06 November 2018

The post-modern curse is freedom of choice. The over-abundance of choices leads to depression and anxiety. Why? Because a field of choices without clear non-selfish principles to navigate a way through is treacherous. A veritable minefield. It is not the profusion of choices that makes us happy but the ability to make principled decisions. Even when we have chosen we still haven't decided. One choice leads to another and then another. Decision, on the other hand, by emphatically chosing, eradicates choice, and as such is an acute act of spirit. The mind choses but the spirit decides.

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