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…he won't get to the root of his problem, because the root of his problem is himself, and he doesn't know it.
— Anon
If I don’t know who I am, whatever I do to make the world better will only serve to make it worse. Herein the experience of remorse through which all must pass on the way to self-knowing.
Gnothi seauton
Still, clear air outside. A dog barks. Flames rage in the wood burner. In the distance the gentle hiss of the occasional car on the wet road. Cold feet on stone floor. Nothing done yet everything happening.
We just happen and our conscious awareness is a helpless passenger along for the ride.
A bright, crisp and clear morning. A good day for a run.
Everything uttered is too much…
There is only one way and that is your way; there is only one salvation and that is your salvation. Why are you looking around for help? Do you believe that help will come from outside?
— Carl Jung
If we do not accept the existence of archetypes, reading ancient myths and fairy tales can be very helpful because these stories came spontaneously from people who had not studied psychology. The stories came straight out of their unconscious and, therefore, show us how the unconscious works unimpeded by conscious intervention.
There’s a kind of wisdom that only arises automatically as time passes that no amount of learning or practice can induce. No shortcuts. There’s no substitute for the experience of life lived.
Set off early and made it in to work this morning. Many roads still flooded and closed but managed to crawl through some shallow standing water on my way in. My reward? Two bacon and egg rolls and a cup of tea.
Trump is not Hitler. He had a plan.
Trump is The Joker. An agent of chaos.
Our punishments are strong and unequivocal. Our preventions are weak and paltry. The whole idea of punishment is irrational. Why? Because everything …
Hang him from the highest tree
No work today. Roads completely flooded in multiple places. The brook running high and fast too.
It’s weird stepping outside into 15 degree warmth this evening when only yesterday it was -2 degrees.
And the brook is beginning to rage brown as the rain continues to fall.
Twelve hour shift tomorrow. I wonder if the roads will flood overnight again as a few weeks ago.
I see and hear a great deal of noise, panic and hysteria and very little wisdom. Sometimes the appropriate action is small, ordinary and modest yet in aggregate adds up to something greater than the sum of all the isolated acts.
At this moment of all moments we must resist the urge to react to hastily. The change underway is so profound and seismic that only time can birth the appropriate response.
For my own part I know that I will say what I say when I say it and do what I do when I do it – and not before.
So Bluesky is all the rage now as people leave Twitter/ X in the hope that human nature won’t follow. Good luck with that.
I’m pretty much done with social media as was. Bluesky is the new boss, same as the old boss. Blogging like this on Wordpress or similar and showing up in the Fediverse feels about right.
RSS is still my go to method for keeping up with stuff. The new Reeder app is excellent for this as it lets you follow RSS, Fediverse, YouTube, Podcasts, Reddit etc. all in one seamless timeline.
Have fun on Bluesky while it lasts…
The Heart says, ‘Enough is enough. What I want, I have.’ The Head says, ‘What’s the plan? What’s next?’ The Manosphere says, ‘Stay hungry! Fight, Fighter, fight!’ The Tao says, “He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
Notes on enough
The experience of suffering is no less significant than that of liberation. The experience of confusion is no less necessary than that of clarity. The experience of chaos is not inferior to that of harmony. The experience of separation is no less sacred than that of oneness.
— Shiv Sengupta