"A good man who serves a great evil is not without sin. He must recognize and accept his complicity."

Moral Responsibility and Systemic Wrongs:
<ul>
 <li>Individuals have a responsibility to acknowledge and oppose wrongdoing</li>
 <li>This includes understanding and acknowledging one's role in harm caused by larger systems or organizations</li>
 <li>It is not enough to simply refrain from personally doing harm</li>
 <li>We must actively work to recognize and address systemic wrongs</li>
</ul>

"Individual Responsibility for Systemic Wrongs"

The quote challenges the notion that individual goodness can excuse or negate the impact of contributing to systemic evil. It suggests a more holistic view of ethics, considering the effects of one's actions within the context of their societal and systemic implications.

Individual Impact on Systemic Evil

The philosophy emphasizes the importance of self-awareness and acceptance of one's role within harmful systems. This acknowledgment is the first step towards rectifying or mitigating one's complicity and moving towards more ethical behavior.

The Philosophy of Self-Awareness and Acceptance

I was playing this game, and this quote from Barret really got to me.

A full-color, lavishly illustrated introduction to the world of Final Fantasy VII Remake, presenting information on characters, settings, gameplay, and more! With its captivating characters, striking visual design, and intense gameplay, Final Fantasy VII set a new standard for the RPG genre and became one of the top video game releases of all time. Now, with Final Fantasy VII Remake, players return to Midgar in a stunning new rendition of a timeless classic. This World Preview volume offers both new players and longtime fans essential information on characters, settings, gameplay, and more, as well as introductory comments from producer Yoshinori Kitase and director Tetsuya Nomura.

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David Hume states his Three Association of idea (A process by which representations(e.g. imagination and ideas) arise in consciousness).Here are the Hume's Association of idea from the book An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, Sect. III.

We associate things based on similarities of being alike to other.Example, when someone shows you a picture of your best friend, you naturally think of her because the picture resembles her.

RESEMBLANCE

We associate things that occur to each other in space and time.Example, if you saw a tree and in that tree you saw a next, this may lead you to think of bird, because they are spatially contiguous.

CONTIGUITY

We associate thing based on the idea of cause and effect.Example, if we saw a wounds, we can forbear the pain which follows it because it is causally connected.

CAUSALITY

The Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume wrote a book entitled "An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding" in this book Hume attempt to define the principles of human knowledge, limitations of it, and extent of our reliance on mental habit. In its Section III.

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<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">All your actions, feelings, behaviors - even your abilities - are always consistent with your self image.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You will “act like” the sort of person you conceive yourself to be. Not only that but you literally cannot act otherwise in spite of all your conscious efforts or willpower.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The self-image can be changed</li></ul>

The Self-Image : Your Key to a Better Life

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Get a New Mental Picture of Yourself</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Your success mechanism works often take care of themselves and do so effortlessly when you supply the goal to your brain.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Many people make the mistake of interfering with their success mechanism by demanding a how before a goal is clearly established.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">After you’ve formed a mental image of the goal you seek to create, the “how” will come to you—not before</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Remain calm and relaxed and the answers will arrive. Any attempt to force the ideas to come will not work. As Brian Tracy wrote, “In all mental workings, effort defeats itself”</li></ul>

Discovering Success Mechanism Within You

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A human being always acts and feels and performs in accordance with what he imagines to be true about himself and his environment.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You must have a clear mental picture of the correct thing before you can do it successfully.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The aim of self image psychology is not to create a fictitious self that is all-powerful, arrogant, egoistic and all-important. Such an image is as inappropriate and unrealistic as the inferior image of self. Our aim is to find the real self, and to bring our mental images of ourselves more in line with the objects represented by our goals.</li></ul>

Imagination : First Key to Your Success Mechanism

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Set aside a period of 30 minutes each day when you can be alone an undisturbed. Relax and make yourself as comfortable as possible. Now close your eyes and exercise your imagination.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You can go back into your past and find a “successful” memory, an occasion when you did something well.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The biggest key is to practice every day.</li></ul>

