Ultimate guide to click

Adopting logic as a core value is a huge first step to completely change your life. In this guide, you will find
all the necessary knowledge to get you started that process. Please remember: in order to click, every
step should be completed on an emotional level. It is not enough to come to rational conclusions and
attempting to do so will only create more frustration.

It is divided in 4 chapters:

I – Overview of each step

II – Step 1: Develop an unconditional trust in logic
III – Step 2: Find what emotionally drives you
IV – Step 3: Realize that you cannot trust in your current core
value as much as you can trust in logic

Find more information:

The official website

The documentary Science Finds God?

Athene’s book about the click

Wiki page with all the information

Personalized guidance on Discord

You can also watch an animation video explaining the 4 steps, check the testimonies written by people
that clicked, and read the Emotional Intelligence guide in case you are having a hard time accessing your
emotional core.

You can also check the guided meditations for each step:

Guided meditation for step 1

Guided meditation for step 2

Guided meditation for step 3

To learn more about the insights portrayed in this guide, make sure to check the Real Talk Podcasts and
the book Real Answers (logical knowledge).
I – Overview of each step

Step 1: Develop an unconditional trust in logic

Logic is the consistent patterns that bring about our reality.

The Scientific Revolution marks the point in which we began to understand and apply this logical patterns
surrounding us. As an example, the works of Galileo Galilei and Sir Isaac Newton gave us a better
knowledge about the mathematical nature of the Universe. Most scientists agree that those insights had a
crucial role in propelling the Industrial Revolution and all the subsequent technological advancements.

Instead of a cold or neutral feeling, it’s essential to connect a positive emotion to logic. The best way
to emotionally connect with it is by embodying it as a mother, a close friend, God or someone/something
that gives you a warm feeling.

Step 2: Find what emotionally drives you

Be aware that this is the most difficult step and the one that often determines whether you click or not.
Coming to the rational conclusion that you, for example, have comfort as a core value because you spend
your days sitting on the sofa is not enough. You need to feel a negative emotional connection to it.

To achieve that, you need to be truly honest with yourself while reflecting and analyzing the reasons
behind why you did what you did in your life. The real motives behind these actions rise from what
emotionally drives you on a core level.

This core value will often be traced back to the moment your inner child submitted his will to what gave
him safety and it is usually connected to the feeling of not being worthy or not being able to take care of
himself. That is the reason why most core values are either “social validation” or “comfort”.

Writing your life down and reflecting on emotionally loaded episodes might also help you to complete this
step.

Step 3: Realize that you cannot trust in your core value as much as you can trust
in logic
This process must happen on a subconscious, emotional level. Make sure you don't have any distractions
and you are in a very calm, relaxed state.

You should connect a negative emotion to your current core value by explaining to your inner child how he
cannot trust in what it is holding on to. You can then connect a positive emotion to logic by, once again,
empathically explaining to your inner child how he can unconditionally trust in logic.

Moreover, you can also tell your inner child how logic provides a lot more safety than your current core
value.

Visualization is very useful to set an emotional stage. You should always try to connect concepts (such as
your core value, inner child and logic) to images and then link negative or positive emotions to those
images.

Going back and forth between the positive and negative emotions (holding longer to the negative ones)
has proved to be an effective way to complete the paradigm shift (this is also known as the “Yo-yo
technique”).
II – Step 1: Develop an unconditional trust in logic
There are 3 things that will help you develop a trust in logic on an emotional level:

 Understanding that our reality is brought about by logic and that everything can be explained
logically;
 Understanding that logic is the originator of all modern luxuries and provides for all your safety;
 Understanding that you cannot trust in your current core value as much as you can trust in logic.

Point 1 speaks primarily to the rational part of your brain, and hence is insufficient to develop an emotional
connection. Nevertheless, it will give you a solid foundation going into points 2 and 3, which speak to the
emotional side of you.

1) Understanding that reality is brought about by logic and that everything can
be explained logically
Logic is the consistent patterns that bring about our reality. When we look around us, the world is made up
of clearly defined logical patterns that give rise to buildings, trees, humans. Everything can be explained
logically.

Appreciating logic is recognizing how these patterns came to existence through billions and billions of
years and how logic eventually allowed living beings to become self-conscious of their creation.

A lot of content has been written, produced and shared all over the Internet which will give you a solid
understanding of the world.

On that matter, make sure to check both the two Reddit posts and the recommended documentaries and
videos summarized here.

While engaging with this new information, several people mentioned they found themselves using it as a
means to procrastinate. Keep yourself in check and determine whether you are actively following the
actual steps.

