Samuel / 24 / Singapore / Übermentalist / ubermentalism.tumblr.com
What do you live for?
The attainment of the ultimate mastery of the mind and heart. To think with logic and intelligence unparalleled, and to feel with the heart unconditionally. To get to the root of humanity's selfishness, ignorance and flaws, to allow those around me to see themselves humbled and flawed, and then to rise to fulfilment.
Why?
The world is flawed; full of evil, injustice, and most importantly, stupidity. The world moves with its people, and it is the flaws in humanity that give rise to the scarring of the world.
The human mind is flawed. It doesn’t matter if it was supposed to be that way, as no one will ever know (or do not have the right to say so). The biggest flaw lies in the fact that people are unable to see themselves as ignorant, selfish, and stupid. Ignorant because we do not know what we do not know, and we can never know everything; Selfish because we are hard-wired through evolution to care for ourselves first, before others; stupid because we do not know everything, and all that we think and feel might be biased, but we fail to take that into account when exchanging opinions with others, and feel that we aren't flawed.
The world has improved: technology, medicine, culture. Technology has made information almost free, and available to all. But what of our minds? The decisions we make are still flawed, we let evil manifest all because we fear standing out, and we still hold on to that illusion that we are superior, intelligent, and special. And what do we do with all that knowledge that is swimming all around us?
Evil might never be prevented, but if the rest of its people refuse to acknowledge, refuse to summon the courage to fight, and refuse to look at themselves honestly without the veils of biases and lies, we shall exist in a world where we dream of heroes to vanquish the evil, and not to look at ourselves as that hero and make a difference.
What are some of the best advices in life that you have been given/you want to give to our readers?
- Know that the failure to stop the perpetration of evil is akin to that very act of evil.
- Ignorance is neither an excuse nor a reason, but a curse that should be eradicated.
- Do not wear a blindfold amidst a crime; open up your eyes and stir up the courage to do what is right.
- If our minds and hearts are closed to the world beyond our consciousness and anything that threatens our beliefs, then we shall be denied of true wisdom.
“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” -Joseph Conrad
"The human mind is flawed. It doesn’t matter if it was supposed to be that way, as no one will ever know (or do not have the right to say so). The biggest flaw lies in the fact that people are unable to see themselves as ignorant, selfish, and stupid. Ignorant because we do not know what we do not know, and we can never know everything; Selfish because we are hard-wired through evolution to care for ourselves first, before others; stupid because we do not know everything, and all that we think and feel might be biased, but we fail to take that into account when exchanging opinions with others, and feel that we aren't flawed."
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