Rutger Osinga
@rutgero
Rutger Osinga
suffering becomes seductive when it confirms an identity we are not ready to abandon.
The Seduction of Suffering
Deeply investigate anything you dislike (about yourself, others, and the world). Disgust, irritation, and contempt are rarely about what’s in front of you; they are signals, not verdicts. If you stay with them without moralising or rushing to fix, they often reveal unmet needs, unclaimed desires, or borrowed beliefs you never chose. What you reject... See more
Tamara (@museguided)
Erotic Decisions
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Sensuality and An authentic life
To make an erotic decision is to be willing to lose the self you were, for the self that might be born in the act of choosing.
We have reduced intimacy to the mere friction of flesh, as though the soul does not demand its own form of nakedness.
The Intimacy Illusion
Relationships and
Substack post is a must-read
Porn bypasses the psyche the way fast food bypasses hunger. It satisfies the instinct without giving you a meal of actual nutritious value . There is stimulation, but no digestion. Desire is reduced to a loop, before it has time to organize into anything of value. A primitive logic dressed up as liberation: want, click, cum, forget.
PORN IS EVERYWHERE. EROTICISM IS NOT.
“The more women you sleep with, the more you numb become to them."
“Better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.”
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Potential in a person is just saying what you would do if you were in their position
Relationships and Contact
Procrastination is not laziness. It is a depression response