Are you serious about being open-minded?

[ChrisZoZo]

If you’re serious about being open-minded then honestly answer this question. 
 

Have you been in pain trying to uncover the truth.
 

For example: have you really considered that this whole time you’re a part of the left Party. When in reality it was actually Trump who was better. 
 

Now, if you’ve considered this or not, it’s not so relevant. What matters is if you are in pain while doing this but don’t allow the pain prevent you from being open minded to the fact that you be might be wrong. 
 

You have to understand going through this process is a painful process and 99.9% of people don’t even do this. The second they get a tiny bit of pain they jump away there thinking. And then they’re in agony for years in their life because one stupid thing they could just easily think through and worked out.

BTW Trump is the literal antichrist. I just use him as an example.

[aurum]

Not only will you experience pain, you must walk into the pain over and over again.

 

[Carl-Richard]

What should I be openminded about? How should I be openminded? What even is openmindedness? 

Do you see how for any of these questions, you have to choose something over something else? Do you see how you generally have to close your mind to something in order to open yourself to another?

And if so, is the question then really about being openminded, or is it about being openminded in the right way? Maybe it's about things like wisdom, right discernment, right action, than openmindedness?

Let's say you are a human being. Should you be openminded about playing Russian Roulette with a double barrel shotgun right now?

Let's say you are driving a car on the highway. Should you be openminded about not using your breaks for the rest of the ride?

Let's say you are finishing a project that you worked on for a year. Should you be openminded about discontinuing the project one minute before handing in the finished work? Maybe it's better to be openminded after that minute.

Again, you obviously want to be openminded in the right way, about the right things, at the right time. But of course, sometimes you have to be openminded about what that exactly looks like in order to test the waters (openmindedness is essentially a type of exploratory/testing function). Nevertheless, the right way, the right things, the right times, are the arbiters of what openmindedness we engage in (and are able to engage in).

Exploration, testing the unknown, can be painful, but treating it as almost an absolute good can be a trap (and you literally can't do that).

Edited Saturday at 02:28 AM by Carl-Richard