spreads its wings only
with the falling of the dusk.”
In other words, only after the experience is gone does philosophy arrive to try to understand it. In our case, theology arrives too late. It’s the same with the doctrinal variations of the different spiritual traditions!
The Absolute Being of philosophy (i.e. God) is often said to instill revelation upon humankind. There are various theological schools, such as pantheism, deism, theism, and the like, but most historians would agree that the various holy books are testaments of God’s alleged revelations (e.g. the Upanishads, Vedas, Bhagavad Gita, Torah, Quran, New Testament). However, the degree of revelation varies. It is important to note what Paul reveals in 1 Cor. 12.11:
“All these are the work of one and the same
Spirit, and he distributes them to each one,
just as he determines.”
In other words, not all get an equal share of the spiritual pie. Not all receive an equal portion of the truth. Each one gets a small amount of it. Some get more, others less. Thus, some know more, some less. This, then, explains the differences that exist between various belief systems without necessarily refuting their undergirding existential experiences per se! Put differently, they all believe in God, but which God is a question pertaining to different levels and degrees of revelation. So, given that belief systems are disseminated later, after the fact, doctrinal differences are irrelevant in refuting the initial born-again experience as a whole.
Conclusion
The epistemology of existentialism and phenomenology presents “experience” as a potential source of knowledge. Since testimony is considered to be a possible source of knowledge that could justify a belief, the multitudinous number of born-again testimonies down through the ages would present a case for the legitimacy of the existential experience! According to phenomenology, this knowledge may actually surpass that of science given its capacity to grasp the essence of being!
Feelings are such a colossal waste of time. They make you irrational, obsessive, and inefficient. It doesn’t even take me an emotionally destructive experience to say that. That is just what I think all the time. I wish that I didn’t have feelings so that life could be easier. Most of the time I feel like I don’t. I kind of feel like my heart is empty except for a few people. And I feel a total absence of any romantic feelings. I don’t know if I can have them. They seem way to embarrassing. I guess I can admire people and want them to like me in some way but I feel gross when I think of them in a romantic way. It sounds totally sociopathic, but the times I have let myself get carried away I become obsessive yet avoidant. I don’t know how to be casual. It’s not even romance, it’s obsession, so I stopped that fast because that is embarrassing. Now, I feel like I have neither obsession nor romance. There might be a little bit of interest and thought but ultimately, because I can never read people, it feels like a waste of time. Also, no one is good enough. I get icked out so fast. Like I can think about the idea of having a boyfriend all I want and how great that would be, but whenever there are actual men it is so gross. I will always find something to criticize. Forget having “standards”, it will take one thing for me to want nothing to do with you ever again. I have to force myself to be nice. I don’t even know what my love language or if I even have one. I have had friends ask me, and I never know what to say. I would say the only one that really appeals to me is quality time, but I love being alone. I feel awkward receiving gifts, and I always find it hard to pick stuff out for people. I don’t like just be touched, and I feel awkward touching other people, like I don’t feel like myself. I have to make an intentional effort to hug people and it shows. I get awkward when people compliment me or tell me good stuff about me and I always feel like they are lying. I am bad at giving intentional words of affirmation because I am too in my head to form words that I feel like are actually meaningful. Also, I like my independence too much to let people help me with tasks. I have a way I do stuff and I don’t like people trying to interfere with that. I just can’t imagine anyone feeling attracted to me in the first place. When that has come up in the past I always assume it’s a joke or something. Also, when I find out, I never reciprocate because that is too gross to me. I can never see myself and romance so I just seem to avoid it. I don’t think I am unlikable, I have friends and family I know loves me, but romance is different. It feels unrealistic and unattainable to me. Those feelings make me feel way to out of control to be appealing.
Carl Jung's Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
It took me a long time to understand what enlightenment truly meant. I once pursued it myself, believing it to be something magical. However, after reading Carl Jung's Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, I gained a new perspective. I realized that all this time I had been suffering without understanding that there are always two forces within us: one is consciousness, and the other is the unconscious.