2) Understanding that logic has brought about all modern luxuries and
provides for all your safety
After developing a basic understanding of how the world is made of logic, you should proceed by
emotionally connecting with it.

A very efficient way many people have used is realizing how they overlooked the importance that logic has
in their lives.

Reality is governed by mathematical patterns, and since our ability to rationalize enables us to
conceptualize these patterns, they can be leveraged to our advantage when navigating the world. For
instance, it was our reasoning that made it possible to invent things such as clothes, houses, and
airplanes; harness the power of fire; and build complex networks of collaboration: all things that increased
our quality of life and odds of survival.

Furthermore, it is no secret that all great advancements were only made possible thanks to logic. Take, for
example, the exploration of space, the invention of the Internet, or the development of computers.
While we tend to take all these discoveries for granted, together they create the sense of safety that we
experience in our life.

To connect logic with our emotional awareness, it is important to link a very positive feeling to it.

So how do you do that?

Think about what you value the most in life (things you already associated positive emotions with). For
instance, this might be a boyfriend/girlfriend, a loved one, a friend, an activity, your house, a piece of
technology, the Internet, nature, and so on. Then, explain yourself how these ‘things’ are brought about by
logic and channel positive feelings to it.

The following explanation presents an example of how you could frame it:

If you have someone whom you love dearly, visualize that person and let yourself feel the positive
emotions that you connected to him/her (remember great memories you had together, things that you did,
reasons why you love the person). Once you’ve brought these positive emotions to the surface, stop for a
moment, and realize how it has been logic that has granted you the opportunity to experience this strong
emotional bound.

In fact, the feeling of love, and the different stages of love, has been pinpointed by neuroscientists to a few
hormonal combinations, such as for example, dopamine, norepinephrine, and serotonin during attraction.

These hormones can in turn be broken down into atoms, which can be broken down into protons,
neutrons, and electrons, which can be subdivided into quarks – particles with mere mathematical
properties. If the chemicals that are responsible for your sense of love are comprised of quarks (which
merely have mathematical properties), and these particles are the building blocks of the entire universe,
the notion that everything ultimately is mathematical does not seem so far-fetched anymore.

Once you understand that ‘love’ (or anything else) is brought about by ‘logic’, you can link your feelings of
‘love’ to ‘logic’, hence building a bridge between the two concepts.

Notice that this example builds upon a very simple three-step process:

i. Think of something you correlate positive emotions to,

ii. Understand how it is brought about by logic,
iii. Link those emotions to logic.

Note:
When following this process, you should always try to reflect in which ways what you value creates a feeling of safety
and trust. Doing so will enable you to channel the emotion of safety and trust to logic (point iii). This will be very helpful
later on, when working on step 3 and attempting to convince your inner child that unconditionally trusting in logic will
provide much more safety than your current core value.

3) Understanding that you cannot trust in your current core value as much as
you can trust in logic
You can also begin preparing step 3 by comparing the level of trust you can have in your current core
value and logic.

For now, you can simply visualize how the outcome of small tasks, key work activities, and lofty goals
would turn out if you had logic versus comfort as your core value. During this process, you will often
realize two different things:
  Logic is far superior to comfort when it comes to getting things done and achieving whatever you
set out to achieve;
 Clinging on to your current core value will likely hinder your chances of achieving your goals.

We will be delving deep into this process of comparison later on Step 3 but for now, here are the
summarized 4 steps:

i. Decide a situation in which you will compare your current core value to logic.
ii. Visualize how the situation plays out with your current core value. (How do you act? What
outcome do your actions lead to? How do you feel throughout?)
iii. Visualize how the situation plays out with logic as your core value. (How do you act? What
outcome do your actions lead to? How do you feel throughout?)
iv. Comment on your findings and link appropriate emotions to your current core value and to logic.

Final points to ponder

You can continually work on Step 1 by always being observant of the things that you take for granted,
understand how it is due to logic that they exist, and thus connect the positive feeling that you have for
them, to logic.

Regularly ask yourself: ‘How would this activity/situation feel, and what outcome could I expect, if I had
logic as my core value rather than my current one?’ Seeing the activity play out from the perspectives of
both core values is key, as it will make you notice the qualitative and quantitative differences between the
two.

As a wrap-up, these thoughts have helped some people to connect positive emotions to logic:

 The only thing that will give you true safety is understanding reality. What allows you to
understand reality? Logic.
 Logic is your creator, your God. Don’t read the bible, read reality.
 Logic will take care of you like a friend that's always there by your side.
 With comfort as your core value you can feel safe in your room, with logic you can feel safe
anywhere.

