Intellect is vastly overvalued.

Twetch ·

Intellect is vastly overvalued.

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Twetch ·

Intelligence being an amount on a simple spectrum is a basically ableist concept/framing.

Twetch ·

& vastly over identified with.
Missing the simple fact that we are not our intellect, but that which is aware of intellect.

Twetch ·

this is not very Randian

Twetch ·

Just in comparison to all the other intelligence in and around us.

Twetch ·

intellect is certainly not something to undervalue

Twetch ·

When we identify with our intellect we aren’t truly conscious, intellect is just one state of the mind. Been reading Inner Engineering by Sadhguru, it has some great insights. https://twetch.app/t/1b8fe062accce89d349734da28d0fb34e85a0177f00372b5fc2c3b25120598a1

Twetch ·

I get where your coming from though, check out this book

https://www.amazon.com/Franklin-Merrell-Wolffs-Experience-Philosophy-Transformation/dp/0791419649/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=franklin+merrellwolff&qid=1579107326&s=books&sr=1-1