#spinoza — Public Fediverse posts
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The most common mistake in the first year, according to B. Doyle, is believing your own thoughts, sensations and emotions. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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The most common mistake in the first year, according to B. Doyle, is believing your own thoughts, sensations and emotions. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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The most common mistake in the first year, according to B. Doyle, is believing your own thoughts, sensations and emotions. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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The most common mistake in the first year, according to B. Doyle, is believing your own thoughts, sensations and emotions. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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The most common mistake in the first year, according to B. Doyle, is believing your own thoughts, sensations and emotions. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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What do students most often want from a mentor that they won't get? B. Doyle's answer is one word. Assurance. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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What do students most often want from a mentor that they won't get? B. Doyle's answer is one word. Assurance. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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What do students most often want from a mentor that they won't get? B. Doyle's answer is one word. Assurance. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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What do students most often want from a mentor that they won't get? B. Doyle's answer is one word. Assurance. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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What do students most often want from a mentor that they won't get? B. Doyle's answer is one word. Assurance. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=brian #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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You can read about resentment. Feeling where it sits in your own body is another matter. Anastasios on the difference between reading Spinoza and doing this. https://zurl.co/kWitk #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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You can read about resentment. Feeling where it sits in your own body is another matter. Anastasios on the difference between reading Spinoza and doing this. https://zurl.co/kWitk #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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You can read about resentment. Feeling where it sits in your own body is another matter. Anastasios on the difference between reading Spinoza and doing this. https://zurl.co/kWitk #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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You can read about resentment. Feeling where it sits in your own body is another matter. Anastasios on the difference between reading Spinoza and doing this. https://zurl.co/kWitk #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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You can read about resentment. Feeling where it sits in your own body is another matter. Anastasios on the difference between reading Spinoza and doing this. https://zurl.co/kWitk #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Anastasios half expected therapy. What he found was that nothing gets done for you, and you get thrown back on yourself quite quickly. https://zurl.co/9f9yO #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Anastasios half expected therapy. What he found was that nothing gets done for you, and you get thrown back on yourself quite quickly. https://zurl.co/9f9yO #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Anastasios half expected therapy. What he found was that nothing gets done for you, and you get thrown back on yourself quite quickly. https://zurl.co/9f9yO #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Anastasios half expected therapy. What he found was that nothing gets done for you, and you get thrown back on yourself quite quickly. https://zurl.co/9f9yO #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Anastasios half expected therapy. What he found was that nothing gets done for you, and you get thrown back on yourself quite quickly. https://zurl.co/9f9yO #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Some hurdles in this work you can't get over by yourself. That is what a mentor is for. Meet the three who work with me, B. Doyle, Anastasios and Zubin. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=mentors #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Some hurdles in this work you can't get over by yourself. That is what a mentor is for. Meet the three who work with me, B. Doyle, Anastasios and Zubin. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=mentors #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Some hurdles in this work you can't get over by yourself. That is what a mentor is for. Meet the three who work with me, B. Doyle, Anastasios and Zubin. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=mentors #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Some hurdles in this work you can't get over by yourself. That is what a mentor is for. Meet the three who work with me, B. Doyle, Anastasios and Zubin. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=mentors #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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Some hurdles in this work you can't get over by yourself. That is what a mentor is for. Meet the three who work with me, B. Doyle, Anastasios and Zubin. negativephilosophy.com/booking.html?src=mentors #philosophy #Spinoza #mentoring
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D’où vient la conscience?
Parfois, nous entendons des penseurs affirmer que tout est conscience. La conscience serait-elle l’un des fondements de la réalité ? C’est une question qui préoccupe aujourd’hui aussi bien la philosophie de l’esprit que la physique fondamentale, et elle est loin d’être réglée. Différentes représentations de la conscience existent. Le physicalisme tient la conscience pour un produit tardif et dérivé de la matière, c’est-à-dire que là où il y a suffisamment de […] -
D’où vient la conscience?
Parfois, nous entendons des penseurs affirmer que tout est conscience. La conscience serait-elle l’un des fondements de la réalité ? C’est une question qui préoccupe aujourd’hui aussi bien la philosophie de l’esprit que la physique fondamentale, et elle est loin d’être réglée. Différentes représentations de la conscience existent. Le physicalisme tient la conscience pour un produit tardif et dérivé de la matière, c’est-à-dire que là où il y a suffisamment de […] -
D’où vient la conscience?