Imagination : To-do's

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Within you right now is the power to do things you never dreamed possible. This power becomes available to you just as soon as you can change your beliefs.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Feelings of inferiority originate not so much from facts or experiences, but our conclusions regarding facts, and out evaluation of experiences.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Inferiority and superiority are reverse sides of the same coin. The cure lies in realizing that the coin itself is spurious.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The truth about you is : You are not “inferior” You are not “superior” You are simply “YOU”</li></ul>

Dehypnotize Yourself from False Beliefs

<ul><li>Stop measuring yourself against ‘their’ standards. You are not “them” and can never measure up. Neither can “they” measure up to your—nor should they. Once you see this simple, rather self-evident truth, accept it, and believe it, your inferior feelings will vanish.</li><li>Physical relaxation plays a key role in the dehypnotization process</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Seat yourself comfortably in an easy chair or lie down on your back. Consciously “let go” the various muscle groups as much as possible without making too much of an effort of it. Just consciously pay attention to the various parts of your body and let go a little</li></ul>

To-do's :

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Our errors, mistakes, failures, and sometimes even our humiliations, were necessary steps in the learning process. However, they were meant to be means to an end—and not an end in themselves. When they have served their purpose, they should be forgotten.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If we consciously dwell on the error, or consciously feel guilty about the error and keep berating ourselves because of it, then the error or failure itself becomes the “goal” that is consciously held in imagination and memory</li></ul>

How to Utilize the Power of Rational Thinking

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Picture yourself what you would like to be and have, and assume for the moment that such things might be possible. Arouse a deep desire for these things. Become enthusiastic about them. Dwell on them—and keep going over them in your mind. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Remember that your automatic mechanism can as easily function as a Failure Mechanism as it can as a Success Mechanism, based on the data you give it to process. It is basically a goal-striving mechanism. The goal it works on are up to you.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We must learn to do our work, act on the best assumptions available, and leave results to take care of themselves.</li></ul>

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Do your worrying before you place your bet, not after the wheel starts turning</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Form the Habit of consciously responding to the present moment</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Try to do only one thing at a time</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Sleep on it. [If you have been wrestling with a problem all day without making any apparent progress, try dismissing it from your mind, and put off making a decision until you’ve had a chance to “sleep on it”]</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Relax while you work</li></ol>

Five Rules for freeing your Creative Machinery

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Happiness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; nor do we delight in happiness because we restrain our lusts; but on the contrary, because we delight in it, therefore are we able to restrain them</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Happiness comes from being and acting unselfishly—as a natural accompaniment to the being and acting, not as a “payoff” or prize.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Happiness Does Not Lie in the Future but in the Present.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Form the habit of reacting aggressively and positively toward threats and problems. Form the habit of being goal-oriented all the time, regardless of what happens.</li></ul>

You can Acquire the Habit of Happiness

"Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">A man does not simply find success or come to failure. He carries their seeds around in his personality and character.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">S : Sense of Direction</li><li class="ql-align-justify">U : Understanding</li><li class="ql-align-justify">C : Courage</li><li class="ql-align-justify">C : Compassion</li><li class="ql-align-justify">E : Esteem</li><li class="ql-align-justify">S : Self-Confidence</li><li class="ql-align-justify">S : Self-Acceptance</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Accept yourself as you are—and start from there.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Learn to emotionally tolerate imperfection in yourself. It is necessary to intellectually recognize our shortcomings, but disastrous to hate ourselves because of them.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Accept yourself. Be yourself.</li></ul>

Ingredients of the "Success-Type" Personality

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">No one is immune to the negative feelings and attitudes. Even the most successful personalities experience them at time. The important thing is to recognize them for what they are, and take positive action to correct course.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Understanding Brings Cure</li><li class="ql-align-justify">F : Frustration</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A : Aggressiveness</li><li class="ql-align-justify">I : Insecurity</li><li class="ql-align-justify">L : Loneliness</li><li class="ql-align-justify">U : Uncertainty</li><li class="ql-align-justify">R : Resentment</li><li class="ql-align-justify">E : Emptiness</li></ul>

