Stop trying to find yourself.
Start trying to be yourself.
When I was twelve years old, sitting in a car in the northern Swedish wilderness, I scribbled down my purpose in life. I want to, more than anything, to learn all that I can possibly learn about life, through not just theoretical study, but through direct experience. And I want to connect with and share my experiences with people around me.
- My work is about experiencing life fully. I want to feel fully connected to myself, the world around me, and why we are all here.
- To accomplish this, I have studied identity for a long time. I’ve realized we use labels to avoid things we don’t want to become conscious of – our shadow.
- I call the conscious state Actualization. It’s when you bring your authentic self into the world completely, stepping out of the autopilot state.
It’s so easy to think that happiness is about getting something from others. But I try to find happiness in my personal experiences. Instead of likes, I ask myself if I like a video or blog post I’ve made? Watch out, it’s so easy to make other people responsible for your happiness and well-being, when the power is ultimately in your own hands. If you live a life that you value, that’s worth more than all the money in the world.
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The Age Of Self-Realization
I wanted to write down my new philosophy on life and on what consciousness is to me. So I started writing what I first thought was going to be a quick journal, until it grew bigger and bigger… Three drafts later, it’s a full epos on my life and what I’ve learnt about my values and about my purpose in life. And how you can learn, too. Let’s usher in an age of self-actualization, together!
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Overcome limiting beliefs about yourself
People lose themselves in thinking they’re a specific personality type, job, or social mask.
🌻 Personality tests can be a great starting point to better understand yourself. But be careful not to confuse the map with the territory. Jung saw his theory on personality types as a simplified toolkit. But human nature is complex and multifaceted. People lose themselves in their surface persona and forget about their shadow. Who are you outside of your job, your surface appearance, and what is really underneath?
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What’s happening inside that head of yours?
Carl Jung came up with eight thinking patterns to help explain a husband to a wife, or vice versa. He spoke of thinking, feeling, sensation and intuition, that could be either introverted or extroverted.
🧠 He was seeing that we may direct our consciousness to either of these eight ways of thinking, missing the hidden influence of the other in our lives.
💡 What are your blindspots and what are you not aware of? Studying the cognitive functions can help you increase your awareness of your inner thought process and decision-making.
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What is your purpose in life?
I think we should try our best to be fully present in each moment in our lives.
🌻 Live a life you will never forget. Reflect on what you do and why you do it. Study archetypes and storytelling and learn what your inner world looks like and why it is shaped the way it is. Try to formulate core values and deeper intentions and what is hidden inside your purpose. Create a purpose map – and make it your own.
My Humanist Mission
🔢I’m interested in the three fundamental questions of humanity:
Who are we?
Where do we come from?
And where are we going?
🔬To understand people, let’s study humanists like Abraham Maslow, Alfred Adler, and Carl Rogers. Their message is that humanity is engaged with a project of self-realization. Are you interested in self-transformation?
👨🔬 I’ve built an approach based on an understanding of the core human needs: Play, Influence, Involvement, Autonomy, Competence, Beauty, Competence and Creativity. What needs are you lacking right now?
🟰 I’ve built the world’s most powerful and in-depth personality test, taken by 100,000+ people.
🌍 I believe that the quest of making the world a better place starts with the work of the everyday man. Change starts in the communities, it’s our hard work, that makes change possible. So let’s do it together.
🌟Self-actualize into the dream life that you want for yourself and find flow, awe, love and wonder in the life you live.
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Erik Thor
I’ve traveled across the world, living many different lives, as an elected politician, a programmer, a polyglot and now an aspiring author. But my life wasn’t always easy, and I suffered through burnout. Growing up, I would often feel misunderstood. Many times, I was stressed by the war and conflict in the world. Now I want to share my experiences and insights with others. I hope I can make the world more peaceful for all of us.
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