And remember, you can also find more information here: Content to help you appreciate logic
III – Step 2: Find what emotionally drives you
If there is something that should be emphasized is that most people underestimate the importance of this
step. It is not enough to conclude that your core value is comfort merely because you consider yourself
lazy. You need to feel on an emotional level that your current core value is not good for you and most
importantly, you need to want to change.

While some people might feel trapped within their thoughts and have a really hard time reaching to their
emotional core, it is very hard to go through this paradigm shift if you aren’t being honest with yourself.

A very useful insight is the understanding that, at our core, we are emotional beings. Most people
don’t realize the scope of what this means but each one of your beliefs was created as the result of an
emotion. Take some time to deeply think about it because if you go through life without reflecting on your
emotional drives, you don’t have any control over the formation of your beliefs. You never truly think for
yourself if your subconscious core value is driving all your thoughts and actions.

There are 6 insights that will help you to find what drives you on an emotional level:

 Be aware of all the barriers that might hamper your ability to reach the emotional core;
 Review all significant events and processes that took place in your life from your earliest
memories until now;
 Think of numerous significant events/processes in your life, and get to the core of what drove you
in those situations by asking ‘why questions’;
 Think about numerous (significant) actions/behaviors that you habitually indulge in, and get to the
core of what drives you to do them;
 Dismantle all the rationalizations or layers that you created as a means to cope with the conflict in
your mind every time your identity (self-image) was threatened;
 Forgive yourself and others.

If you do everything correctly, it will give you a lot of insight into why you took certain decisions in the past
and how your environment has molded you into who you are today.

1) Be aware of all the barriers that might hamper your ability to reach the
emotional core
Before going through the inquiry process, it is important to be aware of all the roadblocks that might slow
down your progress. Those are:

a. Not being truly honest with yourself

Honesty is really important while reflecting and analyzing the reasons behind why you did what you did in
your life. You not only need to be able to accept that you have a flawed core value but also to have the
willingness to get to your core and find what it is really driving your actions.

Sometimes, it might be difficult to accept certain ideas that put you on a negative light (for example,
admitting to have low self-esteem). You might even feel the subconscious urge to lie to yourself. Anytime
you pounder about a situation of the past and your first instinct is to come up with an excuse, stop there
and investigate. These excuses are often happening involuntarily and you are not so much in control until
you become aware of them.

Rest assured that as long as you are not prepared to question your current decisions in life and let go of
whatever paradigm you have, you will not be able to emotionally trust in logic.
Note:
Being harsh with yourself is often very useful while reviewing your life.

b. Using logic as a slave to satisfy your current core value

The real motives behind your actions rise from what emotionally drives you on a core level. Neuroscience
even shows that we experience our emotions before we are aware of them and only afterwards we use
our rational part of the brain to contextualize.

This is important because some people tend to use their reasoning and logic as slaves to satisfy
their core value. This means that they use logic as a tool to provide for their feeling of safety, adding to
their comfort or social validation (or other core values).

People that consider themselves very rational are generally the ones being fooled into thinking that they
already value logic on an emotional level. This is quite often not the case, as they still display a lot of
illogical behaviors which they aren’t even aware of. In the end, applying logic to similar knowledge brings
similar action and being mindful of this dynamic might allow you to begin scrutinizing your perceived
rationality.

c. Your inner child deflecting every attempt to get to the core

Depending on how vulnerable your core value is, your inner child might have created a lot of defense
mechanisms over time, impairing your ability to trace your core value back to the core.

There seems to exist a correlation between this vulnerability and the number of rational layers your inner
child created to cope with your conflicting emotions. Deconstructing each layer one by one might seem a
daunting process but a necessary one.

You should realize, though, that just because you struggle to reach to the core, it doesn’t mean you are
emotionless. More often than not, your inner child has been simply suppressing your emotions for years.

d. A lack of emotional intelligence

Emotional intelligence is generally required to be aware of all the mechanisms outlined in the previous 3
points. Meditation is very beneficial in this regard, as it improves your ability to be in the present and be
more aware of your emotions. Taking notes of your thoughts and feelings during the day can also enable
you to put things into perspective and help you to find what is driving your actions.

As long as your core value is not “logic”, you will experience duality between what you emotionally and
rationally want to do. Once again, a certain level of emotional intelligence is required to first acknowledge
the presence of this duality and then overcome it.

