{"id":1928,"date":"2018-09-01T10:17:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T10:17:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=1928"},"modified":"2018-09-02T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2018-09-02T12:46:44","slug":"feeling-better-or-being-better","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/healthcare\/feeling-better-or-being-better","title":{"rendered":"Feeling Better or Being Better"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you want to work on feeling better in this world, or rather feeling OK in a better world?<\/h3>\n

This is a moral choice<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A better world is a world of better persons, including you.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not a world, of course, in which you necessarily feel worse. Still, you might even consciously choose for such. This is called \u2018self-sacrifice\u2019. A solder might do so during wartime. A normal person might do so during normal time. It happens.<\/p>\n

At the other side, people who want to \u2018grab the good feeling \/ wellness \/ happiness\u2019 are frequently rather pushing it away from them, unwillingly.<\/p>\n

(Sub)conceptuality<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is a paradox which \u2013 according to me \u2013 mostly starts with a disrespect towards the distinction conceptual >< subconceptual.<\/p>\n

The reverse side of this paradox again: not wanting to \u2018grab the good feelings etc.\u2019 does<\/em> frequently result in attaining the good feelings, even the happiness\u2026 spontaneously.<\/p>\n

\u2018Spontaneous\u2019 may sound to many like \u2018by itself\u2019, in a rather mechanistic sense.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This confusion starts \u2013 again \u2013 with looking at human being as a whole<\/em> in a mechanistic way.<\/p>\n

A spontaneous response is not at all like a straightforward mechanism. There\u2019s a lot that can push you in one direction or another. A lot of invitation<\/em>. Say: auto-suggestion. It\u2019s what AURELIS is about.<\/p>\n

Very carefully<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Sure, many utopian endeavors have led to dismal consequences. Is this \u2018utopian endeavor\u2019 that I kind of summon towards, any different?<\/p>\n

First of all: keep<\/em> being careful.<\/p>\n

According to me, the main point of difference lies in a change from outside versus change from inside (real \u2018growth\u2019). [see: \u2018Growth to Happiness<\/a>\u2019]<\/p>\n

The problem of the West<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I see many endeavors strand in the trying-to-change-from-outside<\/em> mode. Especially Western thinking has a long history of this, which cannot easily be \u2018changed from inside\u2019.<\/p>\n

For a starters, it\u2019s precisely this change from inside that is difficult within this thinking itself.<\/p>\n

This leads to an almost insurmountable problem at individual level.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

People are sandwiched in a \u2018double resistance\u2019:<\/p>\n