On the cusp of the new year, @bernardokastrup.bsky.social reflects on rituals, distinguishing actions to shape the future (which misunderstand causal chains) from rituals aimed at alignment with nature. Enrich your spirit at this time of beginnings:
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Rituals tune our internal state into sympathetic resonance with the flow of the world. @bernardokastrup.bsky.social finds rich meaning in the symbols of nature. Winter solstice can attune us to a rhythm of pause and reflection, and welcome the coming light.

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Experiences of mysticism, near death, and psychedelics suggest that love is fundamental to existence. @bernardokastrup.bsky.social explains that reason does not require us to elevate love above other experiences, but the idea is compatible with idealism.

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