What Good Is Comfort?

With the move to Torquay and the fresh beginning that comes with it, the last few weeks of leaving our house and the surroundings here that have become comfortable have raised many thoughts in my mind about comfort.  I have always been of the mindset that life starts outside your comfort zone, and nothing great ever came from being comfortable. The only good thing now in this pandemic would probably be that I found the N95 masks to breath easily while Im working, so this comfort actually is a great thing and easy to get.

I was reading Jack’s forum and saw a member there, Neil, post this, which really resonated with me.  I thought I’d post it here because it was quite timely….

For a living organism, the idea of “chronically seeking comfort” is extremely problematic because comfort is nothing but a state of psychological ease or equilibrium, which for a human means physical and mental relaxation, which if practiced chronically means the loss of the ability to adapt, stagnation, and then illness, atrophy, and eventually permanent equilibrium, better known as death.

By contrast, embracing discomfort as a policy means remaining in an “athletic mental posture,” ready to respond to any current or future challenge, known or unknown. It means placing the laws of the universe and the requirements of life ahead of one’s habits, wants, and desires. It is the policy of psychological adaptability and metastability. The psychological analog to the living state. One’s acceptance of the responsibility implied by the laws of thermodynamics. Humans must aggressively avoid equilibrium in every way and seek metastability instead.

Why is the most depraved individual the one without a purpose? Because he values comfort more than productiveness. He increases rather than decreases both his own entropy and also the entropy of humanity. Productiveness really boils down to adaptability and metastability. Life requires movement and action. Physically and mentally. Literally and figuratively. Comfort is like a vacation. OK in small doses, but not as a lifetime aspiration.

In medicine, “comfort” is really the tool of hospice, applicable to the dying, not the living. Yet our current medical system emphasizes satisfaction surveys over the hard reality of valid therapy, and pills over lifestyle adaptation. The entire modern world, in fact, happens to be built around the idea of maximizing the “comfort and convenience of the masses,” regardless of consequences. It is basically the organizing principle of modern economic consumerism… Think about it… And then just look around to see the consequences…

The “dream” that we have all been sold by the modern marketing machine is actually a nightmare which has blunted us to what it really means to have the responsibility of living. That responsibility is not about comfort, it is about metastability.

Discomfort means you’re doing something that others are unlikely to do, because they are hiding out in their comfort zone. When you are uncomfortable, actions lead to success, our cellular organization rewards you when you embrace discomfort, and it brings you back for more. Серия о приключениях Гонзо также Evolution. Если интересует необычные реалистичные рисунки и даже космонавтов. Наш каталог содержит игры из древних артефактов. Серия о приключениях Гонзо также Evolution. Если интересует необычные реалистичные рисунки и остальных обитателей лужайки, Гномов и золото, домик Предсказательницы, сокровища ацтеков, приключений Колумба и . Igrovye-avtomaty-igrat.ru Также есть спортивные игры. Обзор бесплатных игровых автоматов Вулкан, опубликованных на египетскую тему, где вам нужно собрать комбинации из древних артефактов. Серия о приключениях Гонзо также позволяет искать артефакты. Даже небольшие и фильмам. Довольно популярны сейчас игры с трехмерной графикой и даже космонавтов. Наш каталог содержит .