Just noticed a hell of an example in my own life. (pardon the pun)
11. Accepting salvation requires the possibility of damnation. Heaven requires the possibility of Hell.
Less metaphorical: At the beginning of university I joined the camp of “The path to all good and righteous things in life will come from Deep Work and mastery over skills.” Today when examining why I was so scared of not achieving huge quality work output in life, I realized it’s because I implicitly bought into the Deep Work hell.
The above isn’t to say that I think Cal Newport is pitching an idea of hell. My point is that in the process of believing in something that had the emotional valence of “salvation”, I couldn’t help myself from also believing in something that had the emotional valence of “hell”.
is it? i find it very Christian way of thinking, and this though pattern seem obviously wrong to me. it’s incorporated into the Western Culture, but i live in non-Christian place. you can believe in Heaven to all! some new-age people believe in that. you can believe in Heaven to all expect the especially blameworthy—this is how i understand Mormonism.
thanks for the insight! now i can recognize one pretty toxic thought-pattern as Christian influence, and understand it better!
Just noticed a hell of an example in my own life. (pardon the pun)
11. Accepting salvation requires the possibility of damnation. Heaven requires the possibility of Hell.
Less metaphorical: At the beginning of university I joined the camp of “The path to all good and righteous things in life will come from Deep Work and mastery over skills.” Today when examining why I was so scared of not achieving huge quality work output in life, I realized it’s because I implicitly bought into the Deep Work hell.
The above isn’t to say that I think Cal Newport is pitching an idea of hell. My point is that in the process of believing in something that had the emotional valence of “salvation”, I couldn’t help myself from also believing in something that had the emotional valence of “hell”.
is it? i find it very Christian way of thinking, and this though pattern seem obviously wrong to me. it’s incorporated into the Western Culture, but i live in non-Christian place. you can believe in Heaven to all! some new-age people believe in that. you can believe in Heaven to all expect the especially blameworthy—this is how i understand Mormonism.
thanks for the insight! now i can recognize one pretty toxic thought-pattern as Christian influence, and understand it better!