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Daily Alchemy: a question to think on together
“When you look back honestly at a big decision, do you usually find clarity or just a better story about yourself?”
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Came across this James Baldwin clip on my Facebook feed. He said: “Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people.... - BRZ47...
People love the truth until it disagrees with them. Let's talk about it.
One thing I’ve noticed is that most people believe they want honesty. They’ll say they value it. They’ll ask for it. They’ll demand it from other people. But the real test isn’t how we respond to truth that confirms what we already believe.... - Sassiebrat67...
Angry, powerless, and sick
I was speaking to my hunny today about the situation this Country is in and how its affecting my every day life. I spend long nights up, researching different ways we the people can take back control from the govt, and I'm flailing.... - Benzi...
The best thing I’ve done ( to "...get rid of the MAGA nonsense and move forward.") is creating real life friendships with people who voted for Trump.... Noticing how I'm watching the debate
My system is naturally watching for whose answers seem more solid, confident. So far, JD Vance seems a little more stable. Tim Walz seems comfortable when attacking, but very nervous and uncertain when trying to answer the core content of a question.... Open Question July 22: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go?
Hey y'all, Wars, trillionaires, and AI everything... we're all wrestling with wild change, making decisions to try to hold on, let go, or something else. So this week: What's worth fighting to keep, and what should we let go? Privacy. Reading. Offices. Cash.... - Tom Van Wyen...
Harmony – Gratitude – Inheritance It was the fall of 1982. The USS Trepang, the nuclear fast-attack submarine I served on, had set the Maneuvering Watch as we made our way back to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard after two weeks at sea.... - Tom Van Wyen...
I Believe
I believe that we are put on this earth to improve it, and the humans inhabiting it, starting with ourselves. I believe we all need to be taught certain truths about the human condition before we begin our journey of self discovery and improvement.... 24
What I’ve Learned in the Last Twenty‑Four Hours I’ve learned that clarity comes when I slow down enough to actually look at things instead of reacting to them. I’ve learned that truth doesn’t hide — it waits — and the real work is training my eyes to see it.... - Jorlis...
Capas de Horror, habitar una tragedia: El terremoto de Venezuela
¿Cómo describir lo que está pasando en Venezuela? Es una tarea imposible. La magnitud de esta tragedia es tan inmensa que cualquier intento por comprenderla termina siendo confuso y desorientador.... - Sassiebrat67...
WHERE THE HECK AM I?
Has anyone felt lately like they are caught up in a different,maybe parallel Universe, like somehow the bottom of the time line they've been living in fell out and they've dropped into a completely different one? I am off kilter.... - Fetterville...
Preface: Why This Book Exists This book exists because I needed it. Not because I had solved the human condition. Not because I had escaped every trap I describe in these pages. Quite the opposite. I wrote this because I needed to examine my own mind.... This is a beautiful share, thank you. I find your writing so personal and relatable at the same time. I have to try really hard to write like this; if i don’t it just comes out super theoretical. I’m afraid it comes across as arrogant as well, like I know better.... - onWEIRD🍄🐉: A mushroom sold openly in Chinese markets makes nearly everyone who eats it undercooked see the same thing: hundreds of tiny, colorful little people crawling walls, climbing furniture, or marching under tablecloths, for up to three days!by
The specificity is what got me too. DMT produces a cast of characters that shift... The level of consistency is what flipped it for me, into a genuinely open scientific question. What 'real' means starts to feel like the wrong frame.... - Minnie...
Yes, you are right. If each of us helps out others just a little bit, it makes the world a bit more tolerable. If a person who is helped, helps another, those ripples of kindness spread out to create a bit more positive...