tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post3282927363367326964..comments2023-10-17T06:41:13.639-07:00Comments on Living Infinitely: The Illusion Of ConfidenceShererhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-72083584551367744372014-05-28T06:19:37.992-07:002014-05-28T06:19:37.992-07:00I have recently come upon a maintainable confidenc...I have recently come upon a maintainable confidence. Mine came after 10-15 years spent fixating on suffering. I did not abandon my negative outlook no matter how miserable, hopeless, and suicide ridden it got. Now i can see the solution, I improve situations everywhere i go, rythmicly constant in an auto piloted mentality. <br /><br />The problem with true confidence, is that people of the modern age have gone fucking sideways. If you are sure of yourself, and things appear to work out for you through this, there are others who have come to define themselves disadvantaged. It is in such a self conception that will benefit their social role to sabatauge whatever envirnmental structure approapriates mental consistancy. Somehow things have shaped into confidence summing to the defeat of others rather than a relief to others. Natural human being is dead, we mature feeding on three thousand years of intellectual and moral traditions that can only be tangably measured by the dead rotten bodies of our ancestors, who built a system where its more beneficial to respond to preconceptions and general assumption than it is to openly explore the physically animate state of perspecting our existance can will constant and whole creation fromAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11090430278513496808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-16765901079322842842009-01-29T08:44:00.000-08:002009-01-29T08:44:00.000-08:00An interesting point here. When our "reality" bec...An interesting point here. When our "reality" becomes distorted, the only thing we can rely is the confidence which comes from the source, from the infinite. It must be this way, because I believe we can determine that everything must come from this sigularity. <BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-79890296023488063532009-01-28T11:30:00.000-08:002009-01-28T11:30:00.000-08:00A good analogy that works with your assessment (wh...A good analogy that works with your assessment (which is excellent) is the "Confidence Game" or the "con." In essence, you "con" people into believing something. You give them confidence in you, even if you're a dirty rotten liar.<BR/><BR/>The only other area where confidence is actually something we face ourselves rather than off-put onto others is through something that may threaten our well-being.<BR/><BR/>Case in point: I'm completely unconfident in my ability to walk along the edge of a steep cliff. The same case could be made of a time of war and our ability to survive it.<BR/><BR/>At that point, though, our confidence is misplaced, because it is in ourselves. True confidence comes from something greater, I think.<BR/><BR/>Great post, brother.J Shererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07445215846016333736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-33036431527297111432009-01-13T21:15:00.000-08:002009-01-13T21:15:00.000-08:00So glad to see you back and stopping by my blog. I...So glad to see you back and stopping by my blog. I need the beat the blues foods too right now. I think it is this dreary winter. I am going to go watch you play the piano for some inspiration. I hope you are doing well and I am waiting for some inspiration from you as I am running a little low.HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091372418641843957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-54240718832523014222009-01-13T11:39:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:39:00.000-08:00Betty,I thank you very much for leaving a comment....Betty,<BR/><BR/><BR/>I thank you very much for leaving a comment. I really like readers to be a part of the discussion as it adds much.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-16621517987692178202009-01-13T11:38:00.000-08:002009-01-13T11:38:00.000-08:00Heidi, I know I am totally dropping the ball. Wor...Heidi, <BR/><BR/>I know I am totally dropping the ball. Work is CRAZY!!!!!! but fun. Thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-17985455523584075302009-01-12T18:21:00.000-08:002009-01-12T18:21:00.000-08:00Just wanted to stop by and say hello! Where are yo...Just wanted to stop by and say hello! Where are you? Miss your posts!HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091372418641843957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-75825251544054703272009-01-09T10:17:00.000-08:002009-01-09T10:17:00.000-08:00T,Thank you very much for you kind words. Your in...T,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Thank you very much for you kind words. Your insight is most useful. I understand exactly what you mean when you say what really is real anyway. It seems even our idea of reality can be somewhat relative. or can it..... Thanks for stopping by.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-30316917518761613632009-01-08T20:15:00.000-08:002009-01-08T20:15:00.000-08:00This is a great post. I never really thought much ...This is a great post. I never really thought much of reality and illusion when it cones to confidence, but in the grand scheme of things, what is truly real anyway?<BR/><BR/>We all live in our own made up worlds, it is how people, as you seem to indicate, perceive us to be, and yet, it does not mean that their perception is anymore real than what what we have offered them. <BR/><BR/>TInside our hands, outside our heartshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135186996993725893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-13349393428919543302009-01-02T23:09:00.001-08:002009-01-02T23:09:00.001-08:00healthnut, you are right its pretty hard to top s...healthnut, you are right its pretty hard to top some smooth piano playing! it should have been my last post.... go out with a bang!!! haha naw... time to raise the bar! thanks heidiShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-12179416215541774632009-01-02T23:09:00.000-08:002009-01-02T23:09:00.000-08:00healthnut, you are right its pretty hard to top s...healthnut, you are right its pretty hard to top some smooth piano playing! it should have been my last post.... go out with a bang!!! haha naw... time