Nothing Has Meaning

Wanted. Highly educated individual, proficient in computer use, can do anything and everything, must be able to multi-task, willing to work for free with an outside chance of someday advancing to a paid position.

Ah yes. The miracle employee who can do it all, simultaneousy.

This of course is just an illustration serving as an introduction to the topic here. In reality, there is not only no such thing as multi-tasking, it is not possible.

Now I can acknowledge that this argument, and in reality all arguments, are largely semantical. Put that aside, start looking at the truth of it and we will see that literally one can only perform one task at a time. Which is better? Make small steps toward several goals that are in essence never completed, or focus, and complete.

Clearly, in the humdrum bogus world of production actually achieving a goal is much more satisfying than being really “busy” and getting nowhere but putting out loads of sound and fury signifying absolutely squat, to paraphrase Shakey.

Back on topic then we eventually realize, in the pursuit of efficiency, that task management is the best we can do, and that focus is not only good, but highly desirable. Distractions serve only to reduce the probability of completion, yeah, we can get small tasks finished at the expense of the larger holistic goal and one day look around and realize not only did we squander our time but we didn’t get to kick back under the oak while we were at it.

Focus and complete, don’t cheat.

This is redundant of course, but original thoughts are so rare.

Redundant I say because the themes I establish here are all interconnected, to a truth based accountability and responsibility approach or observation of fact way of life. Like I said, all evolutions end in the same place, truth.

So here I am talking about not only that living how we live is in fact living our choices, but we are making those choices based on our true values. Sometimes it’s surprising how much we do without thought but with a little consideration we can say that that is what we really wanted, or as the whiners are wont to do, claim that we are feathers in the wind, leaves floating on water, at the mercy of fate, at the mercy of others, victims, and so on.

The theme here is that, yes, we are choosing. You’ve heard not making a choice doesn’t mean you didn’t make a choice, rather that you may have made a bad choice. Or accidentally a good choice, which really isn’t an accident.

The toughest part, truly, is being true to yourself. And I say this lightly because I wouldn’t be philosophizing if I had this difficulty, but I see others constantly doing what they claim they want but they don’t and they won’t fess up and head down that road calling to them.

Oh well, whatever, never mind.

This isn’t a reference to that book about the unraveling of the United States economy and the beginning of the end of Imperial America.

This is a reference to the perceived out of control feeling one can get when one is mythically multi-tasking and attempting to do things that one does not really desire.

Inspired by Devin Castles during a conversation I decided to write a piece about making a plan and not sticking to it, or the feeling of unraveling we experience when things go awry. But I never really have that problem. So I can only observe and base some comments on experiencing something similar but not to any real extent. When you see that nothing has meaning the difficulty is in giving a crap about anything not losing your mind when you lose control because you always have control, are always in control, and above all, always see yourself from outside yourself so what are you to do? What are you to do to while away the days? Why? Why not?

So when all unravels, come back to the mind and take a break and realize, you are in control, real, not imagined, and you can and are doing whatever, whatever, whatever you want.

You’re so vain you think you’re nobody.

This is probably as old as dirt. No, wait, this is an original thought. Yeah. Very original.

Couple of things. One is that to think you are inferior you must have ego. Two is that to think you are superior you must have ego. To think you are nothing you must have vision.

Back to the point, both inferiority complexes and superiority complexes are two sides of the same affliction, vanity. Some see this as an asset, a plus, a positive attribute. What do I think? All evolutions lead to the same place. Truth. Holism. Big picture thinking. What do I think of the above metaphor about being up or down on oneself? I think that vanity is not good, and not bad, only not true. I prefer truth. So I prefer not being vain. So I am not.

To think oneself is anything at all other than a human is to enter the realm of vanity. The truth is, you are who you are, and once you become honest and true to yourself, you can let go of all preconceived expectations of yourself and you are now able to pilot your ship, dang that is dumb, how about begin to make real decisions based on real truths you know about yourself? So see the truth and get over it. We are all velvet, harsh velvet. OED 1980.

Funny to liken big picture thinking to finding the answer within. There it is.