Keep Falsehood Isolated

[LSD-Rumi]

Much of the mental work involved in understanding humans and reality includes examining falsehood, but this brings its own risks. If you focus too intently on falsehood and position yourself too closely with it, you can start to absorb it. I’ve noticed this in myself. For example, if you’re trying to understand racism and consume a lot of racist content without any mental distance, you might unconsciously start developing racist tendencies. In this sense, you treat Falsehood as a dangerous microorganism, that you want to understand but you also make sure to isolate yourself from it because it can easily infect you.

To counter this, I created a rule for myself: Observe falsehood from a higher vantage point, keeping it at arm's length. Let contemplating falsehood be a relatively small part of your mental work. Focus primarily on the Truth, allowing falsehood to be a secondary project that complements your search for the Truth.

Edited Saturday at 07:56 PM by LSD-Rumi