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Vanity of vanities All is vanity What does man gain by all the toil at which he toils under the sun? A generation goes, and a generation comes, but the earth remains forever. The sun rises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to the place where it rises.

A young girl practicing martial arts while waiting for the bus. Sometimes, you need less than you think to stay active.

Perhaps many of the great men who advanced civilization technologically did not introspect. But the great men who advanced it morally - Jesus, Buddha, Socrates, Lincoln, King, Gandhi - did.

But any attempt to explain logic runs into a circular problem. To argue that logic works, you must use logic so you cannot prove logic without presupposing it. This is why philosophers often treat logic as a starting point rather than something that can be proven.

Under this view, logical structures exist abstractly and the universe happens to follow those structures. Logic works because reality instantiates deeper mathematical order. Many physicists lean toward this because modern physics looks like mathematics describing reality.

Every worldview rests on unprovable assumptions, including rationalism, empiricism, religion, science, and mathematics. Even logic itself cannot be proven without using logic. Despite this, human knowledge is still extremely powerful.

@pmarca The science evidence suggests that the problem is usually the kind of inward focus (repetitive/self-punishing vs. curious/problem-solving), not the act itself. For most people, calibrated introspection is a tool for growth and mental health, not a pathology trigger.

@pmarca However, maladaptive rumination (repetitive, passive, self-critical looping over negative feelings/causes/consequences, especially "brooding") is strongly and causally tied to higher depression, anxiety, prolonged negative mood, and worse outcomes.

My big conclusion from this week: Introspection causes emotional disorders.

True wisdom involves using a higher position (or higher moral understanding) to serve and elevate those on lower planes, rather than ruling over them.

A person at a higher level of consciousness can understand those below them, while the reverse is not true. Those with lower awareness cannot comprehend the actions of those with higher awareness, making meaningful communication sometimes difficult.

A higher level of consciousness, wisdom, or development possesses a wider perspective, enabling it to comprehend the lower levels while those at a lower level cannot fully grasp the workings, motivations, or realities of the higher level.

If you don't transmute your anger into courageous action, it will manifest as intense apathy, depression, escapism, or disease, and you will constantly feel like you're wasting your incarnation. Don't suppress it. Use it to create motion.

When Two Tribes Collide youtube.com/watch?v=yW8QBy…