Kent Wayne

Musings

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It’s easy to argue we’re stuck in a zero-sum existence. However, no one has definitively explained the nature of our reality, the fundamental truth behind consciousness, quantum phenomena, and whether or not we’re stuck in a simulation. In other words, there’s still a lot of wiggle room that allows us to choose our individual perspective. So on occasion, I may have to pretend I’m a crab in a bucket, but I refuse to believe I must always be paranoid, that I always have to watch out for the other shoe to drop, that I need to step on others and prevent their ascent so I can wallow in my relative height.

I think of the real estate in my mind as exclusively mine, so instead of planting seeds of fear and insecurity, constantly reacting to an overgrowth of negativity, I’d rather be present and stay open to opportunities that bloom in my path.

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  1. Not all who wander are lost Avatar
    Not all who wander are lost

    Truth:)

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  2. carmensuniqueworld Avatar
    carmensuniqueworld

    loved it…

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  3. sbwheeler Avatar
    sbwheeler

    Good lord! From where did the idea of a zero-sum existence come? Even if we assume that the energy in the universe is fixed and finite (which doesn’t appear to be true), it’s a freaking ENORMOUS place. When you consider a planet like ours, it very certainly isn’t zero-sum. We receive energy from the Sun and we radiate much of it back out into space. We have an almost continuous ‘rain’ of very small chunks of dust and rock. The atmosphere is continually ‘bleeding’ out into space, top. No – very much NOT zero-sum. And the world of human-kind is even less ‘zero-sum’. We eat and are eaten; we exchange water and breath; we shed our dead cells and grow new ones. And even our inner world is not ‘zero-sum’ either. If it were, how could we ever learn anything? Or pass on new ideas? So yes! Stay open to new things; there’s an almost continuous flow of them, if only we stay ‘present’ to notice them. [Best wishes on your new books, by the way.]

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Yes, all very true! Also, I learned a few years back there is no true “vacuum” in space–tiny particles are always winking in and out of existence, which I think is the theoretical basis for zero point energy, as well as the proven basis for Hawking radiation. I like to see it as a physical metaphor for a continuous supply of abundance.

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  4. leturos Avatar
    leturos

    Seems a good perspective from the center of my universe anyway.,

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  5. josephsacco Avatar
    josephsacco

    Simulation, God I hope not. Really liked the last paragraph “I think of the real estate in my mind as exclusively mine”. Nice!

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  6. Norwegian Avatar
    Norwegian

    Yes, we must stay curious and be as often as we can, in wonder. Thank you!

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  7. Mark Ryan Ellis Avatar
    Mark Ryan Ellis

    This is my philosophy as well. Well put.

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  8. knjwrites Avatar
    knjwrites

    “Instead of planting seeds of fear and insecurity, constantly reacting to an overgrowth of negativity, I’d rather be present and stay open to opportunities”

    This in itself is poetry and could stand on its own. Very beautiful post

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Thank you!

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Thanks for sharing!

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  10. V.M.Sang Avatar
    V.M.Sang

    Because ‘I think, therefore I am’ is a much better philosophy than thinking we’re in a simulation.

    If you believe in God, or Gods, then perhaps you might consider we are in an experiment. ‘I wonder what will happen if I create a singularity and then burst it open?’

    God then leaves the experiment to its own devices and observes it.

    There’s a subtle difference between that and a simulation.

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Indeed! Good points!

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  11. ibarynt Avatar
    ibarynt

    That is such a roundabout way of saying I choose to be optimistic and not be a crab either. I am who I choose to be. 🤔

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Yes indeed! I find it affirming to believe in positivity and make a case for it!

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  12. dnalumuland Avatar
    dnalumuland

    Hahaha 😆

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  13. Priya Pramod Avatar
    Priya Pramod

    👏👏👏

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  14. writingpresence Avatar
    writingpresence

    I’m believing, against all the odds (or evens) in the possibility of – potential for – joy.

    I like your optimism, and the way you gently share it, DSFB! Thanks

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      I’m with you! And I hope that it flows from possibility and potential into a richly deserved manifestation for you!

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  15. writingpresence Avatar
    writingpresence

    That lands well with me; thank you, friend.

    I’m feeling blessed by many manifestations in the natural world today – butterflies; an extraordinary moth; an aestivation of snails at the base of my perennial honesty plant (now relocated to compost barrel!); bumblebees feeding on Globe Thistle nectar; a deliciousness of new green peas … and the community of writers and poets, a buoyant network for sharing safety and humanity.

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Good for you! Sounds very rich in the senses, I’m glad you get to appreciate such a wide variety of nature!

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  16. Callum F Avatar
    Callum F

    Even a crab in a bucket has written a Shakespearean play or two within the multiverses I’ve traversed 😉

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      I get what you’re saying! Can’t all be monkeys banging randomly away at typewriters!

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  17. Rankofa Avatar
    Rankofa

    Such a conundrum. My worldview would definitely fall under the “conspiracy theorist” category, and it’s often depressing to “wait for that other shoe to drop.” So much so I had to caution my wife, be careful of going down that rabbit hole; it gets dark down there and there’s no coming back. Honestly, I live with a jaded optimism, somehow trying to find equilibrium between hope and despair, yin and yang, balancing the two.

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    1. DirtySciFiBuddha Avatar
      DirtySciFiBuddha

      Yes, I’ve been down that rabbit hole myself, hoping that I could prepare for enough threats and implement enough measures to increase my peace and fulfillment. Unfortunately, that never happened, and I suspect the rabbit hole is endless, so I had to pivot in another direction

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