How to Rectify the World -- Commentary on Blaise Pascal's Quote

All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone. -- Blaise Pascal

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It is believed by many people that we must always do something. If we don't do something, we become bored. The hardest pose in yoga is known as the corpse, it stems from humanity's difficulty to do nothing and be at peace.

I also believe that the source of all evils and creations in this world stems from this too. The desire for more, the desire to create something, as well as guilt and shame; there are many mechanisms within our psyche that compel us to do something, and these mechanisms are problematic by default. The reason as to why they are problematic is because they steal away our sense of peace.

Imagine world peace. The reason why there isn't world peace is because of these very mechanisms that compel humans to act beyond the necessary evil of survival in society.

Only once these problematic mechanisms are solved will the world be rectified and people would be able to sit quietly in a room alone.

More and more I am able to sit quietly in a room alone. Less and less, I find reason to act. Thus, in my own solitude, I increasingly find more and more peace.

The desire for revenge. The desire to hurt other people. The desire to cause harm and misery upon others. All of these desires make us suffer, and to desire is to suffer to an extent.

The more I ask myself; must I desire this or that, the less I am motivated to even desire.

I have found out that the more I reduce my desires in this world, the more tranquil I get.

Thus, it is our very desires that make us, as a human species, problematic. Our very own lack of satisfaction with what we already have, compels us to act and steal away our peace. It is our very own lack of satisfaction in life that prevents us from enjoying a quiet day alone in a room.

Another problematic mechanism is concern. The more we are concerned about something the more we will act away from peace, as we will be indulged in the very things that concern us.

The reason why world peace is such an impossible ideal is because we are always compelled, by the mechanisms of desire and concern, to do something. Peace stems from the ability to be content with what we already have. Thus, the more passion we have the less peaceful we get.

And humanity is a passionate species.

I am passionate about world rectification. I see the state of this world and I feel compassion towards the misfortune of others. Thus, I resume building a giant philosophy empire in hopes to contribute to those who want to be contributed.

I am also disheartened by the fact that the world will never be rectified. My desires and my concerns compel me to write, thus not enjoying the peacefulness of being in a room alone.

Within each and every one of us the mechanisms of desire and concern that keep us in perpetual motion. The stronger they are, the less peace we have.

These mechanisms, by the way, might as well be unconscious, or that we might not be strong enough to admit them. For instance: The fear of deterioration, or entropy, at a later age, which compels us to delay the inevitable.

It is human to be problematic. To be dysfunctional. To be flawed. Flaws are problems and humans, by nature, are flawed beings. For as long as the flaws are bigger than the virtues, the human world will continue to suffer under the hands of humans themselves.

Only in reduction of desire and concern will humans be able to enjoy fewer problematic lives. Only in reduction of these mechanisms, will they be able to sit quietly in a room alone, satisfied.

Being able to sit in a room alone, symbolizes our ability to be at peace. Desire and concern disturb us, compel us to do many things, but none of them is to be at peace and in silence.

The path to peace lies in our ability to surrender much of our desires and our concerns. The less desire and concern we have, the more at peace we can be.

A world built on desire and concern can never be at peace. World peace is therefore impossible to achieve, as long as humans will seek to increase their desires and concerns, rather than reducing them.

Each and every one of us is a complete world on its own. Humans are not programmed to be at peace, hence why sitting alone quietly is an "inability". Humans are programmed above all, to survive. The more we prioritize our desires and concerns on survival, the more at peace we can be. The more we shed away our ambition for more and more, the less concerned we will be. Thus, the more at peace we can be.

The source of peace is contentment. The problem with this world is that we are not expected to be content. We are expected, instead, to be achievers.

And per the grandiosity of our ambitions, per our inability to be content. We learn that stagnation is problematic, and not the very passion that compels us to sacrifice our satisfaction and our peace in the name of our ambitions.

Stagnation is not a problem but an ideal state of harmony where the flow of action is not only non-existent, but not necessary. Action is what compels us away from sitting in a room quietly.

Must we develop all the time? Must we grow all the time? The more we desire anything the less satisfied we will be, overall.

Therefore, the key to a more rectified world lies not in ambition but in contentment. Not in the growth of our desires, but in their reduction.

Per our ambitions, per our concerns; per our concerns, per our stress and suffering.

Thus, the less we desire, the happier we will be, in a room, alone.

It is my very own concern for how this world has turned out that removes my own peace, and compels me to be passionate, and to rectify this world through my writings.

I see Philosocom as a passive platform for world rectification. I want this world to be rectified while I sleep and while I sit quietly in a room alone.

And I will keep and keep on writing until at long last my peace will be attained, and I will see no need to write anymore, but instead, to enjoy complete days of solitude in a room alone.

These days are far from my reach.

And it is my very own concerns for how this world has turned out to be, that compel me to philosophize. To make sense out of things, and offer fresh new perspectives that can change the way things are.