The Failure Mechanism

Many people who have emotional scars have not suffered physical injuries. However, the impact on their personality is the same. These individuals have been hurt or injured by someone in the past. To protect themselves from future harm, they form a spiritual callus or emotional scar to shield their ego.The person who feels "lonely" or out of touch with others also feels disconnected from their true self & life.<ul><li>Emotional scars on our egos also have another detrimental effect. They lead to the build a damaged self-image, which is disliked/rejected by others, and struggles to coexist in society.</li></ul>

How to Remove Emotional Scars or Give Yourself an Emotional Face

<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Be too Big to feel threatened</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A self-reliant, responsible attitude makes you less vulnerable</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Relax away Emotional Hurts</li></ol> <ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Give Yourself a Spiritual Face-Lift</li><li>You can forgive, if you’re willing.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We find it difficult to forgive only because we like our sense of condemnation. We get a perverse and morbid enjoyment out of nursing our wounds. As long as we can condemn another, we can feel superior to him.</li><li>Forgive Yourself as well as Others.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">You made mistakes. Mistakes do not make “you”</li></ul>

What to do ?

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">What we call “personality” is the outward evidence of that unique and individual creative self, or what might be called the free and full expression of your real self.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">“Poor personality” or “inhibited personality” are one and the same. The inhibited personality has imposed a restraint on the expression of the real self.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Negative feedback always says in effect, “Stop what you’re doing, or the way you’re doing it—and do something else.” Its purpose is to modify response, or change the degree of forward action—not to stop all action.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Excessive Carefulness leads to inhibition and Anxiety.</li></ul>

How to Unlock Your Real Personality

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The way to make a good impression on other people is : Never consciously “try” to make a good impression on them. Never act, or fail to act, purely for consciously contrived effect. never “wonder” consciously what the other person is thinking of you, how he is judging you.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The attitude of being immune to strangers or strange situation, this total disregard for all the unknown or unexpected has a name. It is called poise. Poise is the deliberate shunting aside of all fears arising from new and uncontrollable circumstances</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Balance and harmony are what is needed.</li></ul>

How to Unlock your Real Personality Pt 2

“We cannot think first and act afterwards. From the moment of birth we are immersed in action, and can only fitfully guide it by taking thought”

A “crisis” is a situation that can either make you or break you. If you react properly to the situation, a “crisis” can give you strength, power, wisdom you do not ordinarily possess.<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Practice Without Pressure</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Crisis Brings Power</li><li class="ql-align-justify">What is the worst that can possibly happen?</li></ol> When great demands are made upon us, if only we fearlessly accept the challenge and confidently expend our strength, every danger or difficulty brings its own strength—’As thy days so shall thy strength be’

How to turn a Crisis into a Creative Opportunity

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The possibility of the goal must be seen so clearly that it becomes “real” to your brain and nervous system.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">If we keep our positive goal in mind, and picture it to ourselves so vividly as to make it “real”, and think of it in terms of an accomplished fact, we will also experience winning feelings : self-confidence, courage, and faith that the outcome will be desirable</li><li class="ql-align-justify">When you feel successful and self-confident, you will act successfully. When the feeling is strong, you can literally do no wrong.</li></ul>

How to get that Winning Feeling

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">If you can recapture “that winning feeling”, you also evoke all the “winning actions” that accompanied it.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Build Success Patterns into Your Gray Matter</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Go back in memory and relive those successful experiences. In your imagination revive the entire picture in as much detail as you can. In your mind’s eye “see” not only the main event, but all the little incidental things that accompanied your success.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Our present thinking, mental habits, attitudes toward past experiences, and toward the future—all have an influence upon old recorded engrams. </li></ul>

Winning Feeling Pt-2

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Activity Means Life</li><li>Look forward and Live</li><li>Life itself is adaptive; that life is not just an end in itself, but a means to an end. Life is one of the “means” we are privileged to use, in various ways, to achieve important goals.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Create a Need for More Life</li><li>We age, not by years, but by events and our emotional reactions to them.</li><li>Faith, courage, interest, optimism, looking forward bring us new life and more life. Futility, pessimism, frustration, or living in the past are not only characteristic of “old age”, they also contribute to it.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Retire from a Job, but Never Retire from Life</li></ul>

More Years of Life and More Life in your Years

Whatever your definition of happiness may be, you will only experience true happiness by living more fully. This includes accomplishing meaningful goals, loving and being loved, being healthy and enjoying life, and spreading happiness to others.There is one ultimate source of life, but it can manifest itself in many different forms. In order to truly live life to the fullest, we must be open to all of its channels - whether that be through science, religion, psychology, or anything else.

