The mind is prone to wandering. The ego has a tendency toward striving. To ground oneself becomes a continual challenge while withstanding the pushes and pulls of life. It is as if you are a boat being pushed to and fro by the turbulence of the sea in search of an anchor to drop, which …
Author: Andrew Waller-DeLaRosa
An Analysis of Initial Conditions
One of the principle issues in philosophy is causality. Whether engaged in from an academic viewpoint or not the matter of causality is inescapable. In order to have an ordered view of our worlds’, we must have some degree of an organizing principle. And, in order to do this, we also must be able to …
A Solemn Reflection on Humanity
Consumption and greed are how many feed. Although there are those whose desire for might supersedes their own foresight. Blessed be the right, for they know of no sleep tonight. Rest be assured all of whom refuse to be allured. Led down into the depths of deception, Eyes blurred by the grandeur produced from a …
A Partisan Ceasefire
“It is quite conceivable…that a man who…correctly foretold a disaster…should get pleasure from his suffering because he was right, because he knew it. It is curious how universal man's will to be right is, to have been right.” – Theodor Haecker (June, 1940) Whether you love, hate, or are indifferent toward Biden, or believe Trump …
A Psychological Survey of Current Events
“When a speculative philosopher believes he has comprehended the world once and for all in his system, he is deceiving himself; he has merely comprehended himself and then naively projected that view upon the world.” – C.G. Jung The beliefs held by individuals comprising today’s society have become increasingly separated from one another; that is, …
Psychological Fragments: Ease and Uncertainty
Cognitive ease states that how efficiently we process information influences our attitude and feelings toward whatever that something is that we are mentally engaged with; moreover, our motivation to expend effort and move toward (approach) or opt for conserving energy and not taking action toward whatever the perceived end goal might be is also affected …
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Flows and Fragments
Celebrate with a drink! Cheers to good health with the consumption of a known toxin.Mustn’t let yourself fret over such trivialities - let's return to building our own reality.Where to begin? Are you a friend or foe? Wait - regardless of what you say, how can I trust you?The response would naturally then be: how …
Thoughts for Ponderance: Humility & Inquiry
There is always more to be drawn out from the shadows—as long as light continues to shine. The scope of the unknowable is and will always be unknown; through repetition and indirect of methods of approximations, the distance between the known and unknown can be lessened, inferences and hypotheses can be made with reasonable certainty. …
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The Factor of Time in Goal-Directed Behavior
This essay will start by expounding on the concluding topics from my last paper; however, I intend to take more of a thematic approach for this essay, providing a general treatment of aspects relating to goal-construction, valuation of goals, and the influence of time perspective on the perceived salience of future goals. Starting with this …
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A Two Sided Truth 