'Habit' Articles
Normal human beings settle into habit as an “everything is all right” state. The environment and their own brains work together to settle them into a well adapted state to the supports that seem evident to their senses. At one point, humanity didn’t really convince themselves that anything in the world was any particular way. So when things changed around them, their behaviours were mostly appropriate and realistic, but is this how we are now?
Liberation is the little death that begins life. When the mind itself is seen as a world, we will realize we have a choice to move within as well as externally. We will come to see our life journeys as one journey having fulfilling depth.
“First we make our habits, then our habits make us.” Charles C. Noble
“All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion and desire.” Aristotle (Ancient Greek Philosopher, Scientist and Physician, 384 BC-322 BC)
“Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters” Nathaniel Emmons
Habit State Of Mind
Habit is a very subtle phenomenon, so I will use my experience for a contrast. The body mind of a normal human being prefers minimal energy expenditure for a set reward. It doesn’t like to do more than it has to to meet any of its needs, and the normal body mind has its sense of well being set by that steady state. They call this mental and physical neutral state, homeostasis. To the degree that you are pushed off this balance, you will feel distressed, fearful, confused and insecure. There is another side of this. Your body mind comes… Seek More
Human Rhythms
On habit, shall we move into the middle ground? I will continue to speak from my experience for a while. I have in my life to date asked for feedback regarding the rules other people live by. Sometimes with idle curiosity. Sometimes with impassioned and highly invested interest as the nature of my relationships with people differed. My efforts to date are almost fruitless. I would willingly adopt behavioural parameters that suit those I love, and would utilize any information shared by even casual acquaintances in a constructive way, but every time I try to bridge this gap it instead… Seek More
Creatures Of Habit
We are talking about habit. It’s said that humans are creatures of habit, but why is this? There must be some evolutionary advantage? Our bodies and minds have evolved to prefer habit. It’s how we have come to know that everything in our world is ok, even if we aren’t happy with it. Habit is energy saving, and it arose in part during a period in which the species had to moderate it’s efforts in survival. It was a counter to the fight, flight, or flee response. Otherwise, we would have a life span and complexity level comparable to lemmings or… Seek More
Potential For Vibrant Life
What there is on the outside of habit is stress. Stress has two components, but in general the human species avoids both. There is the positive stress of an accomplishment of novel thought or action. This is called eustress, and can at least for a time break us free of our habit circuits though we do fall back into them. Then there is distress. Pain and fear strong enough to actually trigger our primal instincts of self preservation, and during that state of mind there is no line of thinking that is powerful enough to convince us everything is ok.… Seek More
Experience Of Self
I don’t know about you my friends, but my life was almost entirely dominated by a concern over habits. Make a habit, break a habit, but never ignore habit. I say habit is not a definition of wholeness. It’s a vestigial relic of an antiquated consciousness that is being exploited to control us. We have to feel guilty about our habits or form newer better habits to prove we are a person of worth. Anyone have any luck with that? No one ever will. There is only one way we can have that sense of worth, that sense of wholeness,… Seek More
Where Is Your Soul?
We all, in the name of normality, seek to identify with everyone else, literally everyone else. The subconscious mind doesn’t make any distinctions. So you are Britney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, George W. Bush, Bill Gates, the Ayatollah of Iran, the leaders of every terrorist sect. You don’t have to choose to be these things. When you choose normality that is what you become. You become the bum down the street, and the wealthy snob who snubs their plea for help as they push their way by. Where is the individual in this apex of society? Where is the soul in… Seek More
Liberation Begins Life
What is the “norm”? The norm is the fringe. The norm is to be a non-being. Those who are closer to the heart of the collective mind only care as far as they can make the puppets dance. They know all about human nature, and very few of them have any more real courage than an average person does. Often what gave them the traits that led them to privilege is a feral instinct to thrive at the expense of the herd. How do the ones in jail that do turn their life around get the motivation? And why doesn’t… Seek More
