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The text, once written, belongs to the reader, not the author, and therefore we might liberate the text.
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See the insufficiency of ego-centric consciousness.
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> Evelyn always maintaining that she and I were really made for each other but her Karma was to serve Cody in this particular lifetime, which I really believe and I believe she loves him, too, but she’d say “I’ll get you, Jack, in anothe
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For some odd reason, I instantly thought of Foucault's idea of biopower[1][2] after reading your comment as a possible counterpoint, despite not being well-versed in the subject. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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Is not beauty still beauty / And truth still truth / [...] / Are there not still stars at night / Can we not still see them / in the bowl of night / signaling to us / some far-out / beatific destiny?
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We live in distraction because we give attention to what does not matter which, if we let our hair down, is the external world. The imperative of dying to the external world is a process of rediscovery of what does matter .
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Programming may be romantic. After all, much like in the spiritual life, programmers also work towards an ideal. And isn't this working towards an ideal just a love affair? One might claim that programming is logic-intensive compared t
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Clarity in (argumentative, essay, etc) writing is taking upmost care of your reader: you want to hold the hand of the reader and guide them towards a new understanding with little to no strain.
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https://texts.com - it's not released yet but you can sign up for early access.
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> I still miss the sheer simplicity of that life. Reminds me of this part of a Thomas Merton audio piece that I just listened to which you might enjoy (~22:50 to ~35:01): https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=1370&v=Zr3V-Bn
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On the Good e-Reader Store, I presume: https://goodereader.com/blog/product-category/smartphones Debating on whether I should go for the A7 ( https://goodereader.com/blog/product/hisense-a
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The mention of utilitarianism reminds me of this idea of insensibility. A calmer culture, I assume, is grounded in sensibility.
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Despite the claim that there is no alternative, there is something invisibly worthy in claiming that the way we live now is not the only way humans can live. Who knows what that inertia may lead to? The anti-capitalist project - based off
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Reminds me of a line by Mark Fisher (1): "Real wealth is the collective capacity to produce, care and enjoy." 1. https://repeaterbooks.com/abandon-hope-summer-is-coming-kpun...
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Furthermore, there is this idea of egoism. To think merely of profit - which you see in major cities with millions of people in the United States, it seems - is to be egoistic. The root of kindness is egotistical poverty. After all: egoism
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Also, Mary Barnard’s translation of Sappho is very good. I prefer it to Anne Carson’s.
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I just came across Mark Fisher this past year - his ideas are interesting. He reminds me of David Foster Wallace for some odd reason. Here's a few of my favorite excerpts from Fisher's Ghosts of My Life: Writings on Depression, H
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> I know the intent is good Yes, also, consider how death is sort of a taboo subject. I think the simple act of reaching out to someone because of this death thing which is unknown and terrifyingly so to some is worthy and grand. To he
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Haven't used it myself since it's in beta but I have been keeping my eyes on this for a while: https://beta.readng.co/ , https://twitter.com/readngco
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In similar vein, I recommend checking out The Bardo Thodol (AKA The Tibetan Book of the Dead) by Padmasambhava.
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Me too. I always get this sense that I've been asleep my whole life during and after the experience. For instance, the seemingly mundane things (wall, ground, chair, window, tree, bird, etc) are perceived in a sacred light.
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From Rebecca Rozelle-Stone's Simone Weil and Theology : "For Weil, attention is the decreative release of self to receive the world in all its reality. Paradoxically, this (passive) letting go of self and accompanying control is
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I Am That by Nisargadatta Maharaj. The Complete Mystical Works by Meister Eckhart. They both turn my world upside down and yet, they keep me grounded.
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I was once a student at a community college taking an astronomy course and was required to visit an observatory to write a reflection piece. I ended up visiting Mt. Wilson Observatory. Boy, did I think my beat-up, 2002 Honda Civic coupe wou
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On the topic of light pollution, you might be interested in Paul Bogard's The End of Night: Searching for Natural Darkness in an Age of Artificial Light: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16131044-the-end-of
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Added to cart! But in similar vein, do you know if UX writing is a viable career? If so, how would one get into it? What should be on one's portfolio?
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In regard to religion or spirituality, the old desert fathers/mystics used to say that one should always have a remembrance of death instilled in front of their mind. You see this line of thinking in the ascetisicm of Orthodox Christia
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Ooo! Thank you for pointing it out. I've always wondered what tool bloggers used to make their neat diagrams. I feel like doing some graph theory stuff now for kicks, or just general illustrations.
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Sweet! This update fixes the issue where you weren't able to play videos on Firefox 78 with the MacOS Big Sur Beta.

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