Experience More Life

Put more living in your life! Psycho‑Cybernetics is renowned doctor and professor Maxwell Maltz’s simple, scientific, and revolutionary program for health and success. Happiness and success are habits. So are failure and misery. But negative habits can be changed—and Psycho‑Cybernetics shows you how! This is your personal guide to the amazing power of Psycho‑Cybernetics—a program based on one of the world’s classic self‑help books, a multimillion‑copy bestseller proven effective by readers worldwide. Presenting positive attitude as a means for change, Maltz’s teaching has the ring of common sense. Psycho‑Cybernetics is the original text that defined the mind/body connection—the concept that paved the way for most of today’s personal empowerment programs. Turn crises into creative opportunities, dehypnotize yourself from false beliefs, and celebrate new freedom from fear and guilt. Testimonials and stories are interspersed with advice from Maltz, as well as techniques for relaxation and visualization. Dr. Maxwell Maltz teaches you his techniques of “emotional surgery”—the path to a dynamic new self‑image and self‑esteem and to achieving the success and happiness you deserve!

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The quote goes as 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.' Any negative person will find an excuse in this quote and say that it is natural to not able to sit quietly. That person will think his inability is as natural like a fish's inability to come out of water. But this quote has a vast capacity to encourage introspection in anyone if we make minor changes.

Correction To Quote By Blaise Pascal

We do not know what Blaise Pascal meant in his original language. Regardless of that, the thing is Man has the ability of finding silence in himself and reflecting that silence in his day-to-day actions. It is just that in the race of the world, he forgot to harness this natural and base state of silence.

Silence Is The Base State

'All of humanity's problems exist because man forgot how to sit quietly in a room alone.' Sitting quietly does not mean inaction when there is a need to act. Sitting quietly means finding peace in oneself in all actions.

Modified Quote

A little correction to a quote by Blaise Pascal

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“The only constant in life is change.”

Change is inevitable in personal, societal, and global spheres, shaping our lives through events, choices, and evolving environments. While it may be unsettling, embracing change as integral to life's journey reduces stress and fosters growth. A positive outlook turns change into a stepping stone, offering valuable lessons for advancement. Inspired by figures like Socrates and Steve Jobs, strategies such as developing new skills and staying flexible become essential in navigating life's dynamic transformations.

1. The Reality Of Change

Embracing change fosters motivation and resilience. Adapting positively turns shifts into opportunities for self-improvement, allowing us to thrive beyond comfort zones. This openness deepens connections and promotes mutual growth in relationships. Letting go of rigid assumptions reduces resentment towards life's unpredictability. Sustained motivation comes from resetting goals to align with evolving situations. Accepting change equips us with wisdom and resilience for life's unfolding journey.

The Benefits Of Accepting Change

In contemporary culture, failure is often villainized, overshadowed by narratives of unbroken success. However, failure is guaranteed on the path to success. Accepting failure as integral to growth enables constructive responses. Shifting our perspective, we view failure as valuable data guiding us toward success, not permanent defeat. Failures highlight areas for improvement and offer pathways for desired outcomes. Reflecting on failures sparks inventive thinking and cultivates vital lessons, fueling our evolution.

2. The Reality Of Failure

There are constructive techniques for ensuring failures truly enhance rather than diminish our life journeys. Honest and thoughtful evaluations of ourselves and situations that did not manifest desired results are invaluable. Beneficial failure reflection questions include:1. What core lesson does this failure offer me about myself/my pursuits?2. How can I improve my strategy, skills, or mindset to overcome this type of setback next time?3. What limiting belief or assumption of mine does this experience disprove?4. Who can I learn from that has succeeded where I have yet to?

