everything is a conversation
notes on being in constructive dialogue with reality, instead of staying mired in delusional rigidity
everything is a conversation
i cannot overstate how big the difference is between
a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and
b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps
a - learning a map, then venturing into the territory, and
b - venturing through the territory, then finding out there are maps
Rudra Dakini • Tweet
When two people relate to each other authentically and humanly, God is the electricity that surges between them.
— Martin Buber
Sherry Ning • Don't look too closely, love
When you stop reading, you stop writing.
When you stop writing, you stop thinking.
When you stop thinking, you stop feeling.
When you stop feeling, you stop believing.
When you stop believing, you stop building.
When you stop building, you stop bettering.
When you stop bettering, you stop caring.
When you stop caring, you stop living.
When you stop writing, you stop thinking.
When you stop thinking, you stop feeling.
When you stop feeling, you stop believing.
When you stop believing, you stop building.
When you stop building, you stop bettering.
When you stop bettering, you stop caring.
When you stop caring, you stop living.
Tom White • When You Stop Living
People do not actually coordinate with each other. Rather, people are coordinated by language. If you want to improve your ability to coordinate, you must upgrade your vocabulary.
Dan Allison • Tweet
my impression of the individuation process is that we all know, at some level, what we need to do... we sense the truths we need to face & the actions we need to take
but it’s a lot of work & suffering and so we spend years trying to negotiate our way out of it. “must I really do this? must I?”
“surely there’s a hack and a shortcut... surely there’s... See more
but it’s a lot of work & suffering and so we spend years trying to negotiate our way out of it. “must I really do this? must I?”
“surely there’s a hack and a shortcut... surely there’s... See more