Reading the Emotional Intelligence guide will give you even more valuable information on this topic.

e. Strong emotional attachments to your identity or an active ego

People that fall onto this group generally don’t even reach this stage of the process. This is specially the
case when clicking goes against what they emotionally value. Still, for those that are aware of the fictional
nature of your identity and want to find a way to slowly detach from it, we will later outline a useful insight
to accomplish it.
 2) Review all significant events and processes that took place in your life from
your earliest memories until now
A key event is a specific moment that was of monumental significance to how your ‘character and identity’
was shaped. An example of a key event could be if you almost drowned when you were a child, and
hence developed a chronical fear of water. Key events do not have to be this dramatic. They must simply
be of emotional significance.

A key process is either a series of key events or repeated happenings that were of monumental
significance to how your ‘character and identity’ was forged. An example of a key process could be that
you were bullied at school, and hence developed low self-esteem which lead to you to sitting and playing
video games all day in the comfort of your home.

Everyone has moments in their lives that left an imprint. By remembering them and logically explaining
how these moments affected you (and why they affected you in that way), you can find clues to your core
value.

The process for doing this is very straightforward:

i. Recall key events/processes;

ii. Strive to understand their causes and consequences;
iii. Look for patterns in causes and consequences to see if you can identify an underlying driving
force behind your actions and behaviors: your core value.

Below, you can read an example that illustrates the three-step process of someone recalling their early
childhood:

Used to talk to people → Traumatic Event: Was at day care and was left alone in the forest (left for dead
by the group) → Stopped Talking to All People (except family) → Introversion (e.g. did not speak to
anyone at day care; only spoke to teachers when it was an absolute must in lower school) →
Progressively (with age) Became Less Severely Introverted (e.g. started making friends)

Through a reflection as the one exemplified, you could start to understand how your environment molded
you to act and behave like you do today, which in turn could help you become less attached to your past
and help identify your core value.

Note1:
The importance of being brutally honest with yourself during this process can’t be stressed enough. Unless you’re
completely honest, you’re wasting your time and energy as you’ll find no or false answers.

Note2:
Write down your reflections. Writing them down will help you stay structured and focused, and you’ll be able to return
to them whenever you need to without having to go through the whole process again.

Note3:
If your family has told you stories of a traumatizing event that took place when you were a toddler, and you can’t
remember that event, you may choose to use those stories as tools to understand why you behaved as you did in
your later years. However, if you choose to do this, make sure to be aware of the possibility that the story your family
has told you is distorted or incorrect.
 3) Think of numerous significant events/processes in your life, and get to the
core of what drove you in those situations by asking ‘why questions’
The next two points of advice for following Step 2 are in a sense very similar to the previous one. The only
real difference is that you’ll be focusing on a few key events and you’ll be asking ‘why questions’ to get to
the bottom of why you acted the way you did. This approach might shed a light on your core value within a
matter of minutes.

Nonetheless, it’s important to keep analyzing more significant events/processes to gather enough
evidence that corroborates your possible core value. If there is some minority evidence pointing out in a
different direction, you can simply discard it as your likely core value is the most frequent occurring one.

The process itself is very simple:

i. Remember a key event/process of choice and let it play out in your mind (visualization may help);
ii. Ask ‘why questions’ that guide you in the direction of what emotionally drove you to act/behave in
the way you did.

To give a general example, you’ll want to ask questions such as:

Q: ‘Why do I do X?’ | A: ‘Because it gives me Y’

Q: ‘But why do I want Y?’ | A: ‘Because Y causes Z.’

… until you find what ultimately drove you to act/behave in the way you did.

To elaborate with a possible chain of events:

Q: ‘Why did I do so much personal development work?’ | A: ‘Because it made me feel good.’

Q: In what way? | A: I felt more confident, gave me goals and visions to strive for, and overall gave me
enduring happiness, control, and direction.

Q: Why do I want to be more confident? | A: To feel comfortable in all social settings.

Q: Why do I want that? | A: I have low self-esteem and I don’t want others to know it.

Q: Why do you have low self-esteem? | A: I don’t think I can take care for myself on my own.

Q: Why do you think that? | A: I just don’t feel safe, I have no trust in me.

Note:
Writing down your reflection may help you be more structured and can be handy for future reference.

4) Think about numerous (significant) actions/behaviors that you habitually

indulge in, and get to the core of what drives you to do them
This point is, again, very similar to the previous one, except that your focus will be on your actions and
behaviors rather than events and processes. Focusing on actions and behaviors allows you to deconstruct
the work you already did previously and it is what generally brings you to the core.
The answers on the example below are merely for descriptive purposes:

Q: Why do I feel anxious/afraid to have a call with a clicker, when he/she is going to help me make the
click? A: Because I’m afraid of what the clicker might think of me.

