~ ‘F’-AM-FHITW-EWME-LBCABAC-E-MS-WE ~ “Flow” – A Metaphor – For How It Felt When – Experience Was Most Enjoyable – Like Being Carried Away By A Current – Everything – Moving Smoothly – Without Effort

~ TKO-I-TGAOOS-A-TUO-WWAMO/WMDU/WGWDO-I-FOA-AUOOEP-WMTIAIDRITSUO ~ To Know Ourselves – Is – The Greatest Achievement Of Our Species – And – To Understand Ourselves – What We Are Made Of / What Motives Drive Us / What Goals We Dream Of – Involves – First Of All – An Understanding Of Our – Evolutionary Past

~ IIT-T-WSE-POD ~ It Is Together – That – We Shall Either – Prevail Or Disappear

~ BUH-HP-HDOTIRT-CCITE-WMFIP-T-AMR-T-T-IRC-DAITF ~ By Understanding How – Human Psychology – Has Developed Over Time In Response To – Changing Conditions In The Environment – We Might Find It Possible – To – Adapt More Rapidly – To – The – Increasingly Rapid Changes – Demanding Action In The Future

~ WPAHBOTI? ~ Were Past Ages Happier Because Of Their Illusions?

~ WITFOHTM? ~ What Is The Future Of Humankind To Me?

~ TCI-ATWS-AAPO-I-A-WW-I-V-A-WOL-TWM-TLOO-FAH ~ Truly Creative Individuals – Are Those Who Succeed – Against All Pressures Of – Instinct – And – Worldly Wisdom – In – Visualizing – A – Way Of Life – That Will Make – The Lot Of Others – Freer And Happier

~ C-CLETSOTD ~ Consciousness – Can Lead Either –To – Safety Or – Destruction

~ TTOI-H-INP-IINLPFM-T-BAS-I-OSHBTP-TB-LBIA ~ The Time Of Innocence – However – Is Now Past – It Is No Longer Possible For Mankind – To Blunder About Self-Indulgently – Our Species Has Become Too Powerful – To Be – Led By Instincts Alone

~ U-TCO-‘G’-A’B’-AOUFSP-A-GDTANI ~ Unfortunately – The Concepts Of – “Good” – And – “Bad” – Are Often Used For Selfish Purposes – And – Are – Given Definitions That Advance Narrow Interests

~ WLWCOTW-N-DOU ~ Whether Life Will Continue On This World – Now – Depends On Us

~ UWC-DYF-TG-SAH-?-WATONMF? ~ Under What Conditions – Do You Feel – The Greatest – Serenity And Happiness – ? – Why Are These Occasion Not More Frequent?

~ B-N-L-T-CTM-MHBA-GPFS-T-SAFATHSCB ~ But – Nowadays – Learning – To – Control The Mind – May Have Become A– Greater Priority For Survival – Than – Seeking Any Further Advantages The Hard Sciences Could Bring

~ TMWKA-H-TMW-TMWRT-TFTWWETW-HS-P-B-I-B ~ The More We Know About – How – The Mind Works – The More We Realize That – The Filter Through Which We Experience The World – Has Some – Peculiar – Built-In – Biases

~ IWLO-IC-BDB-GI-T-HBAITP ~ If We Let Our – Individual Consciousness – Be Directed By – Genetic Instructions – That – Have Been Advantageous In The Past

~ E-AVAA-MEB-AT-ASOA-B-IIFTETFTB-FP-I-R-WTADH ~ Economists – Are Very Clever At – Modelling Economic Behavior – According To – All Sorts Of Assumptions – But – It Is Foolish To Expect To Find Those Behaviors – Functioning Predictably – In –Reality – Where The Assumptions Don’t Hold

~ C-IA-FC-T-N-C-PAC ~ Civilization – Is A – Fragile Construction – That – Needs – Constant – Protection And Care

~ ATP ~ Addiction To Pleasure

~ I-ER-I-D-SI-AECI-T-WOTB ~ If – Excessive Rationality – Is – Dangerous – So Is – An Excessive Confidence In – The – Wisdom Of The Body

~ OA-HS-TAT-A-F-TTM-T-TTS-F-E-A-T-D ~ Our Ancestors – Have Switched – Time And Time – Again – From – Trusting Their Minds – To – Trusting Their Senses – First – Embracing – Apollo – Then – Dionysus

~ CBD-CBE-A-ITANS-IA-M-C-W-TWCFS-R ~ Certain Basic Drives – Cannot Be Eradicated – And – If They Are Not Satisfied – In A – Meaningful – Creative – Way – They Will Clamor For Satisfaction – Regardless

