January 2012
Insanity
I just don’t have it in me anymore to deal with angry or upset people. This is said after years of patience and many sordid experiences in the extreme. I don’t understand why or how to help individuals in my family (and by extension associates and my fellow man) who are like this and I don’t really care to keep trying at my own expense. Can’t you feel how this kind of...
There comes a point
…when one has been through so much gritty shit that an eerie serenity begins accompanying situations that would normally at least really stress people out. I’m not saying the stress response is absent in me, but I don’t know if this calm is a good or bad thing. What does it point to? Wisdom and experience, or just a jaded but steely perspective? I’m gonna go with a little...
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“I’d woken up early, & I took a long time getting ready to exist.”
– Fernando Pessoa, The Book of Disquiet
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“I am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I...”
– Robert A. Heinlein (via lucifelle)
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cougarchild asked: your posts are absolutely wonderful. thank you
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How Neutrons Might Escape Into Another Universe
The leap from our universe to another is theoretically possible, say physicists. And the technology to test the idea is available today
The idea that our universe is embedded in a broader multidimensional space has captured the imagination of scientists and the general population alike.
This notion is not entirely science fiction. According to some theories, our cosmos may exist in parallel...
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“Fairy tales are more than true; not because they tell us that dragons exist, but...”
– G.K. Chesterton
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“Free from desire, you realize the mystery.
Caught in desire, you see only the...”
– Lao Tzu
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“We should always endeavor to wonder at the permanent thing, not at the mere...”
– G.K. Chesterton
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“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.”
– Jack Kerouac
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Upcycling's Upshot: How Urban Mushroom Farmers...
In domestic relationships, one of the quickest ways to butter up your partner is by taking out the trash. In business, removing festering piles of waste also makes you the sort of person who’s gets missed when you’re not around.
In 2009, Nikhil Arora and Alejandro Velez were recent graduates of the University of California at Berkeley who had both been offered positions in consulting...
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Rituals and Culture
Taking a dance course by the same name this semester which will be focusing on, “Sources, dimensions, and elements of ritual; values being ritualized. Creating ritual components through storytelling, chanting, movement, and wearing or carrying special clothing and objects.”
Really, really hoping this class kicks ass. Paranoid of it encompassing some kind of neo hippie new age fluff...
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jennaddenda replied to your post: Long weekend… is long. Navigating a 1500+ raver crowd…
Oh, did you go to Winter Warmer? How was?
It looked like an epic weekend and for those who attended. 1500+ is a rough estimate from the last turn out in 2010 but I believe it was closer to 2000 people over the course of the event. Was only on site for two sets on Friday and Saturday since I was...
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ambiguouslysavvy asked: Great blog, friend :) Namaste!
scottyluvsu asked: How do you deal with philosophical disillusionment? I'm a student at Michigan State double majoring in dance and philosophy, and lately I find myself frequently residing in a sort of spiritual bankruptcy, existential suffering induced by an entire lack of clarity or definitive right or wrong. I've even considered dropping philosophy, because at times it's almost as if I'm...
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Long weekend
…is long. Navigating a 1500+ raver crowd was beyond tiring but it was worth it in the end for the photos alone. Coming soon…
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If you're not curious, you're sleeping.
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I must remember that it is necessary to extend compassion unto oneself just as much as others. I have been unceasingly hard on myself lately. Wish I could shake this foreboding feeling.
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“Your past is not your potential. In any hour you can choose to liberate the...”
– Marilyn Ferguson
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Miguel Migs - Can’t Get Through (Mario...
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Compassion
“You’re so wise, how do you stay sane on this planet?”
— addressunknownn
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It can be a daily challenge, trust me. It helps to adopt a compassionate perspective whenever possible, and to let its absence ring loudly when it falters. There is a lot of pain and violence in the world that can make you turn in on yourself, but when it crosses your path there is the opportunity...
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