Learning From Failure

Seeking validation is inherent in our social nature, providing comfort but also opening us to the pain of rejection. Despite efforts to please everyone, universal likeability is impossible due to diverse personalities and preferences. Accepting this truth frees us from futile people-pleasing, alleviating needless suffering and irrational fears. Redirecting energy inward prepares us for more authentic, purpose-driven lives.

3. The Reality Of Not Being Able To Please Everyone

Liberation comes from freeing ourselves from others' validation, empowering self-confidence and esteem. Following our inner compass motivates us. Our worth isn't tied to societal standards; awareness of our talents instills motivation. No longer compromising for conformity brings immense fulfillment. As self-knowledge grows, outside opinions matter less. Inner security helps handle disapproval, aligning actions with inner truth sustains motivation. Seeking our approval and that of growth-nurturers sets us on a courageous, authentic life journey, fulfilling our potential.

The Benefits Of Self-Approval

● Change naturally arises in life regularly; embracing it with positivity, flexibility, and eagerness to learn unlocks growth.● Failure serves as a teacher, not a defeater; thoughtfully analyzing our mistakes clears paths ahead.● Pleasing everyone equally is impossible; focusing on self-approval guides us most authentically.● Accepting rather than resisting life’s unavoidable difficulties or disappointments motivates perseverance.● Maintaining the perspective that challenges provide opportunities to learn and improve builds resilience.

Key Takeaways

We all have dreams, goals, and ideals for envisioning our lives unfolding. But reality doesn’t always align with our plans and desires. Certain inevitable

3 Life Realities You Must Accept

Most people's view of what democracy is is at the level of a 6th grade understanding. In this model, people have values and needs, and they rationally pick candidates that share their needs and values.However, tons of data show that this is a very naive perspective. Most voters have no ideological values, cannot really tell what they want, and often miss important facts.

6th Grade Democracy

People don't vote for what they want.People vote for who they are.

The best voters are the informed voters. Based on this insight, epistocracy is a form of government where political power is distributed based on knowledge.Jason Brennan proposes multiple ways in which this could be done. One way is for a voter to answer a series of questions about the desired outcome and questions about the topic at hand. The questions being picked by a random group of 500 citizens. This method could be used to pick policies or politicians.

Epistocracy - An Alternative to Democracy

What is all we know about democracy is wrong?

Jason Brennan is an American philosopher and business professo at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. Brennan writes about democratic theory, the ethics of voting, competence and power, freedom, and the moral foundations of commercial society. (Wikipedia.) He speaks in this episode about the faults and flaws of democracy, and why people are often not as good as voting as they think they are. Buy "Against Democracy" (affiliate link): https://amzn.to/3HBA5df Buy "Democracy: A Guided Tour": https://amzn.to/3udeuF2

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For the curious. A philosophy podcast that sometimes flirts with other disciplines, Within Reason has featured guests including Richard Dawkins, Douglas Murray, William Lane Craig, Peter Singer, Konstantin Kisin, and Neil deGrasse Tyson.

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Have you ever noticed how we use words like "close" and "above" to describe our relationships with others? Even though we know they don't refer to actual physical space, we use these spatial and architectural metaphors to explain our social worlds.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">We say we have an "inner circle" of friends</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We feel "left out" from the circles of others</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Colleagues with "higher" status seem "above" us</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Society itself is described as having a "structure", like a skyscraper.</li></ul>

Spatial and Architectural Metaphors in Social Relationships

<a href="https://psyche.co/ideas/boost-your-self-understanding-with-a-navigational-approach">These metaphors</a>, both at a personal and societal level, help us understand the complex dynamics of human relationships.So next time you use words like :<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">"walling someone off" or</li><li class="ql-align-justify">"pushing someone down",</li></ul>remember the architectural foundation behind these phrases.Have you ever wondered why we use spatial metaphors when talking about social relationships?<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">This is not just a coincidence. Our minds naturally view social connections in a spatial way.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">This means that architectural concepts could potentially offer new insights into social and political systems.</li></ul>

