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Originally Posted by FallingLeaves
Funny thing though is we think we are anything BUT confused. We think we have a handle on everything! Because we would rather think 'positive', happy thoughts about what we can get through our efforts than thoughts that are more in line with what we DO get when we rest and aren't messing with things. And positive thoughts wouldn't allow us to perform a proper self-assessment because they always want to paint pictures in the best light.... vanity.... but noone can see that because they want to paint a good picture of that too! Painting ourselves as vain is not considered a positive thing to do so we won't even explore whether or not it might be true!
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Here's a couple of books you may enjoy:
The Antidote: Happiness for People Who Can't Stand Positive Thinking by Oliver Burkeman
And
Curse of the High IQ by Aaron Clarey
Aaron's book is mostly a fun little diatribe of the conundrum involved in being a highly-observant person, in daily company with those who don't extend themselves much. Now the measurement of IQ is subject to controversy but the gap between those who invest themselves and those who don't is objectively noticeable.
Interestingly enough there are many who employ positive thinking in order to maintain the status quo. The last thing I'm willing to entertain is an all-positive attitude over a lifestyle thats dysfunctional. I suspect that most on this forum are being motivated by the nudging of a higher IQ, and feel somewhat alone with such, considering the orientation of the folks that surround them in person.
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Originally Posted by FallingLeaves
Funny thing though is we think we are anything BUT confused. We think we have a handle on everything!
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Now oddly enough our brains are designed to do just that! For millions of years our species were mostly nomadic with only immediate stimulus to draw their conclusions from. Our bodies are counting on our observations and opinions to be a reflection of these historic surroundings. As we moved into larger communities we were stuck with providing a cultural stream of interaction. We needed a mental template in order to provide a relative/cultural structure for everyone to relate to. So now our attention was steadily removed from our tactile environment and relocated into what we're being oriented to intellectually/culturally.
Such defining has actually gotten so disjointed that we can now destroy the health of our body and the over-all balance of natural involvements, and not even realize we're doing so. People can watch their health deteriorate by filling it with non-nutrient content and watch a continuous stream of species going extinct, while thinking it has nothing at all to do with their involvement.
If we adhere strictly to the promptings of disembodied thought we are unavoidably subject to all sorts of unintended consequences. So the need to reconnect with our natural heritage, of natural-involvement, would be a wise direction to move in as an antidote to such ignorance.
Now to ~"get this"~ within a culture that takes it cues from TV, and the advertisers that deeply sway it's content, you will likely run counter to the cultural paradigm at-large. The individuals that surround us are still "certain" about their conclusions. In much the same way that our ancestors were, only now, most of our thinking is contrived.