Bias Control

Bias

Bias can lead to restrictions or they can become a form of disability. On the other hand, too much unnecessary focus on a thing may eventually  lead to some sort of addiction. Never prematurely stop your search for your hidden talents. If you are not restricting yourself, you would really know that you have been giving Love with all your Heart and dormant skills that you are trying to re-awaken.

"Normalcy bias" (tendency to believe that the world around you will stay normal) may distort our reality. Many would like to think that the world would remain the same or at least everything immediately around them will remain secure and stable all their lives. It may border on delusions that everything will remain as they are for as long as one is not ready for any change. For example, it causes anxiety towards retirement if you fail to secure yourself financially. Retirement is something to look forward to for those that accepted the fact that we are still students throughout adulthood learning much more things we could possible imagine. School does not end after graduation. Your diplomas are actually just among the many your limitless Hearts can attain. People with normalcy bias may learn a few tricks from those who have "preparedness bias". These people prefer to be safe than sorry. They prepare for the worst possible scenario and are taking  considerable stress to assure their safety and survival.

Those with "preparedness bias" may need periods of rest or normalcy. They have been stretching their abilities in order to be ready to overcome nearly all obstacles long before they actually happen. However they have problems communicating with the other group and are usually misunderstood because of how they present themselves. Both groups are crippled and they could not really move forward if they will not find a way to speak though the heart.

Another, which we can call "toy bias" may trap one on the play stage beyond adulthood. There are toys for kids while there are bigger toys for the bigger kids we call adults. What are those toys you've been upgrading? Do you have an old addiction you had since childhood? Are you a gadget freak? However, playing and having fun with toys in the game of life could make life easier for many. Be reminded that not all nice toys are man made.

On the other hand, the very few with "higher pursuit bias" are brought to the lonely place of providing, guiding and overseeing the rest of humanity.  Some of them are tempted to play a monopoly game where they can toy around some quite stubborn people with not so high pursuits and who also lack the needed skills.

The more people develop bias for higher pursuits, the less potentially abusive monopolies will be established. But when more of the toy biased dominates, the more our world will accumulate junk toys that eventually pollute the entire planet causing human and animal death and suffering. If you are among the toy biased, drastically change your mindset and lifestyle to moderation and attempt to curb your misdirected over-consumption now. The higher pursuit providers will have no choice but to slow down and match their production with your moderate consumption of uncontaminated stuff. We all depend on each other in many ways than we originally thought we were.

Each of us are to blame if blaming itself is not a waste of time.

We can begin correcting this by explaining to infants and young children that they need to try out other things other than their favorite food or toys or activities. Do not force it down their throats. Their young brain wirings normally exhibit extreme distractibility. Teach toddlers by example since despite this distractibility they also can't control themselves but copy your every move. Show them pictures and movies and books that illustrate Patience, Restraint or Temperance. Expose them to pure uncontaminated nature (if there are still places like that left in the world) on a more regular basis and for longer hours if that is at all possible. Remember moderate consumption of uncontaminated goods.

The same for early and late childhood as well as adolescents. Say "No" firmly when appropriate. Avoid leaving the kid to grandparents (not applicable to all of course) who usually have less energy to train the kid. Help the child adjust the volume of his voice when talking. Remind him constantly to adjust the voice volume to socially acceptable levels. Do not expect patience to develop completely earlier than late childhood since most brains are not wired for Patience and other related Input control skills before that time. Make humanitarian endeavors appear like child's play so that your kid will become more familiar with such activities that it becomes deeply incorporated into the awakening environment friendly biosphere culture of the future. Teach him the basic life skills that we lost because of our culture of convenience.

What good will a young genius rocket scientist kid be if the economy fails or typhoons wreak havoc and the kid has no survival skills. Does your kid know some form of first aid? As adults, have you any idea how to do basic life support using chest compressions without breaths? Are we really walking the talk of Loving Life? Or are we stubbornly fixated to our own little addictions that ruin life? Do we have a caring Heart?

As adults, we developed Hearts attached to ownerships and concepts of hoarding. Even hoarding of special knowledge. Since that time, we have been subconsciously accumulating stuff at a rate more than our skills could find time to use them. We did not develop skills of adding  value to anything we get our hands on and sharing it with others. Those commodities become junk as soon as we crave for the latest thing. We trashed our world while we pampered ourselves. It is now a time to help and give. Stop hoarding. What we have today may all be thrown to waste if everything collapses. No one will ever use those resources that were tucked away for some rainy day if we do not use them now. Try to determine what you have been accumulating all this time. What are your addictions? Do you really believe that is what you will be doing all your life? Have you tried to do other stuff without necessarily totally giving up on your first biases or wants?

I invite the spiritual gurus to come down from their recluse and teach people how they fixed their Hearts. Show the masses how you can empower them with real world skills they can use everyday. I invite  the efficient tangible wealth generating sons of industrialists to extend a helping hand and empower the masses so we can help clean the environment we all screwed up with our insatiable consumptions. We are here ready to help as soon as we are slowly empowered with new knowledge and skills. We would also appreciate it if you allow better education to trickle down through our dilapidated educational systems.

Everyone, try new stuff you think will be helpful for everyone. Try not to restrict your preferences because you are actually capable of less self-restrictions than you'll ever know. Yes you can always get a partner who can complement your weaknesses. But if they leave or pass away for some reason, you are once again left disabled. Try to learn things you never had before. You do that and you will closely approach being fully interdependent.

This is not about the accomplishment or the destination. It is about our common journey into the bright environment friendly biosphere culture of the future that we all long for as one big human family sharing our different colorful experiences.