The Spatial Metaphors in Social Relationships

In the past 40 years, <a href="https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/M/bo3637992.html">research</a> has shown that figurative language is not just poetic or fanciful, it actually shapes our thoughts and speech patterns.<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Love is a 'journey'</li><li class="ql-align-justify">truth is something that is 'seen clearly'</li><li class="ql-align-justify">extroverted people are described as 'lighting up the room' - which all activate the same brain regions as the actual experiences.</li></ul>Our body plays a <a href="https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21038261/">key role</a> in how we understand abstract ideas. The same part of our brain that perceives light is used to imagine a person as 'bright'.In essence, our thoughts are using our body's operations to make sense of the world.

The Cognitive Impact of Figurative Language

"If we describe someone as ‘distant’, we think of them in that spatial term, even if they’re next to us"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Cognitive scientists <a href="https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2011-14603-004">found</a> that our social perceptions greatly impact our behavior, specifically in regard to our mental distances vs physical distances.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">We tend to draw ourselves closer to individuals we label as "friends" and increase the distance between ourselves and those we consider "strangers".</li><li class="ql-align-justify">It's also been <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.0033-0124.2004.05602009.x">observed</a> that individuals with negative opinions of other cultures may overestimate the physical distance between them and that culture's cities.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Our social world has a significant influence on how we interact with others and perceive our surroundings.</li></ul>

How Our Social Perceptions Affect Our Behavior

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Some scientists propose that social cognition evolved as an <a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00645/full">"exaptation"</a> of spatial cognition, repurposing existing neural mechanisms to navigate social hierarchies. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">This theory offers a compelling explanation for how our brains process social information in a spatially organized manner.</li></ul>Other research from social psychology has demonstrated that our mental representations of people are multimodal. They include :<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">emotional associations </li><li class="ql-align-justify">declarative knowledge </li><li class="ql-align-justify">and episodic memories, among other content.</li></ul>

Exaptation Theory:

Can the design of physical spaces influence political thought? Architects have the power to shape our social interactions by creating spaces that can be tall, wide, open, confined, with or without views. This is why winners stand on the highest podium, bosses occupy large offices, and heads of families sleep in master bedrooms and sit at the head of the table.Let's think:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">How does the design of physical spaces impact our social dynamics?</li><li class="ql-align-justify">What are some ways that power is manifested in different spatial configurations?</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Can we intentionally design spaces to create more egalitarian social structures?</li></ul>

Impact of Architecture on Social Thought

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Advocates for social progress often employ spatial metaphors to challenge inequality and oppression. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Virginia Woolf's <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Room-Ones-Own-Virginia-Woolf/dp/9350334933/ref=sr_1_2?crid=2Z8ADBJRNU8IX&keywords=a+room+of+ones+own+virginia+woolf&qid=1707203775&sprefix=a+room+of+ones%2Caps%2C413&sr=8-2">"A Room of One’s Own"</a> symbolizes women's intellectual agency, while the "glass ceiling" represents invisible barriers for women in the corporate world. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">LGBTQ+ individuals "coming out of the closet" and chants like "Whose streets? Our streets!" at protests serve as spatial metaphors for breaking societal constraints. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Even the political spectrum can be reimagined, with "partisan" and "extremist" positions represented on a horseshoe shape. </li></ul>

Unveiling the Power of Spatial Metaphors in Social Thought

"The architectural metaphor of the ‘glass ceiling’ expresses the barriers often invisible to men"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">The shapes of social thought are vast, yet spatial metaphors can limit it. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Phrases like "Left-Right spectrum" or "President" can tilt our mental perceptions. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Time to listen out for architectural metaphors constraining our political discourse and interpersonal relations.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">For instance, Trump's proposal for a border wall signifies a shift towards isolationism in foreign and immigration policies. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Instead, we must challenge these metaphors to prevent divisions between social groups.</li></ul>

Rethinking Social Thought in Spatial Metaphors

"Metaphorical barriers remain standing long after their physical referents are demolished"

<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Architecture has a powerful influence on our social experiences and movements, conveying messages of social power. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Recent research highlights the cognitive effects of architecture and how we can use this understanding as architects of our own collective experiences.</li></ul>- Architects design buildings to reflect social power.- Social and architectural metaphors shape our social experiences and desires.- Neuroscientific research reveals the neurobiological basis of these effects.- Becoming architects of our collective experiences allows us to shape others' spatial relationships.

