Wednesday, December 24, 2008

The Brain That Fools Itself

People do things because their brains come up with logical reasons to, but what happens when a layer of the mind gets greedy and tricks itself? We all have a weakness that can set us back. Most people can generally acknowledge which tendencies they have that are destructive and which are beneficial, but what happens when the brain has been without something for so long it actually starts shelling out reasons why it's absolutely necessary that you do it? It may not even come across to you as an addictive, impulsive thought either. The scary thing is that it usually sounds very logical in your head. Sometimes even after looking at all the angles it still sounds like the thing to do. The brain is so incredible that it actually knows how to fool its own team, although that doesn't sound too far off from any other company. There's always a few workers that need to fuck something up and do bad things for fun. Unfortunately even trying to discuss these thoughts with others probably won't make much difference because with any idea you bring to the surface it will be perceived by many as wonderful and many as sheer insanity. You have to decide on your own. It's not all bad though. Many times the brain will trick itself into doing good things, that is once you've trained it to do so. I guess we have to just take the good with the bad, pay very close attention to our tendencies, and keep thinking the thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. Namaste.

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