Very resonant writing, especially with the line, “You, my friend, are a story walking through life.” I can also really relate to how you compare our biases to subtle distortion in a mix, like something’s off but we’re not totally aware of exactly what it is and yet we’re seeing through a lens that is distorting not only everything we experience outside, but also how we color our beliefs about our own capabilities. I came to Substack less than a month ago because I wanted to move beyond my own “mental resistance and inertia” which is how you describe taking action. The lie was that there was nothing I could do to bring visibility to my music and my writing. Now, I’m patiently doing the work to manifest the deeper truth; that people cannot find you if you’re hiding. Thanks for the inspiration!
You make some very interesting points and I am subscribing to you because I think we have stuff in common. However, it does not challenge conventional thinking, and demanding that the reader be open-minded, right at the top of your piece, is mildly arrogant and off-putting, as though the reader is closed-minded or "conventional" if they disagree. Just my feeling. It's unnecessary to qualify your thinking with such a disclaimer. Just go for it.
thanks for your opinion, and i totally understand where your coming from with this but you’d be surprised about how out of the norm this way of thinking really is. Especially to those who do not care for personal development, or those who have been caught in this cycle of lying to themselves for so long they do not have the current awareness needed to break through to the next stage of development for themselves. It may not apply to you and where you are currently but for some, the note is there to prime them for the hard truth that they may be fooling themselves. Thanks again for the comment.
Very resonant writing, especially with the line, “You, my friend, are a story walking through life.” I can also really relate to how you compare our biases to subtle distortion in a mix, like something’s off but we’re not totally aware of exactly what it is and yet we’re seeing through a lens that is distorting not only everything we experience outside, but also how we color our beliefs about our own capabilities. I came to Substack less than a month ago because I wanted to move beyond my own “mental resistance and inertia” which is how you describe taking action. The lie was that there was nothing I could do to bring visibility to my music and my writing. Now, I’m patiently doing the work to manifest the deeper truth; that people cannot find you if you’re hiding. Thanks for the inspiration!
You make some very interesting points and I am subscribing to you because I think we have stuff in common. However, it does not challenge conventional thinking, and demanding that the reader be open-minded, right at the top of your piece, is mildly arrogant and off-putting, as though the reader is closed-minded or "conventional" if they disagree. Just my feeling. It's unnecessary to qualify your thinking with such a disclaimer. Just go for it.
thanks for your opinion, and i totally understand where your coming from with this but you’d be surprised about how out of the norm this way of thinking really is. Especially to those who do not care for personal development, or those who have been caught in this cycle of lying to themselves for so long they do not have the current awareness needed to break through to the next stage of development for themselves. It may not apply to you and where you are currently but for some, the note is there to prime them for the hard truth that they may be fooling themselves. Thanks again for the comment.