Today’s content is an update announcement and a free talk.
Update notice: I integrated tags into categories.
First, announcement. I updated this blog’s categories. I integrated tags into categories. This should make it easier to browse through each topic. You can find the category dropdown list at the footer of this blog.
This blog didn’t have a list of concepts that I had created. Although I used tags, we could not easily find the tags in the old articles. I had wanted to modify it for a long time, so I finally did it.
I will not use tags, so please use categories to refer to past topics.
Free talk about the concept of a pendulum life
Let me add a few points about the concept of a pendulum life that I have explained recently.
We sometimes want to know how to live well, especially when we have unique individualities. We cannot live the same way as our surroundings. In other words, we often don’t know not only how to be happy but also how our minds work.
There is no precedent around us. We have to find it ourselves.
My past that I decided to make efforts
It was the same for me. I didn’t know how to live well. Although I was trying to live like everyone else when I was younger, it was hard. I thought life was one of endurance.
I guessed it was because of my lack of effort and patience. I believed I could be happy if I endured and worked hard.
It was when I was about 10 years old. I thought about how I should live and made this decision when I was in a class at my elementary school. Although I was aware of my ignorance about this world and myself, I thought I would try following what people were saying and do my best until I got enough knowledge. I wanted to make my future hopeful.
This would be a natural reaction. You may have had a similar experience. Although our individuality caused hardships, we naturally chose to make efforts instead of finding out how to use our individuality.
Perhaps we had no choice but to do so when we were young because we didn’t know anything. We knew we were ignorant and helpless. That would have forced us to live patiently, at least until we grew up.
The crucial part: the decision was temporary.
However, as I grew up, I forgot the crucial part: until I got enough knowledge. I had supposed making efforts was a temporary decision, but I came to believe that it was the only way.
This might be the cause of mental problems for some people like me. We have come to evaluate only one aspect that society values and suppress another aspect that makes us want to satisfy only ourselves.
In other words, we have to remember the first premise: the decision was temporary until we got enough knowledge. Not a permanent one.
To regain our original selves
The concept of a pendulum life could help us regain our original states. We have at least two contradictory wants. It is natural that we sway between them, like pendulums.
If we want to reduce social stresses, we can head toward independence while following the movement of the pendulums. This allows us to regain ourselves and be happy without patience. That is the essence of this concept.
This makes us decide based on our moods. Although many think that moving by moods is disdainful and worthless, it is a great compass that indicates independence. It works well, and we can trust them.
It frees us from unnecessary tasks. It tells us that becoming a millionaire is a means, not an end. We don’t have to stick to it. However, we can choose that way if we have hope.
We can follow the movement of our pendulums. If so, we will not regret it, learn precious wisdom, and feel happy, even if we gave up that way. That gives us healthy feedback on life.
Conclusion
The concept of a pendulum life may be an integrated one I have created so far.
Try reading old articles in the subcategories, such as mental duality, inferiority complex, cross-judging method, or wave theory. This concept is based on them.
This concept might help you break through stagnation.
Thank you for reading this article. I hope to see you in the next one.
