Objective predictions and interpretations are scarce

I regularly make annual predictions and then I find it only natural at the end of the year to see if and which of my predictions have come true. For the year 2024, I had made 181 predictions that were concrete and could be followed. The result is that 70% of them have demonstrably come true. This strengthens me in the power of my predictions, but at the same time I see their relativity.

What I did not see and therefore did not predict was the fall of Syria. A rather relevant development in the world. Where does my attention turn and what am I blind to? What can I predict with just common sense and to what extent does the prediction come from purely objective looking at the possible future? Can I sufficiently turn off my thinking and thus my beliefs, interests, expectations and hopes when I “watch”?

Several years ago I also made predictions about the World Cup. Nothing at all came out of that. I think soccer is a fun sport and of course I am for my own country, the Netherlands. That involvement gets in the way when it comes to trying to objectively predict how such a tournament will go. The more involved you are, the murkier the prediction becomes. You want too much.

When I look at others who predict, but equally at others who interpret things, I experience the same personal burden from these people. American psychics think their country is still the best and their predictions are in line with that. Russian interpreters think their country is the best and their interpretation is in line with that. It is incredibly difficult to be and remain objective. The devil is often in the details.

I can be more objective when I am not attached to the situation nor the outcome. The power is being able to detach yourself from what you want to look at. But that is not easy. We are incredibly attached to all sorts of things. Attached to stuff. Attached to people. Attached to life. That attachment brings with it so many dependencies. It is a kind of prison in which we reside, a mental construct.

The question is whether people want to be less attached. Learning to detach is a possibility we have, but who is consciously doing that? Especially since it is one of the most difficult undertakings. Being less attached to people makes you freer, but perhaps you are afraid of becoming more lonely. Maybe you are afraid of loving people less. But that’s something completely different, because actually you can love others even more when you detach.

When the interests between people fall away, then they can simply love each other from the heart. Dependency dissolves and true love remains. If you detach from life and stop frenetically living toward the future, then you can live a true life in this “now”. But I cannot explain this further; you will have to “see” for yourself. Detachment is necessary to get out of our mental prison.

And beware, because a truth can make you reattach. Once you have seen the light and taken a stand, you are already attached to something again. You will find that detachment is a lifelong process of attachment and detachment. A baby who attaches to parents and educators and then will detach to be himself. A worker who attaches to his job and will have to detach from it at some point.

Adolescents who attach to sexuality and partners only to detach from it again later. Attachment as a distraction, to belong somewhere. Life on Earth is just an anxious time for people anyway. Who dares to stand naked in a large open square? Maybe the one who has nothing left to lose. As if we can lose something we never had. The illusion of our thinking is grand. In our minds a hamster runs around in a wheel that stays in place.

The year 2025 has begun. Happy New Year. I wish you success, joy and health. And if you like, also personal development and insights into detachment. Please re-read my predictions for the coming year, you can find them here on the site. Realize that everything you read is never completely objective. Realize that you yourself can never be completely objective either. Everything goes through our mental filters. How can you loosen up from that?

By Nico Cost for GlobalSouth.co