What Is Most Important In Life?

Realising what is most important in life
is the purpose of life.

The most important aspect of life is to realise how mistaken we’ve been. We think we’re normal because we follow others, when life is a maze of very subtle traps and distractions, as we lurch from crisis to crisis.

Taking a good look at our behaviour requires objective awareness and a willingness to identify the patterns that fog our mind. Behaviour isn’t random; it’s driven by an ongoing cycle of internal triggers, environmental cues and learned rewards that make us feel ‘good’: fight, flight, freeze … and fawn.

We read a click-bait headline and off we go, reacting – that’s how imprisoned we’ve become. There is a need for critical thinking, rather than merely being ready to believe what someone says. People can say nice things, intelligent things, poetic things, spiritual things, but so can an actor.

Following our chosen leader – our type – is a mistake we make in life. Which is more important? The institution, the teacher, the teaching (words), or genuine experience that is not conditioned?

We fawn over a person because our brains are wired from childhood to use flattery, submission and appeasement as a survival mechanism to build social bonds and avoid conflict. Fawning is deeply tied to safety, acceptance and a deep-seated survival reflex.

What is important in life
is to recognise this maze we are in.

Don’t be too ready to clap.
Clapping is identification.

Once we are aware of the maze, we’re free.