Nick WilliamsMaking A Wish…When we’re patient then (in time) everything will be revealed to us but when we’re impatient then nothing is revealed to us — not ever…4d ago4d ago
Nick WilliamsThe Phenomenon of SpontaneityWe all know what the word ‘spontaneity’ means, but at the same time we don’t really know. No one really knows, not even the most learned…5d ago5d ago
Nick WilliamsFixing The Extrinsic SelfThere’s no point in trying to fix the Extrinsic Self when it gets broken. It is meant to get broken, we could say - it has no future but to…Jul 141Jul 141
Nick WilliamsControl Equals FearIt’s not that we should ‘do something about fear’ so as to show that we’re not afraid of it (or — if we can — vanquish it entirely) but…Jul 12Jul 12
Nick WilliamsThe World of ‘Warring Opposites’When we are inhabiting the Nominal Realm — which is the world of formal descriptions — then the one thing that is absolutely impossible…Jul 9Jul 9
Nick WilliamsThe Snake That Cannot Cast Its SkinPsychological therapies of the rational kind are inevitably based on control and what this means is that we’re guaranteed to get caught up…Jul 6Jul 6
Nick WilliamsSimulated Mental HealthWould living in a simulation be a safe or an unsafe thing? Could it be bad for our mental health, for example? Are there any hidden…Jul 3Jul 3
Nick WilliamsThe ‘Steersman Paradox’Our perception of the world is almost entirely ‘thought-based’. It’s not that we’re aware that the world which we are relating to on a…Jul 1Jul 1
Nick WilliamsSociety is a Zero-Sum GameWe measure (and therefore value) ourselves on the basis of how other people see us and this — although we can’t see it — involves us in a…Jun 28Jun 28
Nick WilliamsThe Limitations of Rational PsychologyOne of the most glaring misunderstandings we come across in what we might call ‘rational psychology’ is that we assume it to be the case…Jun 26Jun 26