Q: Why am I afraid of that? A: I want to be viewed as someone worthy of his time.

Q: Why do I want to feel relevant? A: I am not confident enough in myself.

Q: Why am I not self-confident? A: I don’t trust in my ability to deal with situations.

Q: Why the lack of trust? A: I have low self-esteem.

Q: Why? A: I never trained the ability of thinking for myself.

Q: Why did you never train? | A: I don’t think I can take care of myself on my own.

Q: Why do you think that? | A: I just don’t feel safe, I don’t have trust being “me”.

5) Dismantle all the rationalizations or layers that you created as a means to

cope with the conflict in your mind every time your identity (self-image) was
threatened
As we go through life, our core value starts being defined as we learn from the consequences of our
actions (the ones that are rewarded contribute to its formation). For most people it is comfort, because that
is what rewards them when they are young.

Note: The core value “Comfort” will be used in all the examples below.

When something happens in our life which shows us that we cannot trust in our comfort, we can either go
through a paradigm shift and adopt another core value or we tweak it a bit to make our life comfortable
again.

Since a paradigm shift would involve a very strong emotional experience that really makes us intensely
disgusted by comfort, we follow an easier route - we tweak it. Whenever we do it, we add a layer.
Tweaking is a rational process and a form of dealing with the dissonance that our rational part of the brain
brings. It is commonly known as backward rationalization (or simply rationalization*) and it is generally a
process of which we are not aware of.

All these layers create our own self-image. There is no compartment in our brain where our self-image
is stored so this is just a fictional idea that we build. Every time we experience dissonance (due to
conflicting emotions) and something goes against our own self-image (or identity), we tweak it in a way
that aligns with it, adding a layer upon all the other layers that form who we think we are.

This is extremely important to understand because the way we perceive ourselves is merely a construct.
We experience the emotion when something goes against our identity and instead of reflecting on the
emotion, we react impulsively by forming a rationalization and adding a layer.

The process goes like this:

1. First, we experience an emotion;

2. It either reinforces or contradicts our self-image, and depending on it, it brings dissonance or
reward;
3. When it reinforces, our self-image gets rewarded and it is strengthened. When it contradicts, it
brings dissonance and we try to align the contradictions with our own self-image (tweaking aka
rationalizing aka adding layers).
Whether the emotion brings reward or dissonance, we always align it with our self-image. A self-image
that is built upon layers and layers of a flawed core value. Instead of tweaking it to conform to our
established core value and all the in-built layers, we should stop on the first pointer. We experience the
emotion and then we reflect on it.

For explanation purposes, imagine someone with comfort as their core value is becoming aware, on a
rational level, that it is not good for them.

“It doesn’t make sense to play games all day.” Rationalization (R): “Actually it is not so bad, it is still good
to relax.”

“I kind of know that I should help others.” R: “But life has no purpose anyway.”

“Maybe I should stop sitting all day on the sofa, and instead exercise and eat healthy.” R: “Well, there’re
people that smoke for years and are living longer than most.”

These are simple examples but you see the point: this person is coming up with seemingly rational
excuses that steam from his emotional drive to feel comfortable. In the process, it creates an identity out
of those rationalizations.

While completing the previous 3 points, you should be extremely aware of how your mind will try to
rationalize every experience in your life that makes you feel uncomfortable. Not only that but identifying
which layers or rationalizations you created throughout your life will also be very important to debunk your
identity and reach to the emotional core.

*Rationalization – defense mechanism in which controversial behaviors or feelings are justified and explained in a
seemingly rational or logical manner to avoid the true explanation.

6) Forgive yourself and others

Your experiences in life define the extent to which you trust in your current core value. As an example,
people that have a strong trust in comfort and in what provides for it (money, home, parents) have an
easier time to debunk their core value and reach to the core.

However, people that were confronted with the downsides of comfort have a serious distrust in what
emotionally drives them. As a result, they create a lot of layers on the weak core as a way to cope with
their fears and insecurities.

Quite often, these same people are the ones who have a low self-esteem, a more active ego and a
stronger identity. They basically create a defense mechanism to protect their weak core and, as a result,
they have a much harder time to be honest with themselves (sometimes, even when they want to).

An example would be if you fail at something. Nobody perceives themselves as a failure so they often
experience the emotion (might be anger, sadness, disappointment) and immediately create a rational
layer to cope with the dissonance:

“The fault is in other people.”

