ICOLT

ICOLT: In control of language and thoughts.

Take control of what is your own.

Take control of your own inner and outer language.

Taking control of your inner language is taking control of communication to yourself.

Take control of your own thoughts.

language

Language is a Filter and Interpreter. Language is a lens with which we map out the world.

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Language Changes our Perception of the World.

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Thoughts are Central

Thoughts become Destiny - Lao Tzu

graph TD
    A(Thoughts) -->|Become| F(Destiny)
    A(Thoughts) -->|Become| B(Words)
    B -->|Become| C(Actions)
    C -->|Become| D(Habits)
    D -->|Become| E(Character)
    E -->|Become| F(Destiny)

What you repeatedly think, You become.

“Watch your thoughts; They become your words.

Watch your words; They become your actions.

Watch your actions; They become your habits.

Watch your habits; They become your character.

Watch your character; It becomes your destiny.” - Lao-Tzu

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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts

The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts. - Marcus-Aurelius

Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking. Marcus-Aurelius

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Thoughts are central and we welcome garbage

Thoughts are at the start of everything. This same message has been repeated by the wise for thousands of years. However, seldom do we setup proper filters on what we allow to go into our mind, what we allow to influence our thoughts. Often allowing garbage to stream in, which influences the thoughts and transitively defines everything about our life.

The problem of allowing garbage as input into our mind is not new. However, it is amplified, beyond what any of our ancestors have experienced. Hence, it is evermore important to listen to the wise of the past and the wise of today, to setup up proper guardrails on the information that streams into our mind. So that what streams out of our mind in the form of actions aligns with the path that we want to be on.

With that we must avoid the temptations for getting hits of cheap-dopamine throughout the day. Setup up systems so that technology does not use us, and setup filters on the information to take in to be IRA-INFO - Important Relevant Actionable Information.

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A MAN’S MIND may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will bring forth. - James-Allen

Notes

We can influence externals, We do not control externals.

We can Influence conditions of locations and Time Allocation. We do not control external reality. What we do have much more control of is our internal language, our internal thoughts.’

1: We control the internals. We do not control the externals.

Some things we can control, some we can’t. We can control our attitudes, opinions, goals and desires – choices of our own. We can’t control health, wealth, fame or power – things we can’t have by choosing them.

What we can control naturally is not governed, restricted or constrained by others; what we can’t control is naturally governed, restricted and constrained by others. If you mistake what’s constrained for what’s free, and what others control for what you control, you’re in for it: you won’t get your way, you’ll be unhappy, you’ll be disturbed, and you’ll be spewing blame in every direction. But if you take for your own only what really is your own, and what’s not up to you as exactly that, then you’ve got it made: no one will ever make you do what you don’t want to, no one will ever thwart you, you won’t find fault with anyone, you’ll have no enemies and you’ll never come to harm.

With this much to aim for, you’d better believe it won’t be attained without effort. There’ll be things you’ll have to give up for good, and others to put on the shelf. For instance, if you want what we’re talking about, and you still want power and money too, then you probably won’t get them because you’ve compromised your pursuit of them with this philosophy stuff, and you definitely won’t get the things we’re discussing here that are the sole basis for freedom and happiness. Practice a new attitude toward events that seem unpleasant, telling yourself that the way they seem isn’t the way they have to be for you. Analyze each event according to the rules you’re learning, especially this: Is it something you can control or not? If not, be ready to say it’s not your concern.

flowchart TB
    Control["Things in Our Control\n(Opinion, Pursuit, Desire, Aversion, Actions)"]:::own
    NotControl["Things NOT in Our Control\n(Body, Property, Reputation, Command)"]:::notOwn

    Free["Free, Unrestrained, Unhindered"]:::own
    NotFree["Weak, Slavish, Restrained, Belonging to Others"]:::notOwn

    CorrectBelief["Correct Belief: Own What Is Yours, Acknowledge Others' as Theirs"]
    NoFault["No Fault with Gods or Men, No Disturbance"]
    Freedom["Freedom and Happiness Achieved"]
      

    WrongBelief["Wrong Belief: Assume Control Over What's Not Yours"]
    Hindered["Feel Hindered, Disturbed"]
    Blame["Blame Gods, Men; Unhappiness Ensues"]

    Control --> Free
    NotControl --> NotFree
    Free --> CorrectBelief --> NoFault --> Freedom
    NotFree --> WrongBelief --> Hindered --> Blame

    subgraph Good ["Good Outcomes"]
        CorrectBelief
        Freedom
        NoFault
    end

    subgraph Bad ["Bad Outcomes"]
        WrongBelief
        Hindered
        Blame
    end

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