I think that this post nicely hammers home the point that our minds are complicated, messy entities, and it can sometimes lead us astray to try to put sharp boundaries upon them, such as “I believe X” or “I do not believe X”.
I remember being about 12 and walking around a very large basement and house at night, and being scared of ghosts whilst at the same time knowing that ghosts don’t exist. In fact if I were to walk around that same big, scary basement again, I’m sure I would still be irrationally scared of ghosts, in a completely automatic and unstoppable way.
I think that this post nicely hammers home the point that our minds are complicated, messy entities, and it can sometimes lead us astray to try to put sharp boundaries upon them, such as “I believe X” or “I do not believe X”.
I remember being about 12 and walking around a very large basement and house at night, and being scared of ghosts whilst at the same time knowing that ghosts don’t exist. In fact if I were to walk around that same big, scary basement again, I’m sure I would still be irrationally scared of ghosts, in a completely automatic and unstoppable way.