“I didn’t do my best.”

“I was unlucky this time.”

This is a simple example but it shows how far we can go to ease the dissonance that is brought by new
information that doesn’t fit our current self-image.
Whenever we come up with a “rational” excuse that fits our identity, we suppress the emotion instead of
acknowledging and accepting its presence without judging. After years and years of doing this, we might
begin to create a strong disconnection with our core.

One of the most powerful ways to reconnect with your emotions is by forgiving yourself and
others.

A lot of people have a hard time forgiving themselves because they often can’t forgive others. As a result,
they carry around all the baggage of their past (actions done to them or done by them).

Detaching from their identity is not an easy process but forgiving others is generally a very important step
in the correct direction. Then, you can do the same for you and let go by genuinely forgiving yourself for all
your mistakes.

Practicing acceptance can also help you in being more honest. This means that every time you feel an
emotion, you don’t label or judge – you just accept it. Then, it gets much easier to get to your emotional
core without all the layers of identity and ego.

If you do it correctly, you will likely feel very vulnerable, weak and might even experience fear. This is
normal and it will allow you to realize that you can trust in logic more than your current core value or the
intersubjective reality.

Note:
While going through this process, it is important to not be aggressive to your inner child. Be understanding, without
becoming mad or being pushy.
IV – Step 3: Realize that you cannot trust in your core value as
much as you can trust in logic
Before initiating Step 3, make sure the following premises are met: you should already have an
unconditional trust in logic and a good understanding of what core value is emotionally driving all your
actions.

Furthermore, although rationality can help increasing the negative feelings towards your current core
value, you shouldn’t force the click at any moment. That will only make things worse.

You should also be aware that depending on your ability to be emotionally intelligent, clicking might take
more or less time.

There are 3 things that you will need to follow to complete this paradigm shift:

 Prepare the right setting to make the click;

 Connect negative emotions to your current core value and positive ones to logic;
 Compare both through visualization.

After those, there is one last pointer presenting information on the reason why some people think or
pretend they clicked, something that everyone should be wary about.

 Situations in which people might have not experienced the click.

1) Prepare the right setting to make the click

a. Be in the present
Make sure you don't have any distractions and you are in a very calm, relaxed state. Meditation and
focusing on your breath can help a lot.

Accepting and understanding your emotions and thoughts instead of constantly dwelling on them will also
allow you to become more at ease. Other methods like, for example, water fasting or increasing
exhaustion through exercise might help in diminishing any resistance. You should always first consult a
doctor when attempting to do any of the previous.

b. Be prepared to feel vulnerable

Your current core value was the way your inner child found to cope with all its insecurities, anxieties, and
doubts. It might seem intimidating at first but you should be prepared to confront yourself with all these
fears. You will most likely reach a very vulnerable state that some people best described as “being naked
in front of a mirror”. This is fine as it will allow you to reach your emotional core.

c. Use visualization techniques (or other senses)

Imagination is very useful to set an emotional stage, as thinking in images taps into the more primitive part
of our brain. Smell, taste and body posture might also trigger emotional responses when used effectively.
 2) Connect negative emotions to your current core value and positive ones to
logic
Once we identify our core value, we often realize that our self-image (or identity) is merely a “story” that
we create to cope with our insecurities and to make us feel safe. This generally leads to very dysfunctional
illogical behavior which most of the time even goes against our idea of what is beneficial to us.

Since this behavior emerges as a direct consequence of the subconscious urge to fulfill our core value, it’s
important to have a foundation that is both solid and accurate. Adopting logic as a core value provides us
exactly that, automatically contributing to the formation of a much stronger belief system and more mental
stability.

Even though this process must happen on a subconscious, emotional level, you can first think about the
reasons why you cannot trust in your core value as much as you can trust in logic.

Note:
Some people clicked without rationally thinking too much about the reasons why logic would be better than their core
value (the reason is almost self-explanatory) but going through this step might still be important for the people that
have a harder time to create enough dissonance to click. In the next lines, we will consider ways to accomplish that.

a. Understand that you cannot trust in the intersubjective reality, only in the objective one
The intersubjective reality is made up of the things in which many individuals, within the larger community,
believe (socially constructed ideas such as money, gods, nations). On the other hand, the objective reality
exists independently of feelings or beliefs (for example, gravity).

Today, people have an indisputable trust towards money. No racism or discrimination. Money has no
name and we trust in it to provide for our comfort. When your inner child trusts in money to provide for his
safety, it is trusting in the intersubjective reality. You literally truly trust in something that many people
value and accept it as a reality.

