Hell knows, the last 5 months have seen me immerse my head in it to comprehend its complicated lessons and improve my reception of life.
I've taken it to a level of intense brainwashing in order to advance through the challenges of 2013 - that's actually not extreme considering that use of philosophy in this way is supposed to generate a renewal of your thought process - a remapping of your mindset against the social conditioning we are all victim to in our childhood and adolescence.
But what if you reach the point where your mind has embraced the positive thinking necessary for advancing and it's the external, third party influences that are infecting your thoughts?
Of course, you can always distance yourself from those negative forces, but to exaggerate this hypothetical situation further, what if- and hold your breath for this one- what if you're trapped on an isolated island with 'entities' that enact anarchy, embrace apathy, thrive on chaos and embody sociopath tendencies that eradicate basic empathy and compassion for others? - Yes, a mouthful, but what if?
There are two ways to overcome this and they are not simple:
1) Seeking good in the inanimate - books, comedies, films, TV, the sky, the stars, the beach - anything that invokes happiness
2) Imagination - Imagining and believing you are in an improved predicament - this is probably the tougher motion, because it utilises creativity, which can be exhausting; nevertheless, here it is.
