They are not illusory, but I think people run into problems finding a structure or deeper meaning that cements those good habits into their daily life. They just become more “to do” items on our daily growing list of shit to do.
What is illusory, is that something outside of human perception will “fix” a perception problem. Something like repetitive exertion, like exercising... that is not a solution if there is a core perception problem in that person’s lens. As long as a “fix” or “solution” is being sought, it will always be temporary unless it opens up something in the person that allows them to see the original issue. But most often that stuff is used like a multivitamin, and people forget the significance of the fragile foundations they’re laying down as stuff to make the “rest of their life” possible. And they just move their attention to something else, something like watching Netflix instead of thinking about why they have such a hard time getting up to exercise in the first place.
It's a fascination problem. Everything falls into place when what genuinely deeply interests you coincides with your work, with the source of your motivation to work, and with the source of your mental fitness to do the work. When I think of long-lived scientists, mathematicians, composers, artists who produce brilliant work into old age, these are people who never lose fascination for what they do.
Agreed. Something significant is getting missed somewhere in the pipeline. But still, all of those brilliant people found something inside themselves to drive them. None are/were dependent on society beyond the knowledge that got them to the point where they broke away from the herd and pushed us further, and that's what makes them special.
And yet I think most of them miss something significant as well. It's pretty painful to read Feynman's thoughts on poetry, for example, but following his natural curiosity led him to a place that satisfied all/most of his psychological needs.
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They are not illusory, but I think people run into problems finding a structure or deeper meaning that cements those good habits into their daily life. They just become more “to do” items on our daily growing list of shit to do.
What is illusory, is that something outside of human perception will “fix” a perception problem. Something like repetitive exertion, like exercising... that is not a solution if there is a core perception problem in that person’s lens. As long as a “fix” or “solution” is being sought, it will always be temporary unless it opens up something in the person that allows them to see the original issue. But most often that stuff is used like a multivitamin, and people forget the significance of the fragile foundations they’re laying down as stuff to make the “rest of their life” possible. And they just move their attention to something else, something like watching Netflix instead of thinking about why they have such a hard time getting up to exercise in the first place.
It’s a spiritual problem.
It's a fascination problem. Everything falls into place when what genuinely deeply interests you coincides with your work, with the source of your motivation to work, and with the source of your mental fitness to do the work. When I think of long-lived scientists, mathematicians, composers, artists who produce brilliant work into old age, these are people who never lose fascination for what they do.
Agreed. Something significant is getting missed somewhere in the pipeline. But still, all of those brilliant people found something inside themselves to drive them. None are/were dependent on society beyond the knowledge that got them to the point where they broke away from the herd and pushed us further, and that's what makes them special.
And yet I think most of them miss something significant as well. It's pretty painful to read Feynman's thoughts on poetry, for example, but following his natural curiosity led him to a place that satisfied all/most of his psychological needs.