I came to see that all creativity, dreams, and myths arise from the unconscious. Consciousness is just a small part of the vast, boundless unconscious—a primitive space that feels like a void. Some might call this the soul or spirit, but there are many names for this one concept: the unconscious. Though I cannot fully comprehend or directly observe it, I now know it exists, and because of that, I feel free for the first time. I feel like I have found freedom within my thoughts by recognizing the presence of the unconscious.
The voice that speaks to us—the monster we think lurks inside us, the angel, or even God—is nothing but the unconscious. Sometimes, the unconscious invades our consciousness, and we may feel or see things that never existed. The unconscious comes to us in dreams and manifests in our creativity. It often reveals itself passively. But when the unconscious fully overtakes consciousness, a person may appear insane, for the unconscious has no moral compass—it simply exists as openness and nothingness, yet it contains everything a living being is.
Personal perspective
The Gestalt Principle: Why The Whole Is Greater Than the Sum of Its Parts Shaina Tranquilino April 23, 2024
In the realm of perception and cognition, the Gestalt principle stands as a testament to the interconnectedness and complexity of human experience. Coined by German psychologists in the early 20th century, this principle suggests that the whole is greater than the mere sum of its individual components. From visual illusions to problem-solving, the Gestalt principle illuminates how our minds organize and interpret the world around us.
Understanding the Gestalt Principle: At its core, the Gestalt principle emphasizes that our perception goes beyond the simple combination of individual elements. Instead, we tend to perceive objects as unified wholes, often emphasizing patterns, relationships, and structures. This principle manifests across various domains of human experience, offering insights into psychology, art, design, and even organizational behaviour.
Visual Perception: In visual perception, the Gestalt principle explains phenomena such as figure-ground relationship, proximity, similarity, closure, and continuity. For instance, when we look at a complex image, our minds effortlessly organize it into meaningful shapes and forms, prioritizing coherence and completeness. This innate tendency to perceive wholes rather than parts highlights the efficiency and sophistication of our visual processing.
Art and Design: Artists and designers leverage the Gestalt principle to create compelling compositions that captivate the viewer's attention. By understanding how elements interact within a visual field, creators can manipulate perception to evoke specific emotions and convey particular messages. Whether through balance, contrast, or alignment, the Gestalt principle serves as a guiding principle in the creation of aesthetically pleasing and impactful artworks.
Problem-Solving and Creativity: Beyond perception, the Gestalt principle influences our problem-solving abilities and creative endeavors. When faced with a complex challenge, we often seek to understand the underlying patterns and relationships, allowing us to grasp the bigger picture. By recognizing how individual elements contribute to a larger whole, we can devise innovative solutions and approach problems from novel perspectives.
Psychological Insights: On a psychological level, the Gestalt principle sheds light on how we perceive ourselves and others within social contexts. We tend to categorize individuals based on overarching traits and characteristics, forming impressions that extend beyond mere summations of their attributes. This holistic perception influences our interactions, relationships, and societal dynamics, emphasizing the importance of considering the whole individual rather than isolated traits.
Organizational Dynamics: In the realm of organizational behavior, the Gestalt principle informs our understanding of group dynamics and teamwork. Successful teams prioritize collaboration and synergy, recognizing that the collective effort often yields results greater than the mere aggregation of individual contributions. By fostering a culture that values cohesion and shared goals, organizations can harness the power of the Gestalt principle to drive innovation and productivity.
The Gestalt principle serves as a cornerstone in our comprehension of perception, cognition, and human behaviour. It reminds us that the whole is not simply the sum of its parts but a complex interplay of relationships and patterns that transcend individual elements. Whether in art, problem-solving, or organizational dynamics, embracing the Gestalt principle empowers us to perceive the world with greater clarity and harness the inherent synergy of interconnectedness.