Parfois, nous entendons des penseurs affirmer que tout est conscience. La conscience serait-elle l’un des fondements de la réalité ? C’est une question qui préoccupe aujourd’hui aussi bien la philosophie de l’esprit que la physique fondamentale, et elle est loin d’être réglée. Différentes représentations de la conscience existent. Le physicalisme tient la conscience pour un produit tardif et dérivé de la matière, c’est-à-dire que là où il y a suffisamment de […] -
D’où vient la conscience?
Parfois, nous entendons des penseurs affirmer que tout est conscience. La conscience serait-elle l’un des fondements de la réalité ? C’est une question qui préoccupe aujourd’hui aussi bien la philosophie de l’esprit que la physique fondamentale, et elle est loin d’être réglée. Différentes représentations de la conscience existent. Le physicalisme tient la conscience pour un produit tardif et dérivé de la matière, c’est-à-dire que là où il y a suffisamment de […] -
D’où vient la conscience?
Parfois, nous entendons des penseurs affirmer que tout est conscience. La conscience serait-elle l’un des fondements de la réalité ? C’est une question qui préoccupe aujourd’hui aussi bien la philosophie de l’esprit que la physique fondamentale, et elle est loin d’être réglée. Différentes représentations de la conscience existent. Le physicalisme tient la conscience pour un produit tardif et dérivé de la matière, c’est-à-dire que là où il y a suffisamment de […] -
L’autre sens
prédiction, La seule prédiction fiable, c’est l’imprévu, qui appartient aux poètes. Boris Cyrulnik Se perdre est la seule manière de se trouver pour la première fois. L’homme doit s’égarer dans le monde pour se retrouver soi-même. Carl Gustav Jung Les pires tyrans sont ceux qui savent se faire aimer. Spinoza Souviens-toi, cette obscurité intérieure qui te tourmente tant, tôt ou tard, tu devras la transmuter en lumière. La façon dont tu le feras ne dépend que de […] -
Jason Hickel (2020): Weniger ist mehr (Vorwort Maja Göpel)
https://www.oekom.de/buch/weniger-ist-mehr-9783987260292
Gesundschrumpfen vom exponentiellen Wachstum und Tauschwert zu Gebrauchswert nach gerechten Regeln.
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#degrowth #weltwirtschaft #kapitalismus #klimakrise #Descartes vs #Spinoza #GovernTheCommons #enclosure / #Einhegung vs #Allmende #wachstum #BIP #kolonialismus #dualismus #animismus #TaxTheRich #vermögensverteilung #demokratie #plutokratie #erneuerbareEnergien #zinseszins #JasonHickel #MajaGöpel
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Jason Hickel (2020): Weniger ist mehr (Vorwort Maja Göpel)
https://www.oekom.de/buch/weniger-ist-mehr-9783987260292
Gesundschrumpfen vom exponentiellen Wachstum und Tauschwert zu Gebrauchswert nach gerechten Regeln.
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#degrowth #weltwirtschaft #kapitalismus #klimakrise #Descartes vs #Spinoza #GovernTheCommons #enclosure / #Einhegung vs #Allmende #wachstum #BIP #kolonialismus #dualismus #animismus #TaxTheRich #vermögensverteilung #demokratie #plutokratie #erneuerbareEnergien #zinseszins #JasonHickel #MajaGöpel
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Jason Hickel (2020): Weniger ist mehr (Vorwort Maja Göpel)
https://www.oekom.de/buch/weniger-ist-mehr-9783987260292
Gesundschrumpfen vom exponentiellen Wachstum und Tauschwert zu Gebrauchswert nach gerechten Regeln.
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#degrowth #weltwirtschaft #kapitalismus #klimakrise #Descartes vs #Spinoza #GovernTheCommons #enclosure / #Einhegung vs #Allmende #wachstum #BIP #kolonialismus #dualismus #animismus #TaxTheRich #vermögensverteilung #demokratie #plutokratie #erneuerbareEnergien #zinseszins #JasonHickel #MajaGöpel
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Jason Hickel (2020): Weniger ist mehr (Vorwort Maja Göpel)
https://www.oekom.de/buch/weniger-ist-mehr-9783987260292
Gesundschrumpfen vom exponentiellen Wachstum und Tauschwert zu Gebrauchswert nach gerechten Regeln.
