Fuck Your Bullshit Reasons

A meditation on all the bullshit reasons why we give up, stop chasing/building/doing/pursuing/dreaming/etc and what to do about it.
We all have our reasons.
Depression.
Not having a dog.
Too many “friends.”
Too “few” friends.
Facebook.
Kale.
Instagram “influencers” who travel/are hot/lifestyle for a living.
An unfulfilling job.
A bank account that never seems satisfied.
Trump.
That one thing you still do even though you know that it’s not good for you but will probably continue for at least a while because its familiar and comfortable and it won’t kill you.
A thousand other people/places/things that we need not mention as this list could be extended ad infinitum.
We all have these reasons to stop – terrible, exhausting, depleting reasons.
These reasons – as powerful as they are, as imposing as they seem, as all-encompassing as they may be – are just reasons and they are bullshit.
Reasons have the power we give them.
Reasons take up the space we allow them.
Reasons are only reflections of that which we think we lack.
Fuck your bullshit reasons.
I’ll say it one more time for the people in the back:
FUCK. YOUR. BULLSHIT. REASONS.
As humans, we are gifted with the capacity to utilize a powerful, effective and singular combination of emotion and logic to see anything and everything for what it is.
To often we are overly reliant one capacity while under utilizing the other.
Have you ever agonized over a seemingly minuscule detail of a given situation, paralyzed from taking action? That is an ineffective use of your reasonable/rational mind.
Did you ever catch yourself romanticizing an ex while forgetting how shitty you were treated? That’s overreliance on your emotional mind.
Human have evolved both of these capacities and one can learn to effectively use them when and where appropriate.
This concept is called “Wise Mind” and it can be a powerfully effective way of cutting through the bullshit we place in front of ourselves.

All you can ever really know is how you experience the world and it is your mind that determines the kinds of experiences we have.
The logical, information – driven rational/reasonable mind will see things that the passionate, emotional mind might miss and vice versa.
Viewing the world through the lens of Wise Mind is a fundamentally empowering approachas it allows people/places/things to be seen as they ACTUALLY ARE and not what you THINK THEY ARE.
Until this happens, you are trapped in your own bullshit reasons, unable to see past our own circumstances and situations,
When this happens, when you access the ability to view reality for what it objectively is, you can take control of your life.
You are free.
At this point, all the reasons you give yourself – all those bullshit reasons – fall away and you can live as you do.
The fundamental notion is this: once you abandon the bullshit reasons, you undergo a psychological shift, the ego is dropped and you act simply because it is the next right thing.
In Eastern thought this is know as “karmic yoga” – acting without desire or fear, simply as part of the process, because it is your duty, as a human being, to act.
Chinese philosophy terms this as “wu wei” – action without effort, otherwise called non-doing.
We also link this to the Christian Bible which states in Matthew 6:28 “consider the lilies of the field, they do not labour nor do they spin.”
Modern psychological research has determined this state exists and has named it “flow.”
Whatever you call it, Wise Mind is a solution for the human condition – without the need for priests or heavens and gods or metaphysical knowledge.
This is nothing less than a state of pure liberation, directly experienced, from within.
Most importantly, this is a solution that is available to anyone, anywhere, at anytime without limitation of income, race, gender, orientation because at it’s core, this is what it means to be human – harnessing the capabilities of your mind to live out your full potential.
This shit isn’t easy.
Most people never even start this work.
It is, however, very simple.
You will fuck it up.
If this appeals to you, what is your reason to not get started?
Oh, we just went over that – there isn’t one.
