The obvious signs that are telling you are becoming more healthy/less healthy

[RedAmazoneFriendZone]

Et voilà !

What are the obvious signs that tell you you are on the right path,

and what are those on the contrary that clearly mean you are down ?

Body ? Mind ? Attitude ?

Light and shadow...functions.... GO !

 

[ZNP-TBA]

What are the obvious signs that tell you you are on the right path,

 

[Dreamer]

So Hell is above and Heaven is below? Well shoot, should I've had my sights on the wrong direction my entire life!

 

[ZNP-TBA]

So Hell is above and Heaven is below? Well shoot, should I've had my sights on the wrong direction my entire life!

Life is a paradox?

 

[Dreamer]

Et voilà !

What are the obvious signs that tell you you are on the right path,

and what are those on the contrary that clearly mean you are down ?

Body ? Mind ? Attitude ?

Light and shadow...functions.... GO !

I'd say one of the quickest ways to know whether you are headed in a positive or negative direction in life, mental state, all that, is whether you look outward or inward to feel "whole", or to achieve your inner harmony. Do you seek out others for gratification or do you have this internal sense of value? There are many other questions and examples of course, but that's the core designator I feel. I'd say that's the general sign for me at least, if I start looking outward then I know something's amiss.

 

[magpie]

I have no idea. Even when I have an idea, I'm not sure if it's the right idea or if it's a 1984 idea where up is down and war is peace.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

Life is a paradox?

A famous philosopher once said that life is a mystery, and everyone must stand alone.

 

[á´…eparted]

When I am on the right path and healthy: Things flow. I don't need to use persistent force and micromanaging. I can be consistently impartial to anyone.

When I am on the wrong path and unhealthy: Excessively and consistently critical of everyone. Constantly combative and forceful. Driving. Misconstruing subjectivity for objective fact.

 

[ZNP-TBA]

A famous philosopher once said that life is a mystery, and everyone must stand alone.

Wow that almost caused me to become introspective for a microsecond.

 

[magpie]

A famous philosopher once said that life is a mystery, and everyone must stand alone.

I didn't know Madonna was a philosopher.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

In all seriousness:

When I'm unhealthy I'm paranoid and self-centered, and even proud of being so.

When I'm healthy, I feel more willing to put myself out there, and more generous.

When I feel really good, the world seems rife with ppssibilities, and I'm coming up with interesting ideas and insights.

 

[Hawthorne]

consistent, sustained progress instead of all-or-nothing hopscotching.

 

[Puffypolma]

When I'm unhealthy, I become an irritable jerk and push everyone away. I start to eat and sleep excessively.
When I'm healthy, the creative side of me returns and I love exploring things.

 

[Lady Lazarus]

Violently fissuring into a million pieces that all want to kill one another in futility as insecurity has the biggest mouth of all and will certainly swallow them whole long before even a single fatality has taken place.

Reactivity is through the roof because succumbing is exceptionally painful then. In direct relation, the constant (though strangely not without satisfaction) warping of the natural results in high anxiety as living in a consistent state of paranoid vigilance is better than admitting that I fear conflict. That would be foolish. But also, therein lies the feeling of an excess of fragility conducive toward admitting cowardice, fear. Essentially everything opposes everything else, even more than the usual and all makes even less sense than at baseline.

On the opposite end is where the act of merging brings me, though it is comparatively horrible because I don't realize I'm being parasitic until eons later but at least there's much avail there...

 

[Jeremy8419]

That you're emotionally stable and a contributing member to society.

 

[magpie]

That you're emotionally stable and a contributing member to society.

What does it mean to you to be a contributing member of society? As in, what counts as contributing to you?

 

[Jeremy8419]

What does it mean to you to be a contributing member of society? As in, what counts as contributing to you?

Well, for one, being an active member of society; e.g., not sitting around in your pajamas everyday watching TV. For two, you have a valuable "product" that contributes to the common good, prosperity, and all that junk of society instead of just the benefit of the self. Examples: Business man takes over company and increases capital which increases technological efficiency of society; mother gives sincere effort into maintaining best home for children which increases the prosperity of society; doctor saves lives daily; dump truck driver maintains professionalism and hard work ethics despite trashy job; stock boy is diligent with duties despite minimum wage; etc.