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#degrowth #weltwirtschaft #kapitalismus #klimakrise #Descartes vs #Spinoza #GovernTheCommons #enclosure / #Einhegung vs #Allmende #wachstum #BIP #kolonialismus #dualismus #animismus #TaxTheRich #vermögensverteilung #demokratie #plutokratie #erneuerbareEnergien #zinseszins #JasonHickel #MajaGöpel
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Jason Hickel (2020): Weniger ist mehr (Vorwort Maja Göpel)
https://www.oekom.de/buch/weniger-ist-mehr-9783987260292
Gesundschrumpfen vom exponentiellen Wachstum und Tauschwert zu Gebrauchswert nach gerechten Regeln.
1/2
#degrowth #weltwirtschaft #kapitalismus #klimakrise #Descartes vs #Spinoza #GovernTheCommons #enclosure / #Einhegung vs #Allmende #wachstum #BIP #kolonialismus #dualismus #animismus #TaxTheRich #vermögensverteilung #demokratie #plutokratie #erneuerbareEnergien #zinseszins #JasonHickel #MajaGöpel
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My first book, *The Machine That Runs You*, launches this Saturday.
It argues that the machine of habit and reaction decides before you do, then hands you the feeling of having chosen.
If you're getting the Kindle, please buy it on Saturday. Amazon ranks books on single-day sales, so one concentrated day helps new readers find it. It'll be $2.99 that day. I'll post the link Saturday morning.
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My first book, *The Machine That Runs You*, launches this Saturday.
It argues that the machine of habit and reaction decides before you do, then hands you the feeling of having chosen.
If you're getting the Kindle, please buy it on Saturday. Amazon ranks books on single-day sales, so one concentrated day helps new readers find it. It'll be $2.99 that day. I'll post the link Saturday morning.
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My first book, *The Machine That Runs You*, launches this Saturday.
It argues that the machine of habit and reaction decides before you do, then hands you the feeling of having chosen.
If you're getting the Kindle, please buy it on Saturday. Amazon ranks books on single-day sales, so one concentrated day helps new readers find it. It'll be $2.99 that day. I'll post the link Saturday morning.
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My first book, *The Machine That Runs You*, launches this Saturday.
It argues that the machine of habit and reaction decides before you do, then hands you the feeling of having chosen.
If you're getting the Kindle, please buy it on Saturday. Amazon ranks books on single-day sales, so one concentrated day helps new readers find it. It'll be $2.99 that day. I'll post the link Saturday morning.
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My first book, *The Machine That Runs You*, launches this Saturday.
It argues that the machine of habit and reaction decides before you do, then hands you the feeling of having chosen.
If you're getting the Kindle, please buy it on Saturday. Amazon ranks books on single-day sales, so one concentrated day helps new readers find it. It'll be $2.99 that day. I'll post the link Saturday morning.
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Spinoza fait le travail inverse de l’IA. Il prend la liberté de redéfinir les concepts pour perdre momentanément son lecteur et le forcer à une plus grande rigueur dans sa compréhension du monde. C’est cette #intelligence qui rend libre. Le #LLM ne redéfinit rien ; c’est un perroquet. Il enfonce son lecteur dans le bourbier du cliché et l’asservit au plus petit dénominateur commun d’une logique lisse, sans #désir authentique, sans p-ê un conatus, sans réelle intelligence.
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Spinoza fait le travail inverse de l’IA. Il prend la liberté de redéfinir les concepts pour perdre momentanément son lecteur et le forcer à une plus grande rigueur dans sa compréhension du monde. C’est cette #intelligence qui rend libre. Le #LLM ne redéfinit rien ; c’est un perroquet. Il enfonce son lecteur dans le bourbier du cliché et l’asservit au plus petit dénominateur commun d’une logique lisse, sans #désir authentique, sans p-ê un conatus, sans réelle intelligence.
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Spinoza fait le travail inverse de l’IA. Il prend la liberté de redéfinir les concepts pour perdre momentanément son lecteur et le forcer à une plus grande rigueur dans sa compréhension du monde. C’est cette #intelligence qui rend libre. Le #LLM ne redéfinit rien ; c’est un perroquet. Il enfonce son lecteur dans le bourbier du cliché et l’asservit au plus petit dénominateur commun d’une logique lisse, sans #désir authentique, sans p-ê un conatus, sans réelle intelligence.
