Switching Bodies
If we could switch bodies right now, how would I recognize yours by how it feels on the inside?
How it looks like
I like to use shapes to see the inside of my body.
My lungs are shaped like bags and can fill up with air.
Feet cut corners and have beautiful snares on them.
A brain is a path where you can get lost. But it also looks like a network.
*Where religion is infinitely better in than science
Religion emphasizes the value of human and animal life. How precious that is. How precious you are.
You can’t replicate life (or you don’t want to).
If you apply that to your own body, every decision you make changes.
A Brain Works with Relative Importance
The reason people can't focus isn't because they have a cognitive disorder. They simply don’t find it important.
Since the brain and body work with relative importance, it's hard to force someone's curiosity into something they don’t care about. So all these so-called brain ‘anomalies’ are perfectly standard.
I don’t care about politics, studying, or books. It's a miracle I finished my master’s degree. I — and a lot of other people — simply don’t care about school. Sure, some of it is about pushing through tough times, but a lot of it is also just hopelessly boring. Teachers copying things from books. I know I sound childish, but that’s honestly how I feel.
I was on ADD medication for a while, until I realized I wasn’t the problem. I just didn’t — and don’t — care.
That doesn’t mean I don’t care about anything: I love working out, kickboxing, eating clean — things I think others should care about a bit more too.
Increasing dopamine is just tricking the body into thinking something important is happening, when it isn’t. I don’t think that’s a sustainable solution. You’re just fooling yourself. Being natural is simply saying: “I care about other things more.”
It’s actually a relief when you can just say: “I work my 9 to 5 for the money. And as a small contribution to society.” But I don’t really care.
There are two people walking this planet.
The first group plays life on ‘easy’ mode. With hospitals and other reactive mechanisms.
And there is a group that plays the religious game, which is hardcore with hundred percent accountability.
In the religious group, the premise is that everything works perfectly – exactly as it should be.
In other words: if I have lung cancer, I start by looking at what my own responsibility is. And since I have a healthy relationship with dying, it’s not a real problem.
If you smoke for thirty years and you don’t get lung cancer, do you go to the doctor? Because that would be an irregularity in the system: a body that functions weird.