Value judgment, zen, fear, anxiety, the labyrinth of life, free will, existentialism, physical exercise, and rewards

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There is no value judgment when we see the world as 'it is what it is'. This is zen.

Theories are the subterfuge of ambiguity.

Fear and anxiety are intrinsic in humans. These emotions manifest things. They are not manifested by things.

Print has created the writer.

A mistake is a lesson in the categorical importance of every action. Hence the labyrinth of life.

Free will may be a choice of situation, not a choice of action within a situation.

Life is like stepping in shit: once conscious of the shit, you just want it off of you. This is existentialism finding only the stench of reality.

People believe in physical exercise to change the way the body performs, but they don't believe in mental exercises, to change the mind.

Those who expect external rewards for internal effort would also like to get a touchdown in a baseball game. The world is external, therefore rewards are external.

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These selected fragments are excerpted from unpublished writings by Jack Haas; selections from the notebooks 1990-2005.