In gratification's dysfunction it was addressed how the act of gratification decreases one's capacity to function; one's general ability to proceed through life; one's capacity to manage whatever problems they might be facing. Culturally, we as a world have already largely classified these kinds of behaviours, actions and choices in words like 'mistakes', 'failures', 'addictions',... Continue Reading →

Due to gratification's blinding nature, it's possible that we end up ironically pursuing particular things in the genuine belief that they're what's best for us, yet in reality we're actually contributing to our own detriment. We are capable of ignorant proactive self-sabotage.  An extreme version of this is evident in serious addiction to substance abuse.... Continue Reading →

Just like the existence of macro-nutrients doesn’t disprove the existence of micro-nutrients or the existence of carbohydrates disprove the existence of fats, the existence of one truth doesn’t disprove the existence of another. The fight is rarely one-sided, and discrediting the opposition entirely is rarely wise. “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater” was an... Continue Reading →

Anything that is true, was true long before there was somebody to believe it. It also remains true if everybody ignores it or if there's not a soul who cares. It's still true when people oppose it through misunderstanding and even when people intentionally lie about it. None of these factors alter the reality of... Continue Reading →

Because it's literally the nutrients in what we eat that fuels the cell reproduction and adds to the physical mass and make-up of our bodies, garbage food = garbage fuel = garbage production = garbage body. Healthy fuel = healthy body etc. The more important issue I want to highlight however is that it's not... Continue Reading →

Consider for a moment that truth is at the source of all things; that nothing can exist without some degree of truth. Even the truth that a thing can exist, must precede its existence, kind of like a seed. Only that which is primarily true can “live” (continue to increase in function) while that which... Continue Reading →

To edify means to increase one's capacity to be good. That can be achieved by increasing one's capacity to consistently do good. Demonstrated below is what I will refer to as 'the outer continuum of being'. If you ever want to become something you're not, or to stop being something you are, all you theoretically... Continue Reading →

I will drop my kids for my wife, in basically every single instance that doesn't result in putting them in danger, and even then maybe so. Here's why: It's the best. My experience tells me that it puts all of us in the best possible place to take on the biggest challenges and achieve the... Continue Reading →

When we're 'stuck in a rut' it's often accompanied by the idea that the next 'awakening' or 'level up' for lack of a better term, is an unknown distance away. We likely still hold on to the idea that work itself produces progress, but when it's extremely hard to track that progress and genuinely feel... Continue Reading →