[Financial Freedom] What is the most heavy shackle of your life?
A lot of things, really don’t think about it just once enough, and really don’t think that the understanding is really understood. Thinking in depth, thinking in an all-round way is a very difficult thing, because when the concentration of attention is not enough, it is not thorough and comprehensive. For example, although we have been “deep” in thinking for two weeks, the thing that we are going to discuss this week will be a surprise to you.
Most people like this:
Always pay attention to all the things that can be paid attention to, and are very afraid of being missed by themselves.
What does it look like?
Almost all the lower animals have their eyes on both sides. They don’t have a blind spot, they can also see the upper and lower left back and forth... This is really a very safe configuration... but what are the limitations of such a configuration?
Side effects of this configuration is that they can’t put their focus on a certain point, there is no way carefully, long-term observation of any one point, so there can be no deep thinking, long-term thinking, so they are in the process of evolution have never had the opportunity to develop the cerebral cortex... in fact, there is no need, because for them, survival seems more important, and they evolve more powerful reproductive capacity.
From another perspective, because they cannot observe deep long, not long to think deeply, because their attention only always consumed in everything, so they actually happened, no past, no future, don’t know can have in the past, can have in the future, they are only now, not a before and after now: and they is trapped in an eternal present.
Trapped in eternity present: for some other species, or at least for some in humanity, it is simply a nightmare that is even unimaginable.
Here’s a small detail: in the end some species of the eyes evolved to the front, so finally have the opportunity to observe deeply for a long time, so finally have the chance to evolve the cerebral cortex. Think about it, the whole human civilization is actually built above the cerebral cortex...
The problem is that there is a premise that gives up the full view and accepts the blind spot in the field of vision... So it is not an exaggeration that almost all of the progress, from this point of view, is the possibility of giving up part of the sense of security.
Observing creatures from this level gives us great inspiration. If you look at the people around us, you will find that the overwhelming majority of the people are pursuing 100% sense of security. They are constantly attracted (or, in fact, called “distracted”) by what is happening around them. They can not long-term observation of anything in-depth long-term thinking this is not necessarily their nature, it is only that they did not realize the existence of this model has any limitations. They are like those animals are so trapped in eternal present.
This i only an end to the excessive pursuit of security and is not “bad luck” or “loser fate”.
I was born in 1972, and in the early 80s, when our country began to reform and open up, I had been able to know some things, then I even witnessed what Wu Xiaobo called “Agitate for thirty years”, and then it was the more than 10 years that the Internet had been turned upside down... During this period is really seen too many fresh examples of the brutal proof of “the pursuit of one hundred percent of the security sense” is one after another batch, and even generation after generation of people trapped in worse life.
Effort for a long time get the iron rice bowl finally got laid off, make two or three generations of savings to buy a real estate to become a house slave, fear of instability and even suicide to force their own family must not start entrepreneurship... It’s too common.
Please read carefully, we are not here to advocate everyone to take risks. I will elaborate on another view later: Adventure itself is not a good way to pursue success, one of the know how to get rich is not to take risks.
Again, be careful to focus my attention on my wording:
- The pursuit of 100% security, will surely trap yourself in the eternal present.
- We must give up a sense of security in order to observe and think deeply in the long term.
From another perspective, those who give up part of people’s sense of security, more in-depth long-term thinking, how could they have no way to complete the initiative to give up a small portion of the sense of security? Of course they have a way: they do not act in isolation, they choose to cooperate with others: or to call it effective social.
More in-depth, those who have the courage to give up some sense of security are constantly using their mind to promote the progress of this society. Historically, mass mob slaying of those who made a huge contribution to humankind has often be occurred. In essence, it is always the result of the vast majority of the people who refuse to give up a little bit of security are deeply fearful. What is big evil? The so-called big evil often turns out to be simply a matter of self-safety animals are like that, sometimes dogs bite not because of their fierceness, but because of their fear.
It is important to have a deep understanding of the essence of a sense of security, because it determines many other basic concepts of survival in society. There are a lot of topics that need to go further, and there are so many ideas that need to be updated. This time we only discuss the nature of cooperation and trust:
What is cooperation? The essence of cooperation is that we each give up a small sense of security and put that part of the sense of security to the partner. What is trust? Trust is to believe that the other side will not make use of that part of the sense of security that you give up.
The so-called lack of security, in fact that is do not believe that others don’t actually use that part of their own sense of security, so you can only get one hundred percent of their own security... This is really a mentally and physically exhausted state, isn’t it? If you already know what the root causes of people’s lack of security are, you will understand why this proposal is correct:
Don’t cooperate with people who lack the sense of security... Because of their world, there can be no real partnership in the world.
And then, we can even redefine what is brave... What is the greatest courage? The most brave is likely to be some people in the case even if left alone had the courage to give up some sense of security. So you will find that those few people who have great wisdom, really cares little about things, afraid things really little, in my opinion, the so-called “A man of great wisdom often appears slow-witted”, the “great wisdom” is more like the results, as is the reason; and the “slow-witted”is more like the reason, not the results. Then, if “great wisdom” and “slow-witted” reciprocal causation words, the “slow-witted” as a reason for the weight should still be far greater than the “great wisdom”.
If so, then “brave” can be acquired in some sense, not necessarily inherently. However, if others teach it to be totally useless, you must teach yourself. The approach is simple: try to give up some sense of security, even in the temporary can not find collaborators can deliver each other. In fact, don’t give up a lot, you shouldn’t give up a lot, in fact, just give up a little bit is enough. Think about it, the so-called “fools have foolish blessing”, in a sense, seemingly describe this phenomenon: don’t care to eat in front of a small loss of people, actually picked up cheap. Because their attention is not at all these trivial, they have more urgent things to do, more important problems to be solved... And then there is another description: “The general hurry up doesn’t play the small devil.”
Incidentally, in case you have a chance to choose, don’t marry someone who has no sense of security, or even don’t fall in love with them. Not only are they “dragged by their 100% sense of security,” but they also exhaust everything they can to the detriment of all. This is cold and miserable fact, if you don’t believe, then you can observed; Believe me, in few days you will be intimidated by the ubiquitous mass of horrifying examples.
(Note: This article begins with the discussion of “the impact of animal binocular position on thinking,” as derived from the discussion of “Mastery” by ROBERT GREENE.)
Please think carefully
In life to find a few small areas to try “give up full view” to experience a few days? For example, turn off Facebook (or just look at the circle of friends of a few friends); disable the Twitter on the phone for several days; completely mute the phone for a few days; don’t leave the house alone of several days; don’t watch the hot TV series, programs or events for several days...
Have you been pursuing a sense of security one hundred percent all the time? Where are you dragged very miserable?
There must be quite a lot of seemingly competent but in fact not very successful people... Think about it, because it is because of their excessive pursuit of security caused by?
How many hundred percent of your trusted friends? With them, what aspects don’t have to consider? (equivalent to say, in that respect give up the full angle of view, own blind area also does not matter.)
If your other half is lack the sense of security, what do you do to get him or her to escalate with you?
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