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Spinoza fait le travail inverse de l’IA. Il prend la liberté de redéfinir les concepts pour perdre momentanément son lecteur et le forcer à une plus grande rigueur dans sa compréhension du monde. C’est cette #intelligence qui rend libre. Le #LLM ne redéfinit rien ; c’est un perroquet. Il enfonce son lecteur dans le bourbier du cliché et l’asservit au plus petit dénominateur commun d’une logique lisse, sans #désir authentique, sans p-ê un conatus, sans réelle intelligence.
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Spinoza fait le travail inverse de l’IA. Il prend la liberté de redéfinir les concepts pour perdre momentanément son lecteur et le forcer à une plus grande rigueur dans sa compréhension du monde. C’est cette #intelligence qui rend libre. Le #LLM ne redéfinit rien ; c’est un perroquet. Il enfonce son lecteur dans le bourbier du cliché et l’asservit au plus petit dénominateur commun d’une logique lisse, sans #désir authentique, sans p-ê un conatus, sans réelle intelligence.
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Contre le “socialisme moral” : liberté réelle, critique du marché et démocratie des producteurs
Le “socialisme moral” de Lea Ypi veut sauver la liberté des Lumières contre le capitalisme et le socialisme d’État. Mais le mot “moral” pose problème : la liberté ne se moralise pas, elle se conquiert dans les rapports sociaux, le travail, la démocratie et le contrôle des moyens de production. #Socialism #Spinoza #Marx #Democracy #Critique Le projet de Lea Ypi a une vraie…
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Contre le “socialisme moral” : liberté réelle, critique du marché et démocratie des producteurs
Le “socialisme moral” de Lea Ypi veut sauver la liberté des Lumières contre le capitalisme et le socialisme d’État. Mais le mot “moral” pose problème : la liberté ne se moralise pas, elle se conquiert dans les rapports sociaux, le travail, la démocratie et le contrôle des moyens de production. #Socialism #Spinoza #Marx #Democracy #Critique Le projet de Lea Ypi a une vraie…
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Contre le “socialisme moral” : liberté réelle, critique du marché et démocratie des producteurs
Le “socialisme moral” de Lea Ypi veut sauver la liberté des Lumières contre le capitalisme et le socialisme d’État. Mais le mot “moral” pose problème : la liberté ne se moralise pas, elle se conquiert dans les rapports sociaux, le travail, la démocratie et le contrôle des moyens de production. #Socialism #Spinoza #Marx #Democracy #Critique Le projet de Lea Ypi a une vraie…
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Contre le “socialisme moral” : liberté réelle, critique du marché et démocratie des producteurs
Le “socialisme moral” de Lea Ypi veut sauver la liberté des Lumières contre le capitalisme et le socialisme d’État. Mais le mot “moral” pose problème : la liberté ne se moralise pas, elle se conquiert dans les rapports sociaux, le travail, la démocratie et le contrôle des moyens de production. #Socialism #Spinoza #Marx #Democracy #Critique Le projet de Lea Ypi a une vraie…
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Contre le “socialisme moral” : liberté réelle, critique du marché et démocratie des producteurs
Le “socialisme moral” de Lea Ypi veut sauver la liberté des Lumières contre le capitalisme et le socialisme d’État. Mais le mot “moral” pose problème : la liberté ne se moralise pas, elle se conquiert dans les rapports sociaux, le travail, la démocratie et le contrôle des moyens de production. #Socialism #Spinoza #Marx #Democracy #Critique Le projet de Lea Ypi a une vraie…
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Crônica: Aprender a morrer, uma questão política
Reflexões após uma viagem lisérgica de “morte do ego”. Hoje, o medo da finitude exacerba – e magnatas da tecnologia já fantasiam com fórmulas para a vida eterna. Conciliar-nos com o fato de que há um fim pode ser ingrediente para sentir e agir de fato, inclusive coletivamente…https://outraspalavras.net/poeticas/cronica-aprender-a-morrer-uma-questao-politica/
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Quest update: the dark warlock fell, so my artefact has been granting its +2 to my servant leadership skill. Yesterday, I infused more magic into it. A lil story first...
Some twelwish years ago, someone organised a bike tour in Transylvania, and we joined with a large group of friends. It was an epic adventure, but the important bit here is that for years, I honestly claimed that some of those regions are the most scenic I've ever witnessed. True, this stance had a lot to do with the good times we had as friends, but it still held true. Until yesterday.
