March 2009
Evil, under one definition, is not a facade as...
Change
To change an attitude requires a considerable amount of work and suffering. The process must begin either in an effortfully maintained posture of constant self-doubt and criticism or in a painful acknowledgement that what we thought was right all along may not be right after all. Then it proceeds into a state of confusion. This state is quite uncomfortable; we no longer seem to know what is right...
“Everything is more complicated than you think. You only see a tenth of what is...”
– the Minister in Syndecnoche, New York (written by Charlie Kaufman) Happy Monday! (via sharingtime) (via dalasverdugo) (via optimisto)
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I love Kaufman! We’ve been...
kari-shma:
reluctantbuddha:copycats (posted...
Hostility, as I have personally experienced it, is...
optimisto:
(via donamajicshow)
I disagree. Hostility is often caused by an absolute assumption of something being known. I feel more people fight from a place of defending their false (or true) assumptions from a place of certainty, not insecurity.
Is it true then, that all conflict is unrighteous?
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On World Customs
As I’ve pondered upon the various customs of our world and how they differ from my own, I’ve realized that most of these opinions are held with extreme vehemence, and very cruel persecutions are inflicted upon those who try and contravene them. Yet interestingly enough, not any one of these customs proves that their particular custom contributes more to human happiness than another. Who’s to say...
Hostility is the result of not being fully...
Hell
It seems as though Hell was invented to condemn others that are not part of a particular belief system. Loosely speaking, sin is then illusory, and the cruelty habitually practiced in punishing it is unnecessary. It is just this conclusion which is so unwelcome to many minds, since the engagement of malice with a good conscience is a delight to “moralists.”
Thank you Carter
Everything you learn (skiing, dancing, video games, playing the piano, cooking, Latin, history, theology, or logic) influences who you are and increases your range of personal freedom—your autonomy. This is particularly true of language skills because without language in some form or other, there is no autonomy at all. One language skill is logic. Only those who have learned to think and talk...
Current Title: Existential Apologist
One who gives life genuine and authentic meaning while building bridges of rational inference for those void of faith in order to carry them over its frontier and into the experiential sublime.
Verbose, I know, yet the story of my life.
When Gods Were Men
The Embodied God in Biblical and Near Eastern Literature
-Esther J. Hamori
Cynical View on Education
The difficulty of education is a political problem. Before media became pervasive, a child acquired education from four sources: the State, the Church, school masters, and parents. The State wants the child to serve for national aggrandizement and the support of the existing form of government. The Church wants the child to serve for increasing power of the priesthood. The school master, in a...
“Skepticism is the first step towards truth.”
– Denis Diderot (via scm52)
...and God said "No"
I asked God to take away my habit. God said, No. It is not for me to take away, but for you to give it up. I asked God to make my handicapped child whole. God said, No. His spirit is whole, his body is only temporary. I asked God to grant me patience.. God said, No. Patience is a byproduct of tribulations; it isn’t granted, it is learned. I asked God to give me...
How many have you seen?
miianwilson:
#25 afi’s 100 greatest american movies (10th anniversary edition)
citizen kane
the godfather
casablanca
raging bull
singin’ in the rain
gone with the wind
lawrence of arabia
schindler’s list
vertigo
the wizard of oz
city lights
the searchers
star wars episode IV: a new hope
psycho
2001: a space odyssey
sunset boulevard
the graduate
the general
on the waterfront
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The Script
Are you an awkward, uncomfortable, self-conscious member of the human race who consistently looks at others and says: “Gee, I wish I was as socially savvy as so-and-so?” If you are, it probably means you do not possess “the script.” In fact, I hate to break it to you, but, there’s a trick being played on you: everyone around you possesses “the script” except for you.
The script is what carries...
Watchsorrowissurrender:
scm52:
Rand Illusion
Sorrow is Surrender
I believe the phrase rings true.
I told my mother today that the depression I carry will have been worth it in the end if it meant she would have more compassion for herself. She feels my suffering as one in her own, wants to reach out to help, but never extends this same love to herself.
I told her that if my mirror failed to reflect what she had so long dreaded to have in any of her children,...
You
loveishere:
You are loved. I know that you’ve heard it before, but take a moment to really think about it. Think about the people who see something special in you—something worth treasuring. Think about the ones who feel blessed because you are in their life, in whatever way. Because no one in forced to love you. Yet they choose to, every day.
Hating is easy. It’s as simple as picking out...
Watch(via chonk)
Damn! This is one of the truest things I’ve seen in awhile.
thanks brian.
In memory of that piece of meat, I offer the following:
http://donamajicshow.tumblr.com/post/74136012/via-havent-got-a-prayer-a-very-delicate-piece
Everything's Amazing & No One's Happy →
This video reminded me of the Tourist.
Thom and Jonny sit “in a beautiful square in France on a sunny day, watching all theses American tourists being wheeled around, frantically trying to see everything in 10 minutes.” Jonny was shocked at how these people could be in a place so beautiful and so special and not realize it because they weren’t taking the time to just stop and look around.
“They...
Reference for Fairytales →
“If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales.”
“When I examine myself and my methods of thought, I come to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than any talent for abstract, positive thinking.”
~Albert Einstein~
