SELF-DECEPTION IS OUR ENEMY
“Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-
deception.”
—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23
elf-deception, delusions of grandeur—these aren’t just annoying personality traits. Ego is more than
just off-putting and obnoxious. Instead, it’s the sworn enemy of our ability to learn and grow.
As Epictetus put it, “It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
Today, we will be unable to improve, unable to learn, unable to earn the respect of others if we think
we’re already perfect, a genius admired far and wide. In this sense, ego and self-deception are the
enemies of the things we wish to have because we delude ourselves into believing that we already
possess them.
So we must meet ego with the hostility and contempt that it insidiously deploys against us—to keep it
away, if only for twenty-four hours at a time.
“Zeno would also say that nothing is more hostile to a firm grasp on knowledge than self-
deception.”
—DIOGENES LAERTIUS, LIVES OF THE EMINENT PHILOSOPHERS, 7.23
elf-deception, delusions of grandeur—these aren’t just annoying personality traits. Ego is more than
just off-putting and obnoxious. Instead, it’s the sworn enemy of our ability to learn and grow.
As Epictetus put it, “It is impossible for a person to begin to learn what he thinks he already knows.”
Today, we will be unable to improve, unable to learn, unable to earn the respect of others if we think
we’re already perfect, a genius admired far and wide. In this sense, ego and self-deception are the
enemies of the things we wish to have because we delude ourselves into believing that we already
possess them.
So we must meet ego with the hostility and contempt that it insidiously deploys against us—to keep it
away, if only for twenty-four hours at a time.
Am building a time machine
I am reading a book called an infinity of worlds cosmic infilation and the beginning of the universe by Will Kinney. And I understand that even though compared to us(humans), speed of light is finite. Which means it takes time to travel in the universe before it get to us. It's like watching them in the past. A simple example is that a sun light takes 8 minutes to get to us. This mean when ever we see the sun like before 8 minutes. The closet galaxy Andromeda we see it was before 2.5 million years ago.
That's very interesting thing. I mean I have a chance to see the universe that's on the past. Telescopes allow us to witness the universe historically.
That's why I decide to build a telescope. The telescope am building is called Rob-telescope 1, follow the procedure of Dobsonian Telescope. Am Preparing it on paper to get into action.
I will keep you updated with my progress.
#timemachine #history #past #technology #astronomy #Engineering
I am reading a book called an infinity of worlds cosmic infilation and the beginning of the universe by Will Kinney. And I understand that even though compared to us(humans), speed of light is finite. Which means it takes time to travel in the universe before it get to us. It's like watching them in the past. A simple example is that a sun light takes 8 minutes to get to us. This mean when ever we see the sun like before 8 minutes. The closet galaxy Andromeda we see it was before 2.5 million years ago.
That's very interesting thing. I mean I have a chance to see the universe that's on the past. Telescopes allow us to witness the universe historically.
That's why I decide to build a telescope. The telescope am building is called Rob-telescope 1, follow the procedure of Dobsonian Telescope. Am Preparing it on paper to get into action.
I will keep you updated with my progress.
#timemachine #history #past #technology #astronomy #Engineering
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My best friend send me this and ever since it stuck with me.
THE PRESENT IS ALL WE POSSESS
“Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no
one ever loses a life other than the one they are living, and no one ever lives a life other than the
one they are losing. The longest and the shortest life, then, amount to the same, for the present
moment lasts the same for all and is all anyone possesses. No one can lose either the past or the
future, for how can someone be deprived of what’s not theirs?”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.14
“Were you to live three thousand years, or even a countless multiple of that, keep in mind that no
one ever loses a life other than the one they are living, and no one ever lives a life other than the
one they are losing. The longest and the shortest life, then, amount to the same, for the present
moment lasts the same for all and is all anyone possesses. No one can lose either the past or the
future, for how can someone be deprived of what’s not theirs?”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 2.14
Today, notice how often you look for more. That is, wanting the past to be more than what it was
(different, better, still here, etc.) or wanting the future to unfold exactly as you expect (with hardly a
thought as to how that might affect other people).
When you do this, you’re neglecting the present moment. Talk about ungrateful! There’s a saying—
attributed to Bil Keane, the cartoonist—worth remembering: “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future,
but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” This present is in our possession—but it has an
expiration date, a quickly approaching one. If you enjoy all of it, it will be enough. It can last a whole
lifetime.
(different, better, still here, etc.) or wanting the future to unfold exactly as you expect (with hardly a
thought as to how that might affect other people).
When you do this, you’re neglecting the present moment. Talk about ungrateful! There’s a saying—
attributed to Bil Keane, the cartoonist—worth remembering: “Yesterday’s the past, tomorrow’s the future,
but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the present.” This present is in our possession—but it has an
expiration date, a quickly approaching one. If you enjoy all of it, it will be enough. It can last a whole
lifetime.
I've gathered all information(to build telescope) and now since I finished making the blue print I need to start buy and collect equipments I need. What I couldn't find anywhere in ETHIOPIA is objective mirror. I couldn't find it at all. So I need to find some one who live in U.S or Europe. Whatever it takes I need to make it. And for sure am gonna make it happen.
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The biggest camera captures millions oʻf Galaxies in half an hour, that many couldn't take.
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You will not win
Cause I will not lose
Qoute that stack with me today
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THE COLOR OFYOUR THOUGHTS
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16
If you bend your body into a sitting position every day for a long enough period of time, the curvature of your spine changes. A doctor can tell from a radiograph (or an autopsy) whether someone sat at a desk for a living. If you shove your feet into tiny, narrow dress shoes each day, your feet begin to take on that form as well.
The same is true for our mind. If you hold a perpetually negative outlook, soon enough everything you encounter will seem negative. Close it off and you’ll become closed-minded. Color it with the wrong thoughts and your life will be dyed the same.
Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is
colored by such impressions.”
—MARCUS AURELIUS, MEDITATIONS, 5.16
If you bend your body into a sitting position every day for a long enough period of time, the curvature of your spine changes. A doctor can tell from a radiograph (or an autopsy) whether someone sat at a desk for a living. If you shove your feet into tiny, narrow dress shoes each day, your feet begin to take on that form as well.
The same is true for our mind. If you hold a perpetually negative outlook, soon enough everything you encounter will seem negative. Close it off and you’ll become closed-minded. Color it with the wrong thoughts and your life will be dyed the same.
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