Certainty Is An Illusion - Deepstash

Certainty Is An Illusion

We create schedules, routines and habits to build an illusion of certainty, linearity and an expected order of events and circumstances.

Governments, religions and institutions know this mental need of certainty and create an illusion of stability in peoples minds by providing them with rules, laws and rituals.

Even if we know something is certain, it may or may not be true, just a trick of our mind for it to feel stable.

168

523 reads

CURATED FROM

IDEAS CURATED BY

smokyjoe

Get out of my lawn. You are distrubing my learning.

The idea is part of this collection:

Mood Boosters: Put Yourself in a Happy Mood

Learn more about personaldevelopment with this collection

The power of gratitude and positive thinking

Ways to improve your mood

Simple daily habits for a happier life

Related collections

Similar ideas to Certainty Is An Illusion

Generation Gap and Different Values

  • As our parents are from an older generation, the things and events that shaped their world and their values are quite different from what we have seen in our formative years. Every child, no matter how bright or unique he or she may be is moulded according to the adults in charge, bringing ...

Read & Learn

20x Faster

without
deepstash

with
deepstash

with

deepstash

Personalized microlearning

100+ Learning Journeys

Access to 200,000+ ideas

Access to the mobile app

Unlimited idea saving

Unlimited history

Unlimited listening to ideas

Downloading & offline access

Supercharge your mind with one idea per day

Enter your email and spend 1 minute every day to learn something new.

Email

I agree to receive email updates