every person that comes into your life changes you—
lil lessons they each teach
leaving imprints denting your path
softness warming your heart—
if you let them.
Autodidactic Polymath
Following
Then I realized sth: That last thought had brought no sting with it. I wondered if that was how forgiveness budded, not w/ the fanfare of epiphany, but w/ pain gathering its things, packing up, and slipping away unannounced in the middle of the night.
pg. 359 Kite Runner
…the value of science as metaphysic belongs in another sphere. It belongs w/ religion and art and love, w/ the pursuit of the beatific vision, w/ the Promethean madness that leads the greatest men to strive to become gods. Perhaps the only ultimate value of human life is to be found in this Promethean madness. But it is a value that is religious, not political, or even moral.
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The dualism of mid and matter is out-of-date:
matter has become more like mind,
and mind has become more like matter.
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—《Scientific Outlook》Bertrand Russell
you’re afraid to want
for w/in desire lies inherent the fear of loss.
so you go after the thing you know
you were never sentimentally attached to
to begin with.
oppression induces apathy thru psychological dissociation—
thru the gradual erosion of empathy, perpetuation of evil-doings
is made more easily allowed.
when evil is done with intent — it is no longer grey
No oppressor is greater than u make him out to be
happiness is waking up every morning with the will to fight for ur own salvation — even if the forces be against you
the desire to want
to conquer
the fear of ctrl of fear.
Contempt is the root of all evil.
The only way to free yourself from fear over loss
is abandonment.
About Me:
Waking Life/Sci-Outlook <| Annual Traditions
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Kipple is the spiritual manifestation of this reality because kipple seems to appear from nowhere and drives out the more positive state of non-kipple. This parallels themes found in eastern religion in which the lack of material objects is equated with spiritual balance. John Isidore has been able to find a spiritual balance in this world of destruction and in his own life, because he has been able to keep the kipple at bay.
The virtue of Happiness is Hope.
《臥虎藏龍》
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Promise that whatever path you take in this life, you will always be true to yourself.
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《Into the Wild》
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Make a radical change in your lifestyle and begin to boldly do things which you may previously never have thought of doing, or been too hesitant to attempt. So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.
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1. Both of our apple trees have apples this year! =)
2. I invested in water-based non-toxic nail polish (brand = acquarelle). It’s awesome. It doesn’t smell bad and is...
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“Why don’t you tell me that ‘if the girl had been worth having, she’d have waited for you?’ No, sir, the girl really worth having won’t wait for anybody.”
