How can the way you think save you from death?

I solemnly swear to tell you the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. How many of you can say your actively trying to find the truth? Probably not many. This was me once. I swore to myself that the way I exist in the world today is how I will forever exist. My beliefs were stringent, unchanging and arbitrary.

Today, as humans, we exist in a hyperconnected world. We’ve been granted the ability to scour the internet for news and gossip. We’re able to immerse ourselves in the personal lives of, rappers, athletes and other celebrities. But at what cost?

While these technological advancements have fared some of us well, they have led others down paths of depression, mental health and more.

The human brain is phenomenal. It is capable of storing information received from the world that we find valuable, which we can potentially revisit and reuse at a later date. As powerful as our brains are, they’re still susceptible to control and manipulation.

With information so readily available it is becoming increasingly harder for us to filter through the noise. The task of independent thinking has now become ever more important. It is easier for many of us to just accept what we’re being told as ‘truth’ and never question anything. But why?

Because thinking is hard. Thinking requires us to sit with our thoughts and reason with ourselves.

Not many of us can do this successfully though. Thinking is a skill. The ability to think clearly and definitively can be learnt by any of you. You just have to be willing to actively engage.

Independent thinking will allow you to break away from the status quo. It may leave you looking like the crazy aunt or uncle at a family member's wedding. However, it will allow you to form a perception of reality that is your own. A perception that is built less from influence and arbitrary beliefs, and more from understanding the world before us.

Endless possibilities are available to you. You just have to be willing enough to go out and find the answers. Many of the answers that you are seeking in life require discovery. As all great things do.

You will never be truly free until you begin to think independently from the herd. Until then misconstrued opinions and beliefs will become your norm. But the moment you uncover the ability to filter through the whirlwind of propaganda and false information, you will find yourself arriving at a place of freedom and bliss.

Thinking is difficult, but once you gain the capacity to think, you will experience freedom like never before.

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