The Glossary of Good
Subject to frequent updates.
The following is based on the idea that feeling good, or moving toward states of feeling better, is the foundation of all of life’s pursuits. Feeling is the opposite of abstraction, and my intent here is to define words in the context of how they relate to how we actually feel. I don’t think the meaning of words and grand ideas have to be complicated. This isn’t philosophy.
I’ll link back to this in future writings for readers to consult if they don’t know what I mean with the words that I use.
Abundance: The state of feeling good through inner knowing that there is always more than enough. (March 20, 2021)
Bad: The feeling we don’t want to feel.
Belief: Assuming something is factual almost entirely based on the word of another, with no consensus about its truth or physical evidence for it.
Conscience: What you feel is right, or the good thing to do. (March 27, 2021)
Consciousness: Awareness of existence.
Duty: What others tell you what you must do because they want you to do what they want, and persuade you because they’re older and are more experienced and say they know more, even if what they say is against what you feel is right. “Duty” is more insidious than just people-pleasing to advance oneself…
