Tag: Buddha

In my opinion, being willing to aggressively test and challenge one’s beliefs is essential to developing a set of values worth believing in.

From what I’ve seen, strength of imagination is unimportant—eternal archetypes/tropes call to us in countless voices, asking that they be reiterated over and over, winking in and out of an infinity of soul-brightening incarnations, triggered by phrases that starts as simply as “What if ___”  No it’s not the strength of imagination that’s important… What’s…

(IMHO) At their basest levels, all disciplines/endeavors must serve some practical function.  One level above that, they are expressions of healthy competition, or new conduits for novelty.  But at the highest level, they serve as mirrors into our beings, reflecting our weaknesses and deepest tendencies back to us, allowing us to recognize and hack our…

“Addiction to potentiality must never get in the way of doing stuff.  (Translation:  Get past the fun part of throwing around a premise, and put that elbow grease in so that it manifests it into something real).”   —People who don’t just talk about novelty, but strive to produce it

I have met many that are willing to give away money and things, but few who are willing to give away time or comfort.  It seems to be too uncomfortable a prospect, unless there’s a guaranteed wage or return attached to each hour.  IMHO, as someone who wants to create, time and comfort are the…

“Tradition and structure are all-important, and must be preserved at all costs.”   —Perpetuators who hamper their own evolution by blindly supporting established belief systems. “Tradition and structure are a means to an end.  Change them as needed (while maintaining your ethics) in order to achieve results and hit your targets.”   —Paraphrase of Musashi, polymaths, and autodidacts.

Irony (specifically the kind where I’m hampered by the very traits I accuse others of harboring) bursts from the surface of reality, entangling me with insubstantial tentacles that solidify and strengthen as I struggle harder and harder, with ever increasing zealotry.  The only way to free myself is to dive deep deep DEEP into the depths of…

IMHO, writing is about understanding human nature well enough to cobble together a mess of squiggly symbols (letters) into a magic spell that attunes a reader’s brain into a parallel dimension.  The barrier to entry is almost nonexistent—almost anyone can write.  The barrier to perception (great writing, after all, is meant to undo the walls of…

“Unless you’re using speech as a practical asset like Mcgregor or Ali, don’t waste your breath spewing fiery words or empty platitudes.  Do the job and talk about it later.”   —Paraphrased from people who get stuff done.

Every mechanism, every thought, every feeling…all of it can be used constructively, or it can be co-opted by the ego to justify self-destructive action.  Fear and love, for example, can serve to keep us safe and happy.  Conversely, both these things can weigh us down with ideas/patterns that should have been relinquished long ago.  Outward awareness of…