The Power of Architecture in Social Metaphors

Some friends are ‘close’– others are ‘distant’. But our spatial descriptions of social life are more than just metaphors.

Some friends are ‘close’. Others are ‘distant’. But our spatial descriptions of social life are more than just metaphors

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Communication

The geometry of other people 

The ability to make choices without fear of consequences.
Freedom is about "choosing to live" instead of "having to live."
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	<li>It is our fundamental right to act, think, write and speak without coercion.</li>
	<li>Freedom allows us to break free from the emotional shackles of life.</li>
	<li>Daniel L Boorstin, an American historian, famously said, "Freedom means the opportunity to be what we never thought we would be."</li>
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We are only as free as we choose to be. With freedom comes the chance to become something we never imagined for ourselves.

The Power of Freedom

The psychology of freedom investigates the sort of mind required for such freedom of action. It aims to understand what talents and mental states we require to be free to behave differently than we do now. It focuses on the sort of will that a free agent must have. By will, I mean the capacity to predict how we will act via decision-making, resulting in an intention regarding the activities we will perform.

Significance of Freedom

When a person is given the freedom to choose, anxiety is generated on autopilot, which leads to a troubled choice. Giving in to your wayward desires will make you move away from the struggles that the legitimacy of yourself demands. As a consequence, you'll end up on a path of dislike for who you've become. That is, if you do not know how to operate the steering wheel of free will, you will end up in the pit of anguish. The link between freedom of free will and mental wellness may exist because they place more impulsion on a person's will.

Freedom of Free Will and Mental Wellness

When individuals voluntarily make choices and decisions that are aligned with their values and morals, they will experience intrinsic <a href="https://www.psychologs.com/psychology-behind-motivation/">motivation</a>, wholeness, and improved psychological well-being.

Intrinsic Motivation

In the most spartan terms, freedom gives us the opportunity to become something unanticipated from what we originally imagined for ourselves.

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Religion & Spirituality

The Psychology behind Freedom

"The world, and everything within it, is the conditioned and objectified consciousness of man. Consciousness is both the cause and substance of the entire world."

To better comprehend the topic, Neville explains that reality can be visualized as two streams: the conscious and the subconscious. The conscious is personal and selective, while the subconscious is impersonal and non-selective. Both are considered the masculine (conscious) and feminine (subconscious) divisions of consciousness itself. Neville makes it clear that the conscious is the realm of effect, generating ideas and then impressing them upon the subconscious. The latter is the realm of cause, responsible for receiving ideas to give them shape and expression.

"The Magic Behind the Conscious and the Subconscious"

It is crucial to note that the subconscious does not produce ideas but accepts as true those ideas that the conscious also conceives as truths. Thus, through the power of imagining and feeling the realization of these ideas, man can create his own reality. To manifest accurately, it is possible to control the subconscious through ideas and feelings.

"The Power of Imagination and Feeling"

The mechanism for creation lies in the subconscious, transcending reason and being independent in the face of induction. Neville teaches that feeling is the only way ideas are communicated to the subconscious. Why? Because the subconscious assumes a feeling as a fact that exists in itself, proceeding to give it expression. Everything begins in the creative process, where an idea becomes the feeling that propels the will to act.

"The Mechanism for Carrying Out Creation"

With this information, it is crucial to control more disciplinedly the feelings we prefer to imprint on our subconscious, avoiding limiting ourselves to feeling only insecurities and prejudices towards ourselves and others.Therefore, it is essential to encourage ourselves to change our mindset once and for all.

"That which we choose to imprint on the subconscious"

The crucial secret to successful manifestation is to feel the desire we long for as a state that already is, rather than thinking it is not yet. To be more specific, all feelings leave an impression on the subconscious that must be expressed. It is important to emphasize that this is always the case unless there is a stronger feeling of the opposite nature, as the dominant feeling is ultimately the one expressed.

