Jul 21, 2022·edited Jul 21, 2022Liked by Josh Pillay
Patterns are the definitive but not absolute truth of life, because patterns can be reprogrammed by abandoning preconceived notions about almost everything. This post is not only poignantly written with clarity, but also reaches deep to catch hold of the layer of conditioning and dissect it. Everyone is a product of their upbringing and culture, but exposure to consciousness altering experiences can drive multitudes of changes. As they say, you can become whoever you want to be, as long as you choose. I personally think about this a lot - how we are predisposed to success or failure based on how we are preconditioned to think, and how to change that with absolute awareness.
Thank you for writing this Josh. This post, like many others of yours, is a work of art.
"Both our perils and possibilities are determined by the patterned way we engage with and understand reality." Here I am bringing up Buddhist philosophy again, but your masterful writing is echoed by the Buddhist idea of habitual patterns of thought and perception.
Thank you for another wonderful publication and for helping me think with more clarity as well as learning about great writing by reading your work.
“And so much of our sanity is redeemed when at last we shed our own blinding masks and come to kneel at the fount of clarity” I’m intrigued that Chekhov intuited what I see as a very female behaviour in relationships - the mirroring of the new live - the wanting to please by mimicking. In my experience women who do not love themselves (most women at least in part of their lives) mask this self truth in becoming other. When women do ‘find themselves’ the clarity of revelation can be startling and life changing. Just my opinion...and experience...
I love this! So insightful.
Patterns are the definitive but not absolute truth of life, because patterns can be reprogrammed by abandoning preconceived notions about almost everything. This post is not only poignantly written with clarity, but also reaches deep to catch hold of the layer of conditioning and dissect it. Everyone is a product of their upbringing and culture, but exposure to consciousness altering experiences can drive multitudes of changes. As they say, you can become whoever you want to be, as long as you choose. I personally think about this a lot - how we are predisposed to success or failure based on how we are preconditioned to think, and how to change that with absolute awareness.
Thank you for writing this Josh. This post, like many others of yours, is a work of art.
This is wonderful. I'm thinking now about the patterns I thought I'd finally broken and wondering now if I have.
"Both our perils and possibilities are determined by the patterned way we engage with and understand reality." Here I am bringing up Buddhist philosophy again, but your masterful writing is echoed by the Buddhist idea of habitual patterns of thought and perception.
Thank you for another wonderful publication and for helping me think with more clarity as well as learning about great writing by reading your work.
“And so much of our sanity is redeemed when at last we shed our own blinding masks and come to kneel at the fount of clarity” I’m intrigued that Chekhov intuited what I see as a very female behaviour in relationships - the mirroring of the new live - the wanting to please by mimicking. In my experience women who do not love themselves (most women at least in part of their lives) mask this self truth in becoming other. When women do ‘find themselves’ the clarity of revelation can be startling and life changing. Just my opinion...and experience...