Death will save us
> Even the moon disappears—and still, it is never questioned.
So vanish, if you must.
The sky will wait for your return.
𖦹 substack.comJames Baldwin knew this: “The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions which have been hidden by the answers.”
impermanence
/ɪmˈpəːmənən(t)s/
noun
noun: impermanency
the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time.
"she describes the impermanence of human existence"
/ɪmˈpəːmənən(t)s/
noun
noun: impermanency
the state or fact of lasting for only a limited period of time.
"she describes the impermanence of human existence"
We are raised on fairy tales about forever. True love lasts eternally. Beauty is something you possess and keep. Youth is the default state, and everything after is decline. Good things, if they are truly good, should not end. Permanence is the goal. Stability is success. Anything temporary is somehow less valuable, less real, less worth investing... See more
We are taught to wait. To be patient. To postpone our desires until we have earned them through enough sacrifice. To save the good wine, the nice clothes, the big feelings for occasions worthy of them. To treat our lives like something precious that must be preserved rather than something temporary that must be lived.
But there comes a moment, if we... See more
But there comes a moment, if we... See more
Ibn Taymiyyah (who spent a significant portion of his life in prison) famously said*"What can my enemies do to me? My paradise and my orchard are in my chest (heart)
"Verily, there is a Paradise in this world, and whoever does not enter it now will not enter the Paradise of the Hereafter" [Source: Madārij al-Sālikīn 1/452].