"The most accurate way to manifest what is desired"

Neville Goddard teaches us that 'I am healthy' is, in itself, a more dominant feeling than 'I will be healthy. And "I am" is stronger than "I am not" Because what you feel you are is much more dominant than what you would like to be.To clarify, all changes of expression come through a change of feeling, and this change can lead to a modification of destiny. Therefore, you must learn to feel only in the state you wish to actualize and likewise feel the reality of the state, acting from that same conviction.

"A change that can lead to a modification of destiny"

In this article, we will explore the ideas and teachings of Neville Goddard, aiming to unlock the full potential of our conscious and subconscious minds as we manifest our desires in tandem with his guidance.

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Strategy

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Problem Solving

Neville Goddard and the Secret to Manifesting What You Desire | Part 1

PART I SELF-DIRECTED WARFARE

1. DECLARE WAR ON YOUR ENEMIESYou cannot swing a sword without knowing what to hit with it. It's you against the world and it's you against yourself. Fight your inner demons.2. DO NOT FIGHT THE LAST WARWhat has worked in the past, may not work again. Forget the past. Adapt to current times, ever-changing, ever-evolving.3. AMIDST THE TURMOIL OF EVENTS, DO NOT LOSE YOUR PRESENCE OF MINDYou have to stay alert, when everyone else is in uproar. Do not be intimidated by chaos. Do not panic. You seek out the conflict reacting swiftly, when the opportunity presents itself.

4. CREATE A SENSE OF URGENCY AND DESPERATIONOnce you come face to face with death, you eliminate life's non-essentials. You overcome trivialities we foolishly care about every day taking our lives for granted.

PART II ORGANIZATIONAL (TEAM) WARFARE

5. AVOID THE SNARES OF GROUPTHINKYou want a chain of command you can rely on. You are the General, but you cannot have your head everywhere. Put remote systems and loyal leaders into place that will guarantee the desired outcome.6. SEGMENT YOUR FORCESIt's on you to know, when to unite and when to divide your army. Slow, but strong or fast and precise.7. TRANSFORM YOUR WAR INTO A CRUSADE281 BC Hannibal arranged competitive war games to demonstrate how far his men would go to join the upcoming fight, to show what they were made of. This is a lesson in leadership.

PART III DEFENSIVE WARFARE

8. PICK YOUR BATTLES CAREFULLYSome battles you can win, but at too high a cost. Make your battles worth your time and resources. Your energy is limited. Don't waste it.9. TURN THE TABLESIn history defenders are more often victorious, than attackers. Stay calm and turn the situation into your favor.10. CREATE A THREATENING PRESENCEMake them believe they cannot win and they will retreat. To scare them means to break them. But be careful. Your opponent may call your bluff, if you're unwilling to back up your words with action. Don't merely bark.

11. TRADE SPACE FOR TIMEFrustrate them by fighting on your terms. This is classic Sun Tzu's Art of War material. The enemy gives you chase you retreat. The enemy retreats you pursue. It's all about the advantage that determines the end result.

PART IV OFFENSIVE WARFARE

12. LOSE BATTLES BUT WIN THE WARIt wasn't obvious until it was too late. Determine the bullseye, plan to the end and confuse your opponent leaving him unable to read your actions, since they don't seem to have a connection.13. KNOW YOUR ENEMYKnow thyself and know thy rival. One of the greatest skills in war, as in seduction as in business is the ability to read people. Master non-verbal communication, hide your observations and devise the most effective tactics based on your insights.

14. OVERWHELM RESISTANCE WITH SPEED AND SUDDENNESSYou start by making slow moves to set the pace to which your rival adjusts, then exploit to win the war quickly.15. CONTROL THE DYNAMICYou're in control. Be assertive. Zugzwang, navigate your opponent by forcing him to move, directly into your area of defense. The only downside to control might be not admitting that you have it.16. HIT THEM WHERE IT HURTSEverything has a center of gravity. Take a hold of it and unbalance the remaining structure, cutting supply lines, belief systems and chains of command.

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