Tag: buddhism
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Musings
I used to run from the “mundane.” But when I grew older and realized that the very idea of a big expansion where time and space became instantiated into a seemingly consistent set of causalities which give me clues as to what I should do with my objectively short life… I saw that the concept…
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I’ve heard a lot of artistic types pooh-pooh the idea of logic. I’m always confused by this; firstly, I’ve never met any of these nay-sayers that can provide me with a working definition of logic, and secondly, the correct employment of logic is often a necessary stepping stone—an intermediary that leads the audience into a…
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When I stop depending on discipline and strategy (of which I believe intuition is a subordinate tool), then I have decided instead to depend on luck. No thanks.
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Musings
Right now I sit before a seemingly mundane, letter-marked interface. It’s capable of forming my thoughts into wonder-filled realms, pearls of wisdom, and even weapons if I’m so inclined. This seemingly mundane, letter-marked interface….it would be a waste not to use it.
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Desire, Ego, and [all things “negative”] are often vilified as mortal enemies. But from a macroscopic view, they’re natural phenomena arising from our limited states of being. If left unchecked, they can certainly inflict harm, but I believe that everything have its place. Not only that, I believe everything has its USE, depending on whether…
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Ironically, I find that I experience the most freedom when I apply rigorous discipline unto my being. I gravitate toward conscious control, rather than blind reaction.
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Encompassing all the beauty and horror you possibly can into a packaged deception borne from your keyboard… …is good fiction.
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Musings
As “dark” or “light” as something may appear, if everything is formed/comprised from an all-powerful, all-loving benevolence (which, to be honest, I’m not sure is the case), then “darkness” and “lightness” become completely irrelevant in the ultimate sense. All that matters is whether it’s the most useful option within any given moment. Ironically, I believe…
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In my opinion, if everything is there for a reason—all my limitations and abilities, all my triumphs and failures—then it naturally follows that the ultimate act of faith would be to do what I can with what’s in front of me. The challenges and tasks in front of me, after all, would have been placed…
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Musings
One day, I realized that by designating one thing spiritual and another not, I have undermined the core premise of God; if there is a God that comprises/forms everything with his/her infinite benevolence/omnipotence, then by default, everything is equally spiritual. A better qualifier of value is whether something is functional or not. And that means…
Kent Wayne 