Tag: Philosophy
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Change
Memento Mori Change must embrace itdon’t have to likeor agree with it must just learn to acceptand work with and around itto survive and thrive since it’s the only constantthose who reject and deny itmerely refuse to see what is create sanctimonyand suffering byjudgement and accusation anything different fromwhat they grew up onis evil or…
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Past self?
What’s something you’ve done that your past self would be proud of? Definition Please! Does this prompt refer to a ‘younger’ self (in my current incarnation), an ancient ‘incarnation’, or incarnations of me within my current lifespan? First: I can’t speak to former lives, as reincarnation has no scientific evidence supporting it, only ‘testimonials’ and…
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Good, Relatively, As All Things Are
What does it mean to be a good person? Good question. The answer depends on your specific location in the ‘sea’ (continuum) of space-time, the birth lottery, your conditioning and vested interests, your open-mindedness, and your ability to honestly look at your own faults, actions, and prejudices. But for me, personally: A good person is…
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Strategies?
What are your strategies for SEO? None! Not in this for fame, following, or ‘profit’; just a creative outlet. Whoever sees it does, whoever doesn’t, doesn’t. I leave it and the distribution for the universe to devise. If I garner a few acquaintances or even friends from it, all the better. But no, no SEO…
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Social Treadmill
Everywhere I look, most everyone seems to be running around, faster and faster, like they’re going to miss ‘the boat’ or something, not realizing that ‘the boat’ has already left. That ‘boat’ was never meant for us … just for propagandists and vested interests … IMHO Social Treadmill So why? Most everyoneFrantically movingFaster and fasterAs…
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The Game Is Rigged
What’s one thing you know now that would have saved your younger self a lot of pain? That’s the game of life… But even IF I had known this definitively in my impressionable youth, I doubt that it would have saved me very much pain (all levels, physical, mental, emotional, psychological — guilt, depression, self…
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Love Romantic and True
This may be difficult for true beleivers in soul-mated, true love to read. The divorce rate for first marriages in the US is 40-50%. Not an encouraging statistic for those who believe in romantic and ‘true love’. The universe doesn’t suffer fools gently… But then, it’s only my humble opinion, based on the experiences of…
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Tui Shou
Tui Shou When practicing push handsI let my hand textures morphThrough soft and ‘sticky’ to limp toLetting my hand-blades spring outLike claws fromCat’s paws for theDecisive bloodless cut My center and bladesFlowing and dominatingThe swirling currentsOf my body’s space/time Embrace –LE
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The Future
The Future A wishAn aspirationA dreamOf now Farther alongThe space/timeContinuum An illusionDoes notExist Only now andMemories of‘Nows’ gone by Some recordedRenderedMemories But gone My wishFor the ‘future’Is that nowAllows meThe optimismTo dream of Better ‘nows’ –LE
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Wisdom’s Ancient Wells
Wisdom’s Ancient Wells Wells of wisdom;how many are there,only one? Or One for each culturecivilizationcreed orpersuasion? How many ‘truths’are there? Only one? Who decides?“Whichever interpretationprevails at a given timeis a function of powerand not truth.” –Nietzsche Does it not benefit usto reexamine,rethink our sources,our fundamentals,from time to time,a healthy skepticism tohelp avoid theentropy of hubris?…