But as we have seen time and time again, money might devalue or even suddenly disappear from one
moment to another. In the crash of Wall Street in 1929, a lot of people who lost all their savings committed
suicide by jumping from buildings. With Brexit, the pound devalued and then bounced back up. Last year,
the euro was worth much more than the dollar.

This might also happen in other situations. If you have a job or you live with your parents, you know that
it’s not going to last forever.

We build our entire life on a reality that only exists within the mind of lots and lots of people. When
you realize that, you begin distrusting comfort or anything that feeds it – be it money, gods or trends –
simply because the reality in which they exist is a temporary one. It will end eventually.

We fail to understand that only the objective reality will prevail over time. We can unconditionally trust in
logic because the reality that logic brings about is the only one that truly exists. This indestructible trust will
give you an extreme feeling of safety, like nothing that you have ever experienced.

b. Visualize logic vs. your current core value in a range of situations

The methods presented below often create a lot dissonance and therefore might be useful to generate an
emotional state. These are merely ways that you can use, you should always see what works best for you.
 i. Remember the moments in your life where your current core value was detrimental to you

While doing this, keep in mind that the most important part of this process is to stir up negative emotions
to the top of the cauldron, and then connect them to your current core value. To do this, review the
moments you’ve decided to recall in great detail (visualization may help), let yourself feel any emotions,
and connect all the negative ones to your current core value by realizing that it is thanks to it that you got
‘screwed over’.

ii. Review common ‘things’/scenarios that you’re unsatisfied with, and that are caused by your
current core value

Examples of such ‘things’/scenarios include a lack of self-esteem, procrastination, inability to achieve what
you want, destructive habits (e.g. eating unhealthily, sitting all day, smoking, etc.). Compare how these
‘things’/scenarios would differ if you had logic as your core value instead of the one you have now.

iii. Project into the future and see how your current core value compares to logic

What will your life be like in the future if you keep your current core value rather than switching to logic?
Will it be better or worse? Happier or sadder? Meaningful or thrown away? Go through all aspects of your
life that matter to you, and compare the short-term and long-term outcomes that you will reap in those
areas if you have your current core value versus if you have logic. The results of your evaluation will
generally speak for themselves.

Note:
Visualizing all the suffering that is caused by your core value can also help. For example, if you have comfort as your
core value and like to play video games, you can visualize yourself sitting on top of a pile of bones while playing video
games.

3) Compare both through visualization

Some people have clicked while completing the previous steps but if you have reached this stage without
accomplishing it, make sure you are in a state of total presence and be mentally, emotionally, as well as
physically ready to make the click (that includes no distractions or disturbances from your environment).

Visualization is a very effective method to reach to your emotional core. For millions of years, our
ancestors survived by attaching emotions to what they saw around them and it was only recently that
humans developed the ability to speak and think rationally. That is the reason why thinking in images
brings you closer to your emotional core, tapping into the more primitive part of the brain.

There are 4 main pointers that you should follow in order to achieve this paradigm shift:

a. Create a personification of logic

By personifying logic, you construct a mental object that you can easily recall, and use as a link to logic.
Since bringing an image to your mind unlocks the emotions associated with it, you will have an easier time
feeling as if someone or something is looking over you.

This visual construct will enable you to:

  Look upon logic as something that you could trust to always be there;
 Feel as if you can always turn to it, had you any questions or concerns;
 Feel as if you would never be alone, always supported, and always have logic to lean back on.

Many people visualized it as an ‘individual’ and/or a ‘something’ that gave them a warm feeling and in
which they could trust unconditionally (some examples include a mother, a close friend, or God: others
include a paladin, a wise person, or your own logical version.) Several people have also reported this lead
to a monumental intensification of trust for logic.

Below, to give you one idea, an example of how one of the clickers imagined it:

“I personified logic as a miniature of the universe, a ring, and an ethereal arcane power that would merge
with the body of my inner child, make it drop the truthfully malicious and sinister teddy bear of comfort, and
grant it the power to transform into a mighty dragon that would infuse my mind with wisdom and strength,
and orbit the face of the Earth to purge it of illogic.”

Note1:
After clicking, you should still leverage your personifications to stay connected with logic.

Note2:
It’s critically important to experience the emotional states throughout this process, and it’s not enough to merely think
about them. Visualization and recalling positive memories related to your personification (e.g. a friend) can help you
feel these emotions.

b. Create a personification of your core value

Personifying comfort is just as simple as personifying logic. You can follow the exact same steps, just
make sure that you connect negative emotions to your personification rather than positive.