I'm here in Cascia (I'll toot about the event I attended later). Whenever I visit a new place, especially more remote ones where the likelihood of ever coming back again is low, I max out my sightseeing and, when possible, crown it with a local hike. Around here, that's the pilgrimage route to the Scoglio di Santa Rita. It's a touristy little sanctuary at the top of a peaking rock. Not being a person of religion, I didn't get much more from the whole saint shebang than an appreciation of history and admiration for people who are in this game for more than just themselves.
Nevertheless, this being a pilgrimage, I took the soul-searching bit seriously - the Universe knows I'm in need of it. I won't bore you with the deets of my struggle, let's just say it was about what really gives me joy in this existence, and let's leave it at this: on my way back, I made decisions and peace to accompany them. And just then, I came across this creek, where, perhaps again thanks mostly to the magic of the moment, I got immersed in one of the prettiest spaces I've ever been to. It had it all: a bank of colourful stones (I whisked one away), a stone wall with a grotto, crystal clear blue water with fish swimming irenically, lush, big-leaved greenery, the chirp of birds and cicadas, the murmur of water, popping red poppy flowers on the far bank, clear blue skies - all of it enclosed between mountains.
I sat for a bit, being completely aware that next to my short-term decisions made earlier, this, here, was what I wanted in the long run. It was a yet unnamed emotion, a rare, truly sacred place, a longing. Spinoza described this perhaps best through his pantheistic ideas, equating the concept of god with nature as a whole, with us a part of it. I left the sanctuary up at the peak unmoved - down here though, Nature was holding mass.
So, I took my crystal out and submerged it in the numbingly cool water, careful not to spook the fish. Then I just knelt there, with my hands becoming one with the cold cleanness and I embodied the feeling for later reminiscence. When I took my artefact out, it was imbued with the gelid serenity that I will now carry whenever I'm contributing to the World. New enchantment slot unlocked!
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Quest update: the dark warlock fell, so my artefact has been granting its +2 to my servant leadership skill. Yesterday, I infused more magic into it. A lil story first...
Some twelwish years ago, someone organised a bike tour in Transylvania, and we joined with a large group of friends. It was an epic adventure, but the important bit here is that for years, I honestly claimed that some of those regions are the most scenic I've ever witnessed. True, this stance had a lot to do with the good times we had as friends, but it still held true. Until yesterday.
I'm here in Cascia (I'll toot about the event I attended later). Whenever I visit a new place, especially more remote ones where the likelihood of ever coming back again is low, I max out my sightseeing and, when possible, crown it with a local hike. Around here, that's the pilgrimage route to the Scoglio di Santa Rita. It's a touristy little sanctuary at the top of a peaking rock. Not being a person of religion, I didn't get much more from the whole saint shebang than an appreciation of history and admiration for people who are in this game for more than just themselves.
Nevertheless, this being a pilgrimage, I took the soul-searching bit seriously - the Universe knows I'm in need of it. I won't bore you with the deets of my struggle, let's just say it was about what really gives me joy in this existence, and let's leave it at this: on my way back, I made decisions and peace to accompany them. And just then, I came across this creek, where, perhaps again thanks mostly to the magic of the moment, I got immersed in one of the prettiest spaces I've ever been to. It had it all: a bank of colourful stones (I whisked one away), a stone wall with a grotto, crystal clear blue water with fish swimming irenically, lush, big-leaved greenery, the chirp of birds and cicadas, the murmur of water, popping red poppy flowers on the far bank, clear blue skies - all of it enclosed between mountains.
I sat for a bit, being completely aware that next to my short-term decisions made earlier, this, here, was what I wanted in the long run. It was a yet unnamed emotion, a rare, truly sacred place, a longing. Spinoza described this perhaps best through his pantheistic ideas, equating the concept of god with nature as a whole, with us a part of it. I left the sanctuary up at the peak unmoved - down here though, Nature was holding mass.
So, I took my crystal out and submerged it in the numbingly cool water, careful not to spook the fish. Then I just knelt there, with my hands becoming one with the cold cleanness and I embodied the feeling for later reminiscence. When I took my artefact out, it was imbued with the gelid serenity that I will now carry whenever I'm contributing to the World. New enchantment slot unlocked!
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Quest update: the dark warlock fell, so my artefact has been granting its +2 to my servant leadership skill. Yesterday, I infused more magic into it. A lil story first...
