But cata, where does your “stuff that seems like it would be a good idea to do right now” queue come from? If you cannot see its origin, why do you trust that it arises primarily from your true values?
Perhaps in your case it does, or at least enough so that your life is really the life that you would prefer to be living, at the limit of full knowledge and reflective equilibrium. But it’s just not the case that “deliberately subjugating organic desires” is the main way that people end up acting without integrity. We get mixed up below the level of consciousness, so that the automatic thoughts we have arise from all kinds of messed up places. That’s why this kind of thing is so very tricky to fix! We don’t just have to “choose the other option” when we consciously encounter a dilema; we have to learn to see things that are currently invisible to us.
But cata, where does your “stuff that seems like it would be a good idea to do right now” queue come from? If you cannot see its origin, why do you trust that it arises primarily from your true values?
Well, I trust that because at the end of the day I feel happy and fulfilled, so they can’t be too far off.
I believe you that many people need to see the things that are invisible to them, that just isn’t my personal life story.
But cata, where does your “stuff that seems like it would be a good idea to do right now” queue come from? If you cannot see its origin, why do you trust that it arises primarily from your true values?
Perhaps in your case it does, or at least enough so that your life is really the life that you would prefer to be living, at the limit of full knowledge and reflective equilibrium. But it’s just not the case that “deliberately subjugating organic desires” is the main way that people end up acting without integrity. We get mixed up below the level of consciousness, so that the automatic thoughts we have arise from all kinds of messed up places. That’s why this kind of thing is so very tricky to fix! We don’t just have to “choose the other option” when we consciously encounter a dilema; we have to learn to see things that are currently invisible to us.
Well, I trust that because at the end of the day I feel happy and fulfilled, so they can’t be too far off.
I believe you that many people need to see the things that are invisible to them, that just isn’t my personal life story.