Brittany
@aurora
Brittany
@aurora
The political institutions of any nation are always menaced and are ultimately controlled by the spiritual state of the nation. - James Baldwin The Fire Next Time
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
Omg, I can’t believe this came from a tweet
The Revolt of Angels, Lucifer decides not to overthrow God
Keep your distance from people who've made being wronged their identity. They're not looking for solutions, they're recruiting.
The freedom of thought allowed by the Buddha is unheard of elsewhere in the history of religions. This freedom is necessary because, according to the Buddha, man’s emancipation depends on his own realization of Truth, and not on the benevolent grace of a god or any external power as a reward for his obedient good behaviour.
true freedom begins when we realize what the mind is not. Beneath the mind’s constant chatter and noise lies a profound stillness—a space untouched by its turbulence.