Some twelwish years ago, someone organised a bike tour in Transylvania, and we joined with a large group of friends. It was an epic adventure, but the important bit here is that for years, I honestly claimed that some of those regions are the most scenic I've ever witnessed. True, this stance had a lot to do with the good times we had as friends, but it still held true. Until yesterday.
I'm here in Cascia (I'll toot about the event I attended later). Whenever I visit a new place, especially more remote ones where the likelihood of ever coming back again is low, I max out my sightseeing and, when possible, crown it with a local hike. Around here, that's the pilgrimage route to the Scoglio di Santa Rita. It's a touristy little sanctuary at the top of a peaking rock. Not being a person of religion, I didn't get much more from the whole saint shebang than an appreciation of history and admiration for people who are in this game for more than just themselves.
Nevertheless, this being a pilgrimage, I took the soul-searching bit seriously - the Universe knows I'm in need of it. I won't bore you with the deets of my struggle, let's just say it was about what really gives me joy in this existence, and let's leave it at this: on my way back, I made decisions and peace to accompany them. And just then, I came across this creek, where, perhaps again thanks mostly to the magic of the moment, I got immersed in one of the prettiest spaces I've ever been to. It had it all: a bank of colourful stones (I whisked one away), a stone wall with a grotto, crystal clear blue water with fish swimming irenically, lush, big-leaved greenery, the chirp of birds and cicadas, the murmur of water, popping red poppy flowers on the far bank, clear blue skies - all of it enclosed between mountains.
I sat for a bit, being completely aware that next to my short-term decisions made earlier, this, here, was what I wanted in the long run. It was a yet unnamed emotion, a rare, truly sacred place, a longing. Spinoza described this perhaps best through his pantheistic ideas, equating the concept of god with nature as a whole, with us a part of it. I left the sanctuary up at the peak unmoved - down here though, Nature was holding mass.
So, I took my crystal out and submerged it in the numbingly cool water, careful not to spook the fish. Then I just knelt there, with my hands becoming one with the cold cleanness and I embodied the feeling for later reminiscence. When I took my artefact out, it was imbued with the gelid serenity that I will now carry whenever I'm contributing to the World. New enchantment slot unlocked!
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Quest update: the dark warlock fell, so my artefact has been granting its +2 to my servant leadership skill. Yesterday, I infused more magic into it. A lil story first...
Some twelwish years ago, someone organised a bike tour in Transylvania, and we joined with a large group of friends. It was an epic adventure, but the important bit here is that for years, I honestly claimed that some of those regions are the most scenic I've ever witnessed. True, this stance had a lot to do with the good times we had as friends, but it still held true. Until yesterday.
I'm here in Cascia (I'll toot about the event I attended later). Whenever I visit a new place, especially more remote ones where the likelihood of ever coming back again is low, I max out my sightseeing and, when possible, crown it with a local hike. Around here, that's the pilgrimage route to the Scoglio di Santa Rita. It's a touristy little sanctuary at the top of a peaking rock. Not being a person of religion, I didn't get much more from the whole saint shebang than an appreciation of history and admiration for people who are in this game for more than just themselves.
Nevertheless, this being a pilgrimage, I took the soul-searching bit seriously - the Universe knows I'm in need of it. I won't bore you with the deets of my struggle, let's just say it was about what really gives me joy in this existence, and let's leave it at this: on my way back, I made decisions and peace to accompany them. And just then, I came across this creek, where, perhaps again thanks mostly to the magic of the moment, I got immersed in one of the prettiest spaces I've ever been to. It had it all: a bank of colourful stones (I whisked one away), a stone wall with a grotto, crystal clear blue water with fish swimming irenically, lush, big-leaved greenery, the chirp of birds and cicadas, the murmur of water, popping red poppy flowers on the far bank, clear blue skies - all of it enclosed between mountains.
I sat for a bit, being completely aware that next to my short-term decisions made earlier, this, here, was what I wanted in the long run. It was a yet unnamed emotion, a rare, truly sacred place, a longing. Spinoza described this perhaps best through his pantheistic ideas, equating the concept of god with nature as a whole, with us a part of it. I left the sanctuary up at the peak unmoved - down here though, Nature was holding mass.
So, I took my crystal out and submerged it in the numbingly cool water, careful not to spook the fish. Then I just knelt there, with my hands becoming one with the cold cleanness and I embodied the feeling for later reminiscence. When I took my artefact out, it was imbued with the gelid serenity that I will now carry whenever I'm contributing to the World. New enchantment slot unlocked!
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