~ WNA-AW-SOI-TSB-OAR-BOO-GI-CR-A-T-UDOTS-TDAC-Y-TNTBST-F-TSTB-TL ~ We Normally Allow – A Whole – Series Of Illusions – To Stand Between – Ourselves And Reality – Built Out Of – Genetic Instructions – Cultural Rules – And – The – Unbridled Desires Of The Self – These Distortions Are Comforting – Yet – They Need To Be Seen Through – For – The Self To Be Truly Liberated

~ OC-MAL-DNJ-CUI-TA-PO-AEAO-‘N’-ID-O-DTMSOI-CSHS ~ Of Course – Myths And Legends – Did Not Just – Convey Useful Information – They Also – Passed On – An Enormous Amount Of – “Noise” – Irrelevant Details – Or – Details That Make Sense Only In – Certain Specific Historical Situations

~ M-HG-B-TTA-CP-SA-T-COTU-A-TTWOLABTAE ~ Most – Human Groups – Believe – That They Are – Chosen People – Situated At – The – Center Of The Universe – And – That Their Ways Of Life Are Better Than Anyone Else’s

~TLTGWWOI-TCT-UR-OG ~ The Larger The Group With Which One Identifies – The Closer To – Ultimate Reality One Gets

~ TSF-RTC-I-ETT ~ The Step From – Relativism To Cynicism – Is – Easy To Take

~ G-AN-OLH-II-W-WA-TS ~ Genes – Are Not – Our Little Helpers – It Is – We – Who Are – Their Servants

~ SITTM-WRTWUB-HWA-MBCITB ~ Survival In The Third Millennium – Will Require That We Understand Better – How We Are – Manipulated By Chemicals In The Body

~ K-TOOM-A-BAOOB-IT-PFF ~ Knowing – The Origin Of Motives – And – Becoming Aware Of Our Biases – Is The – Prerequisite For Freedom

~ IISTFATCOTU ~ It Is Good To Feel At The Center Of The Universe

~ IIDTTTS-TPOTW-A-PBOC ~ It Is Dangerous To Take Too Seriously – The Picture Of The World – As – Painted By One’s Culture

~ EIWA-PW-V-ILT-BTOC-A-ET-HTT-‘O’ ~ Excessive Identification With A – Particular World-View – Inevitably Leads To – Blindness To Other Cultures – And – Eventually To – Hostility Toward The – “Other”

~ TWEHIA-OPDO-WIA-A-WICB? ~ To What Extent Have I Accepted – Other People’s Definition Of – Who I Am – And – What I Could Be?

~ TMTEBIWSOTS-TMVIB ~ The More The Ego Becomes Identified With Symbols Outside The Self – The More Vulnerable It Becomes

~ WCBF-U-WLT-POFOPA-A-RFEO ~ We Cannot Be Free – Unless – We Learn To – Protect Ourselves From Other People’s Ambitions – And – Refrain From Exploiting Others

~ T-MMHA-I-TRFAOP ~ The – Most Marvelous Human Accomplishment – Is – To Refrain From Abusing One’s Privileges

~ WACDAA-‘PM’-WCTK-ASOS-TMBTT-RE-OSET ~ Whenever A Cult Develops Around A – “Perfect Master” – Who Claims To Know – A Series Of Steps – That Must Be Taken To – Reach Enlightenment – One Should Expect Trouble

~ M-OTH-COA-WTT-RT-WIIGFUON ~ Memes – Once They Have – Claimed Our Attention – Will Try To – Reproduce Themselves – Whether It Is Good For Us Or Not

~ SB-A-E-WO-PE-I-BD-A-W ~ Step Back – And – Evaluate – Where Our – Psychic Energy – Is – Being Directed – And – Why

~ WITS? ~ What Is The Self?

~ WWPAT-INTM-WAWWAT ~ What We Pay Attention To – Is No Trivial Matter – We Are What We Attend To

~ IIASTMAI-B-IE-T-B-IC ~ It Is Always Simpler To Make An Impression – By – Increasing Entropy – Than – By – Increasing Complexity

~ ITFP-IIETLT-EL-IRDNMSTGTTMOE-IODN-AAMOIAP ~ In The First Place – It Is Essential To Learn To – Enjoy Life – It Really Does Not Make Sense To Go Through The Motions Of Existence – If One Does Not – Appreciate As Much Of It As Possible

~ IWRT-MMOTO-A-IN-C-TTOO-PE-IT-BDTR-WMRLOARO-EUA-SOTOWC ~ If We Remember That – Memes Multiply On Their Own – And – If Not – Curbed – They Take Over Our – Psychic Energy – In Their – Blind Drive To Replicate – We Might Run Less Of A Risk Of – Ending Up As – Servants Of The Objects We Create

~ TFIIOH ~ The Future Is In Our Hands