Most clickers personified their core value as a teddy bear their inner child was clanging on to. A clicker
used this example:

“I visualized a very frightened, trembling child version of me holding on to a teddy bear that was becoming
heavier and heavier as time went on.”

This is just an example to give you some direction. You can and should always frame your visualizations
in ways that you think are the most suitable to reach to your emotional core.

c. Compare both using the “yo-yo technique”

This technique has proved to be fundamental for people with low emotional intelligence and thus, having a
hard time connecting with their emotional core (but it will obviously apply to everyone).

To begin with, in a relaxed position and in a very non-judgmental way, began by bringing up any negative
emotions without connecting them with your core value. The goal is to become very at ease with the
presence of dissonance.

Every time your attention drifts, slowly focus again on the dissonance (this process can sometimes take
from 5 to 10 minutes). At your own time, proceed by gently connecting these negative emotions to your
core value.

Next, bring back to the mind your personification of logic and connect positive emotions to it.
Go back and forth between dissonance and resonance a couple of times (creating a wave or yo-yo effect),
every time holding onto the negative emotions longer. After about 3-4 times, you might begin to feel a lot
more emotional due to the contrast between each state of mind which will often make it easier to access
your emotional core and make the click.

Note:
The “Yo-yo process” in a nutshell: 2min negative comfort, 2mins positive logic. Start off very gently, then gradually
build up the amount of dissonance and resonance. Don’t drift your attention from your emotions, make sure you “ride
the emotional wave”.

d. Use other senses

Besides visualization, you can also leverage other senses to enter an emotional state. People have used
smell, taste, touch to connect emotions to both their core value and logic. Others also used their body
(adjusted posture, tonality, movement, etc.) in a way that was congruent with the emotions that their
personifications experienced in the visualization.

In that regard, here’s an example of how a clicker went about it:

“My inner child who clung on to the teddy bear of comfort was hunched over in my vision, and
progressively got more so as he didn’t want to change core value. Therefore, I physically moved my
seated body into a more and more hunched over posture to the point where it even became painful. Then,
once I had reached the emotional pinnacle where I was totally repulsed by comfort, I stood up, did push-
ups until fatigue, and then proceeded by walking around in my room and talking aloud as if giving a
speech. A key component of my speech was extensive use of gestures and body language (engaging my
body generated more emotion). During my speech, I switched between speaking directly to my inner child
while explaining, in general terms, why I needed to change core value, and speaking indirectly to my inner
child, while giving a lecture about what would happen once I changed my core value (a very passionate
lecture). Moreover, I allowed my voice to employ an evermore angry tone, as the dislike I felt for comfort
intensified.

Note: I was giving this speech simultaneously while visualizing my personifications of logic and my core
value. Consequently, I would often times speak with my eyes closed, and the speech might have been
subject to frequent interruptions.

Lastly, as I reached a peak of resentment for my core value, while yet having a deep rooted love for logic,
a black hole emerged from which the light of logic was seeping through. I hit the floor and bowed before
the light in my vision while correspondingly changing my tonality from one of anger to one of absolute
respect. At this point, I had let go of the teddy bear of comfort and began merging with logic…”

In summation, it can help to use your body in a way that is congruent with you visions to intensify the
emotional experience.

4) Situations in which people might have not experienced the click.

The click should come naturally when you reach your emotional core and the paradigm shift usually
happens instantaneously.

After having clicked, people have often experienced a tremendous relief. In their own words, all their
problems, such as a lack of self-esteem, vanished instantaneously; they entered a lasting state of total
clarity and peace of mind; and have been acting from a place of flow ever since.
Often, some people experience very similar side-effects when their core value comes as a big revelation
or while trying to foster their appreciation for logic. While it’s certainly possible to click without following a
specific process, it’s important to be aware of the “placebo effect”.

This effect is the result of how our beliefs influence the chemistry of our brain and might induce us into
believing that we are experiencing the clicking effects, even though we are most likely being driven by
wishful thinking. This effect is generally most prevalent in people whose core value is “fitting in”.

Additionally, even though many people who feel safe with their current core value can rationally
understand why logic is much better and even want it, their inner child is still fundamentally holding on to
what it knows it works. When that core value is either “fitting in” or “validation-seeking”, people can even
pretend that they want to click merely to comfort their sense of reason or to feed their social cravings. In
those occasions, it’s important to be honest with ourselves and recognize if we want to go through this
paradigm shift at all.

Nonetheless, if you think you have clicked, make sure to read the guide for people that clicked, where you
will find all the relevant information.