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I believe that the supernatural can never be as profound as what is real.
Implications ≠ endorsements
I believe that the supernatural can never be as profound as what is real.
Implications ≠ endorsements
Starting to think meditation is less a tool for mental health, more a test of it.
January 25, 2024 at 7:29 PM
Starting to think meditation is less a tool for mental health, more a test of it.
It’s not that you can’t do it yourself.
It’s that the task is impossible to complete solo.
It’s that the task is impossible to complete solo.
November 12, 2023 at 4:20 PM
It’s not that you can’t do it yourself.
It’s that the task is impossible to complete solo.
It’s that the task is impossible to complete solo.
A better mousetrap is one that appears to the mouse to be a trap with an obvious exploit.
November 10, 2023 at 3:51 PM
A better mousetrap is one that appears to the mouse to be a trap with an obvious exploit.
Belief that a situation is not fair, and acting on that belief, closes the door to fairness.
November 6, 2023 at 8:23 PM
Belief that a situation is not fair, and acting on that belief, closes the door to fairness.
Understanding is the application of knowledge. It is thus the opposite of observation.
November 6, 2023 at 1:22 AM
Understanding is the application of knowledge. It is thus the opposite of observation.
The poets down here don't write nothin' at all
They just stand back and let it all be
They just stand back and let it all be
November 5, 2023 at 3:33 PM
The poets down here don't write nothin' at all
They just stand back and let it all be
They just stand back and let it all be
It's not that I don't want people to give me their most well-reasoned thoughts.
It's just that I want them *faster*.
It's just that I want them *faster*.
October 19, 2023 at 5:55 PM
It's not that I don't want people to give me their most well-reasoned thoughts.
It's just that I want them *faster*.
It's just that I want them *faster*.
Most of the writers of most of the stories you've heard never knew the moral themselves.
October 17, 2023 at 2:41 AM
Most of the writers of most of the stories you've heard never knew the moral themselves.
Faith is how we build bridges to understanding. But if faith is where the buck stops for you, you can never be sure you're not just building a pier.
October 14, 2023 at 8:59 PM
Faith is how we build bridges to understanding. But if faith is where the buck stops for you, you can never be sure you're not just building a pier.
Most of the ideas you have encountered in your life were in the form of imitation.
October 11, 2023 at 5:16 PM
Most of the ideas you have encountered in your life were in the form of imitation.
Truth has two aspects: centrality, and detail. Without centrality, detail has no meaning. Without detail, centrality has no point.
October 6, 2023 at 5:11 PM
Truth has two aspects: centrality, and detail. Without centrality, detail has no meaning. Without detail, centrality has no point.
Enlightenment is belief in stability of identity.
October 2, 2023 at 4:24 PM
Enlightenment is belief in stability of identity.
Black is not the opposite of color.
Brown is.
Brown is.
October 2, 2023 at 1:38 AM
Black is not the opposite of color.
Brown is.
Brown is.
The breaking point is not the point of severing. It's the moment when change becomes possible.
October 1, 2023 at 7:24 PM
The breaking point is not the point of severing. It's the moment when change becomes possible.
Age and wisdom is an identity.
October 1, 2023 at 6:33 PM
Age and wisdom is an identity.
Soothing symptoms and healing wounds are two similar motivations with often wildly differing methods.
October 1, 2023 at 5:00 PM
Soothing symptoms and healing wounds are two similar motivations with often wildly differing methods.
Oenophiles were the original edgelords.
October 1, 2023 at 1:27 AM
Oenophiles were the original edgelords.
If you frame the question as "whether or not", the effort of maintaining the suspension of disbelief may prevent "not" from acceding to "yes, now what does that mean?"
September 30, 2023 at 1:48 PM
If you frame the question as "whether or not", the effort of maintaining the suspension of disbelief may prevent "not" from acceding to "yes, now what does that mean?"
"Anything can happen" and "I have no idea what's going to happen" are two vastly different concepts which unfortunately abut.
September 30, 2023 at 5:00 AM
"Anything can happen" and "I have no idea what's going to happen" are two vastly different concepts which unfortunately abut.
Self-righteousness and militancy are two separate concepts that have some confusing overlap in the middle.
September 29, 2023 at 10:01 PM
Self-righteousness and militancy are two separate concepts that have some confusing overlap in the middle.
"Normal" and "societally acceptable" are two separate concepts that have some confusing overlap in the middle.
September 29, 2023 at 9:56 PM
"Normal" and "societally acceptable" are two separate concepts that have some confusing overlap in the middle.
Sometimes the broken bits are on the outside. Sometimes that's okay.
September 29, 2023 at 9:17 PM
Sometimes the broken bits are on the outside. Sometimes that's okay.
There is room in this world for an infinite amount of grace, if you can bear it.
September 29, 2023 at 7:48 PM
There is room in this world for an infinite amount of grace, if you can bear it.
This is the most double-edged fortune I've ever seen.
September 28, 2023 at 7:46 PM
This is the most double-edged fortune I've ever seen.
It doesn't sound like joy to the untrained ear.
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Tidal Wave
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September 28, 2023 at 1:46 PM
It doesn't sound like joy to the untrained ear.
youtu.be/n8_X4YlJERc?...
youtu.be/n8_X4YlJERc?...