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I used to be an atheist until I realized that I was God.
– Deepak Chopra (via oceanofmind, nicoleyyy, intrepidwanderer)
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Dust off those shadows. →
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Solitude
Laugh, and the world laughs with you; Weep, and you weep alone. For the sad old earth must borrow it’s mirth, But has trouble enough of its own. Sing, and the hills will answer; Sigh, it is lost on the air. The echoes bound to a joyful sound, But shrink from voicing care. Rejoice, and men will seek you; Grieve, and they turn and go. They want full measure of all your pleasure, But they do...
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What separates an idea from a belief is the emotional force commited to...
– Peter J. Carroll, Liber Null
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Thank you.
I received some really wonderful responses to yesterday’s question, “If you could change one thing about the world, what would it be?”
Some were silly, some were unexpected, and many were inspiring. I’ll be sharing a few of them with you all later today. Thank you for your thoughts on this. :)
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If there was one thing you could change about the...
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Australian 'angel' saves lives at suicide spot →
In those bleak moments when the lost souls stood atop the cliff, wondering whether to jump, the sound of the wind and the waves was broken by a soft voice. “Why don’t you come and have a cup of tea?” the stranger would ask. And when they turned to him, his smile was often their salvation.
For almost 50 years, Don Ritchie has lived across the street from Australia’s most...
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Honor thy Devil and Trust thy Body.
— Jung, The Red Book (via @heidiko44)
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spiral999-deactivated20120724 asked: I really love your posts!
Have you seen Tekkonkinkreet?
Raccoonnook reminds me of the movie even though there very different styles.
:) just thought I'd let you know about tekkonkinkreet in case you didn't know about it, its a lovely movie.
Have you seen Tekkonkinkreet?
Raccoonnook reminds me of the movie even though there very different styles.
:) just thought I'd let you know about tekkonkinkreet in case you didn't know about it, its a lovely movie.
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You cannot make the Revolution. You can only be...
— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed
(via stevevolpe, wildcat2030)
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The Soul, secure in her existence.
smiles at the drawn dagger and defies its...
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From 1713, “Cato” by Joseph Addison. This was the passage Edgar Allen Poe encrypted and challenged his readers to decipher in 1841. It was not until 1992 that a Duke University doctoral student succeeded.
via immerse-yourself-in-love, heartmindspirit, johnharrigan ∞
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Live your life as though your every act were to...
— Kant (via @JoyceSu)
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Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless...
– Ayn Rand (via be-epic, heartmindspirit)
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I ask you to look both ways. For the road to a knowledge of the stars leads...
– Sir Arthur Eddington
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The Question of Quantum Chaos // SEED →
Chaos is everywhere in the natural world, present in the coiling of smoke rings, the fronds of ferns, and the beating of our hearts. But at the level of quantum physics, chaos as we now define it is unquantifiable.
(via @pmharrington)
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Perhaps much of what is taken to be real is mainly determined by thought....
– Fred Alan Wolf
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I had a stick of CareFree gum, but it didn’t work. I felt pretty good...
– Mitch Hedberg
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aneyeforanid-deactivated2011122 asked: so ive been reading about fractal forms in nature and alot of contemporary research that shows that there are natural mathematical forms and patterns that recur regardless of scale or material and how the universe has a recursive, self-similar structure that is identical as you zoom in and out and i think "as above, so below" relates to that idea, which is consistent with the hermetic...
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griffen555 asked: why is the sky blue?
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Ask me anything. →
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Augmented Shadow / 2010 / Joon Moon Tool : openframeworks
In this installation, the shadows exist both in a real and a virtual environment simultaneously. It thus brings augmented reality to the tabletop by way of a tangible interface. The shadow is an interface metaphor connecting the virtual world and users. The unexpected user experience results from manipulating their visual perceptions,...
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South African Festival / 2010 / Trans-Media-Lab
An incredible interactive dance-performance and public multiuser installation. Truly inspiring, what I hope every dance floor will one day be like.
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I’ll never forget the first time I saw you… You had such a serenity...
– Kira speaking to Bareil in his final moments, ST: DS9 - Life Support
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