I really like the 3-rd topic of Ivan Mozharov which is about roles of theoretical knowledge and real practice in human's devepolment. In this post I want share with my thoughts on this question.
A.S. (Ante Scriptum) In this post I have several times deviated from the topic. So, if you wouldn't like the first 3-4 sentences, it's better for you not to read the others. Because in them I wrote absolute bullshit. Nevertheless, because it is my post and should be interested in reading it for as many people as possible, I would say "ENJOY!".
So, let's watch one particular person who are planning and analyzing his of her decisions and their consequences. Usually many people imagine situations were they have never been in and thinking how they will act themselves in such situations. They also trying to predict the behavior of other people involved in their situations. And the more they are thinking about it, the more concerned of their rightness they become. They are trying to persuade other people in their rightness and they do it rather successfully because these "other people" who have never been thinking about such situation feel themselves relatively stupid in comparison with these "Great Theoreticians" who are sitting near them and talking about very interesting and rather clever ideas of people's behaviour. And after persuasion of several such "conceptually weak" persons people become even more concerned about their rightness of their theories and in this moment they become someones like fanatics of their ideas. In these stage you can't persuade them in their self-deception. The only one thing which can do it is real experience. After several times of failing of their theories in reality it's become obvious that they were wrong and the reality is different from their models. They are getting depressed. Their desires are broken. Now they should transform their approach to the world and it is very difficult. ( Despite of the fact that many "Great Theoreticians" eventually understand treir falsity, there several people who became really famous with their ideas. For example, Sigmund Freid, with his concept of connetion of all human's thoughts with their sexual desires).
But the situations of the "Great Thereoticians" appear quite rare. (if such mad guys really exist) The more usual situation is when human is just thinking what about he or she might do in different situations. He or she thinks that they know how they would behave themselves, but their real decisions might be absolutely different. People don't know themselves. They think they know, but it is wrong. The classical barriers which appear when human face the reality are fear, lust and uncertainty which is, actually, the consequence of the fear. That is why it is essentually important to know themselves, which they can do from being in different situation, in other words, from their experience. Only when you know patterns of your own behaviour and a lot of cases of other people's behaviour, you can very approximately predict decisions of other people. And when can predict the decisions of different people you can rule their decision. And then, you can do everything. You are powerful. You are "The Great Practician".
Your logical commnt now could be like, "What was it?". But, I wrote it because several years ago I was somebody like stupid "The Great Theoretician". As most boys of 13-15 years old I was mad of girls. While all my friends were just chasing girls with flowers and stupid phrases like, "I love you. I can't live without you", I was concerned that no one, neither girls nor boys, want to have a some fanatic near them who is ready to die in your name. I thought it is just uninteresting to have such a slave. So, I didn't chase girls, just talk with them or look at them several times. I called it "Scientific Seduction". How absurdly. But this "approach" worked several times. I even conducted several experiments when I was in summer camp. My friend even started asking me for advice. Now I can say that it was really funny. But then I understood that this "scheme" worked only for some stupid, ugly girls who even write you first and so on, and that you should put much efforts to conquer your Queen. So I left my stupid theories (that was the most bright of them), but they sometimes still appear in my mind. Sometimes.
In one song which my friend Gleb showed be several months ago this process of appearing of controversial thoughts in your mind, like chase or not to chase, is called "The War with the mind" (Война с головой). I really appreciated these song because it clearly describes the difficult process of making decisions which happens every day in everyone's mind.
So, in answer to Ivan's question I answer "practical experience". You shouldn't think all the time. You should just do what you want and be yourself.
"The war with the mind, but the last battle won't answer most questions".
Thank you for attention.
A.S. (Ante Scriptum) In this post I have several times deviated from the topic. So, if you wouldn't like the first 3-4 sentences, it's better for you not to read the others. Because in them I wrote absolute bullshit. Nevertheless, because it is my post and should be interested in reading it for as many people as possible, I would say "ENJOY!".
So, let's watch one particular person who are planning and analyzing his of her decisions and their consequences. Usually many people imagine situations were they have never been in and thinking how they will act themselves in such situations. They also trying to predict the behavior of other people involved in their situations. And the more they are thinking about it, the more concerned of their rightness they become. They are trying to persuade other people in their rightness and they do it rather successfully because these "other people" who have never been thinking about such situation feel themselves relatively stupid in comparison with these "Great Theoreticians" who are sitting near them and talking about very interesting and rather clever ideas of people's behaviour. And after persuasion of several such "conceptually weak" persons people become even more concerned about their rightness of their theories and in this moment they become someones like fanatics of their ideas. In these stage you can't persuade them in their self-deception. The only one thing which can do it is real experience. After several times of failing of their theories in reality it's become obvious that they were wrong and the reality is different from their models. They are getting depressed. Their desires are broken. Now they should transform their approach to the world and it is very difficult. ( Despite of the fact that many "Great Theoreticians" eventually understand treir falsity, there several people who became really famous with their ideas. For example, Sigmund Freid, with his concept of connetion of all human's thoughts with their sexual desires).
But the situations of the "Great Thereoticians" appear quite rare. (if such mad guys really exist) The more usual situation is when human is just thinking what about he or she might do in different situations. He or she thinks that they know how they would behave themselves, but their real decisions might be absolutely different. People don't know themselves. They think they know, but it is wrong. The classical barriers which appear when human face the reality are fear, lust and uncertainty which is, actually, the consequence of the fear. That is why it is essentually important to know themselves, which they can do from being in different situation, in other words, from their experience. Only when you know patterns of your own behaviour and a lot of cases of other people's behaviour, you can very approximately predict decisions of other people. And when can predict the decisions of different people you can rule their decision. And then, you can do everything. You are powerful. You are "The Great Practician".
Your logical commnt now could be like, "What was it?". But, I wrote it because several years ago I was somebody like stupid "The Great Theoretician". As most boys of 13-15 years old I was mad of girls. While all my friends were just chasing girls with flowers and stupid phrases like, "I love you. I can't live without you", I was concerned that no one, neither girls nor boys, want to have a some fanatic near them who is ready to die in your name. I thought it is just uninteresting to have such a slave. So, I didn't chase girls, just talk with them or look at them several times. I called it "Scientific Seduction". How absurdly. But this "approach" worked several times. I even conducted several experiments when I was in summer camp. My friend even started asking me for advice. Now I can say that it was really funny. But then I understood that this "scheme" worked only for some stupid, ugly girls who even write you first and so on, and that you should put much efforts to conquer your Queen. So I left my stupid theories (that was the most bright of them), but they sometimes still appear in my mind. Sometimes.
In one song which my friend Gleb showed be several months ago this process of appearing of controversial thoughts in your mind, like chase or not to chase, is called "The War with the mind" (Война с головой). I really appreciated these song because it clearly describes the difficult process of making decisions which happens every day in everyone's mind.
So, in answer to Ivan's question I answer "practical experience". You shouldn't think all the time. You should just do what you want and be yourself.
"The war with the mind, but the last battle won't answer most questions".
Thank you for attention.
I likde your post)) Especially your theory about girls, rather funny))
ОтветитьУдалитьAnd I agree with your conclusion, but my main point is: practical experience which is based on your dynamic theories concepts(by dynamic I mean, that they a re possilbe to go along with a life cycles), because you could easily analise it's outcomes and to evaluate your problems.