to raise the bar! thanks heidiShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-65865946977914139762008-12-31T16:07:00.000-08:002008-12-31T16:07:00.000-08:00This really hits a spot with me as I tend to be in...This really hits a spot with me as I tend to be insecure and lack confidence even when there is no reason for it. Illusion-I am going to remember this and fake it! Another brilliant post but I must say I will always love you playing the piano.HEALTH NUT WANNABEE MOMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091372418641843957noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-11792355067310951482008-12-28T13:30:00.000-08:002008-12-28T13:30:00.000-08:00Anne,Ah! a very good point you make there. How c...Anne,<BR/><BR/><BR/>Ah! a very good point you make there. How could one feel confident if they didnt know what it means to feel confident?!! However, if one took a situation in which one felt confident and really remembered what it was like then perhaps those feelings could be duplicated and replace the general lack of confident feelings. I like that.<BR/><BR/>Thank you for the insightful comment.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-34990588265861856132008-12-28T06:33:00.000-08:002008-12-28T06:33:00.000-08:00Interesting blog! I think you need an actual memor...Interesting blog! I think you need an actual memory of feeling confident in order to be able to reproduce it and have the "fake it until you make it" mechanism work properly ...Anne Vishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03492936375314386731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-8690779303685235022008-12-24T12:57:00.000-08:002008-12-24T12:57:00.000-08:00Ahh!!! I am so sorry.... my apologies.Ahh!!! I am so sorry.... my apologies.Shererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-35379161492289431462008-12-24T12:33:00.000-08:002008-12-24T12:33:00.000-08:00Ahhhhhhhhh...not Carol!! You can call me Carrie. ...Ahhhhhhhhh...not Carol!! You can call me Carrie. <BR/><BR/>Have a wonderful Xmas and New Year!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728003293487936449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-82781837320275111322008-12-23T10:31:00.000-08:002008-12-23T10:31:00.000-08:00Bob,Playing music on stage can be a frightful thin...Bob,<BR/><BR/>Playing music on stage can be a frightful thing. What if I mess up - freeze in panic - or play the wrong notes. Well someone might remember it for a week and you may regret it for the rest of your life! Thanks for the comment my good man.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-33656229165287278832008-12-22T14:17:00.000-08:002008-12-22T14:17:00.000-08:00Wise words,again coming from somebody who has live...Wise words,again coming from somebody who has lived them. I made similar conclusions through playing music on stage, used to shake in my boots finally I just decided to do my best and not to trouble myself with how I felt others were perceiving me.Bob Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06582050569176409358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-64024123909589846022008-12-22T13:47:00.000-08:002008-12-22T13:47:00.000-08:00Caroline,A great point you make! Fear too is simp...Caroline,<BR/><BR/>A great point you make! Fear too is simply an illusion created by some selfish place inside us i imagine.<BR/><BR/>Happy Holidays Carol (caroline for short I feel we are friends)<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-52595950551635125422008-12-22T12:15:00.000-08:002008-12-22T12:15:00.000-08:00Confidence, like fear is an illusion. You give it...Confidence, like fear is an illusion. You give it the power (or lack of power). Great post and good material to think about (as usual). Have a wonderful holiday!Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16728003293487936449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-82713836412549898362008-12-22T10:53:00.000-08:002008-12-22T10:53:00.000-08:00Healingstones, Excellent point you make! Detachm...Healingstones, <BR/><BR/>Excellent point you make! Detachment seems to be one of those funny paradox(i) (i am not sure on the plurality of that word). <BR/><BR/>Seems to me that when we view things out of the context of our own ego ridden self obsessed mind, the world becomes much clearer. <BR/><BR/>Thank you for the insightful comment.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-73088384938900448272008-12-22T10:50:00.000-08:002008-12-22T10:50:00.000-08:00Ah, a very nice sign post to help your memory! Of...Ah, a very nice sign post to help your memory! Often we tend to be much better at recalling images then we are of remembering things we simply read. Thank you fo ryou comments they are very helpful to the overall point of the post. <BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-50815536226769550012008-12-22T02:43:00.000-08:002008-12-22T02:43:00.000-08:00Interesting post. I consider myself fairly confide...Interesting post. I consider myself fairly confident - but there have been many times when I have just lost it. It has evaporated into thin air - and yet nothing has changed - only my perception of me. Perhaps the key is detachment. When we focus too much on outcomes our confidence may falter. When we let go and just be - confidence is our natural state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-17679063806930856662008-12-22T00:42:00.000-08:002008-12-22T00:42:00.000-08:00What an interesting post Jesse.I often feel unconf...What an interesting post Jesse.<BR/>I often feel unconfident when addressing a group of people, but you are right when I am just being myself my confidence is neutral.<BR/><BR/>Excellent analogy about what other people think. I would never have thought of confidence as an illusion.<BR/><BR/>The mime artist creates an illusion. When my confidence lapses I will think of the mime artist which will then bring this post back to mind.<BR/><BR/>Happy holidays to you too Jesse.<BR/>Peggymiruspeghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01980477108868960140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2824004929118979053.post-15459753935223248682008-12-21T10:43:00.000-08:002008-12-21T10:43:00.000-08:00Ah the force is strong with me! Thank you SWUbird...Ah the force is strong with me! Thank you SWUbird merry christmas to you as well.<BR/><BR/>JesseShererhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12581213236488476557noreply@blogger.com