Staring into the abyss means thinking reasonably about things that are uncomfortable to contemplate, like arguments against your religious beliefs, or in favor of breaking up with your partner. It’s common to procrastinate on thinking hard about these things because it might require you to acknowledge that you were very wrong about something in the past, and perhaps wasted a bunch of time based on that (e.g. dating the wrong person or praying to the wrong god).
I strongly disagree with this, for the reason that words are not reality. For most people, their relationships and their gods are load bearing for unarticulated reasons. arguments are going to outcompete your sacred pillars in the world of words and arguments. Challenging yourself to stare into the abyss (aka reduce your unarticulated beliefs) is more likely than not to conclude that your sacred beliefs are somehow wrong. in high dimensional space odds are that there is some suboptimal dimension.
I strongly disagree with this, for the reason that words are not reality. For most people, their relationships and their gods are load bearing for unarticulated reasons. arguments are going to outcompete your sacred pillars in the world of words and arguments. Challenging yourself to stare into the abyss (aka reduce your unarticulated beliefs) is more likely than not to conclude that your sacred beliefs are somehow wrong. in high dimensional space odds are that there is some suboptimal dimension.