Imagine a fish born inside an aquarium
For that fish, the glass walls define reality. It does not know the idea of “outside,” because everything it has ever experienced happens within. The reflections on the glass are its horizon. Now, place two aquariums side by side. The fish see each other and believe they share one world. They are mistaken - yet their mistake is understandable, because illusion always feels real when the glass is clear enough. We humans live in similar aquariums.Our tanks are made of concepts, languages, belie...
Imagine a fish born inside an aquarium
For that fish, the glass walls define reality. It does not know the idea of “outside,” because everything it has ever experienced happens within. The reflections on the glass are its horizon. Now, place two aquariums side by side. The fish see each other and believe they share one world. They are mistaken - yet their mistake is understandable, because illusion always feels real when the glass is clear enough. We humans live in similar aquariums.Our tanks are made of concepts, languages, belie...
How to Become Unkillable
A synonym for “unkillable” is “invincible”. But a bolder, truer word would be: eternal. The mind recoils - eternity? It sounds religious, mythological, speculative. It evokes old books, strange doctrines, temples and tombs. But eternity is not abstract. It is not an afterlife. It is your default state - here, now. I claim this: You cannot become unkillable. But you already are. Let’s see why. Human history, as they retell it - is the history of reacting to threat. From beasts to plagues, from...
How to Become Unkillable
A synonym for “unkillable” is “invincible”. But a bolder, truer word would be: eternal. The mind recoils - eternity? It sounds religious, mythological, speculative. It evokes old books, strange doctrines, temples and tombs. But eternity is not abstract. It is not an afterlife. It is your default state - here, now. I claim this: You cannot become unkillable. But you already are. Let’s see why. Human history, as they retell it - is the history of reacting to threat. From beasts to plagues, from...
The Futility of Any Opposing Thought
Let’s say I express a certain idea - a thought about something. Call it Thought #1. Then you offer a different one. Thought #2. And Thought #2 stands in opposition to Thought #1. Yet, we both honestly recognize that each thought has the right to exist. We don’t even need to state it aloud - we just know it. But here’s where it gets interesting: two opposing yet equally valid thoughts cancel each other out. They neutralize one another. They devalue each other. And so, Being - all of it - carri...
The Futility of Any Opposing Thought
Let’s say I express a certain idea - a thought about something. Call it Thought #1. Then you offer a different one. Thought #2. And Thought #2 stands in opposition to Thought #1. Yet, we both honestly recognize that each thought has the right to exist. We don’t even need to state it aloud - we just know it. But here’s where it gets interesting: two opposing yet equally valid thoughts cancel each other out. They neutralize one another. They devalue each other. And so, Being - all of it - carri...
