On wakefulness, ignorance, and the intrinsically motivated mind
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I have come to find that just as eyes in the darkness expand themselves and strive for light, so does the awakened mind when surrounded by ignorance. It is this fact that separates the woke from those in slumber, the intrinsically motivated from those who seek answers outside themselves. There is no reason to turn off the lights for a man already asleep. For he, with his eyes shut regardless of the amount of light, cannot form a picture. And if he does decide to wake, he will take much time to adjust. Therefore, it is better to be awake in darkness than to sleep in the midst of light.
I have had a great deal of pain lately internally, and equal has manifested externally. I awake in pain. Body aching as a runaway lamb collapsed, my brain has a beat of its own. I am now in many respects unsure of that which I am sure. Uncertainty lingers in the places of which I was certain, and I lie bare in the places I assumed that I was covered. I have tried to make daily practice of looking in, leveling with myself they call it. Taking measure of my weaknesses, and what little strengths I can account for. Most importantly the meticulous planning of correction for what I have discovered wrong.
It was said by René Descartes that if anyone would seek after truth it is mandatory that at least once in your life you should doubt, as far as possible, all things. I also feel this is a necessity. Whether from father, mother, brother, sister, auntie, uncle, teacher, or media we have all inherited beliefs of which we have no understanding. A trust or faith that I think ought be dealt to no man. It is our beliefs that fuel our thoughts, our thoughts that lead us to action, our actions that breed habits, and those habits that craft our personality of which we allow to be puppeteered by any number of inadequate, unevaluated beliefs that may very well oppose each other in structure and ideal.
I write now to clarify my own thinking so that I can begin to audit the very foundation of what I believe. To pass judgment internally, and purify the self.
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Yotam, Kris. (Mar 2026). Why Blot Out the Light of a Blind Man. krisyotam.com. https://krisyotam.com/diary/on-myself/why-blot-out-the-light-of-a-blind-man
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