Pillars of life – Humanity´s defence system

 Sustenance of the well-being and the best buddy of any human being is a pillar of life. Previous article defined my perception of truth, but to fully understand the linkage between truth and life pillars we need to define them both, so here we go.

I think we all can relate to that moment when we were being told something, and immediately afterwards we replied (insert anything that you like to fuck people off with). That happens when an alien idea beholds the strong construction of our pillars. 

In information science there is a term “endocept”. Endocept is conscious AND unconscious confrontation of all perceived actions with previous experiences, believes, plans, expectations etc. I understand life pillars as the sole source, of endocept, to draw information from. 

The creation of pillars 

When there were no pillars, there was only endocept (that was back then from when you don’t remember anything). It was processing all perceived actions and was trying to make sense out of them. That’s when the gathering of material for the pillars began. When one´s old enough to start to think about stuff (probably still time from when you have no memories so don’t worry… I mean the time when your cognitive functions significantly increase) one starts to, more or less, consciously measure actions through endocept creating the first pillars. The unconsciousness though has the dominant part in creation of the first ones, because one doesn´t have enough conscious experiences to build from. The more pillars we have the harder it is to build new ones. 

The function of pillars

I preceded that pillars are used to turn people off, but let me explain it further, because it’s obviously not its sole purpose. Every human being desperately needs as much certainty in life as is accessible. We literally strive for it. Every time we are out of our comfort zone we are exposed to stress. Stress is horrible for the organism. It messes up our minds and processes in the body so we need an ever-present defence system – the pillars. When the stress creeps up on us we lean on them HARD. 

Radical X Critical mind

Sole purpose of defence system is to repel. Alien trespassers shall not pass! That comes in handy of course due to reasons I stated above. Not always though! Evolution granted us means by which we can control the defence system. Those are for instance intelligence, all kinds of social skills (like communication) etc. The control happens on a scale from radical (baad) to critical (gooood). One that has from no to minimal ability to “critically measure reality” has no or minimal chance of perceiving new information objectively and not be clouded by own prejudices (unfortunately the majority of mankind). The bounce of the construction follows and disappearance of new information is imminent (or in the worst case applying of prejudices onto the new information) – an eternal stagnation.

Obstacles critical minds face

It is not always easy to control a critical mind. What often times happens, when we perceive reality as reality, is that our former pillars conflicts with the new information. Therefore the keeper of our sanity is temporarily in danger and we are exposed to stress. What comes after is either reconstruction of former pillars - self-improvement, or coming to a conclusion that the current pillar is closer to what we think is true. 

As always this is just my personal opinion. Do you think guys that you tackle incoming information differently? Let me know! I will be honoured if you joined the discussion. Also if you liked the post, feel free to follow me!