Can you expand a bit on what you mean by “spiritual clarity?” I find the word spiritual nebulous. There certainly is a great lack of courage out there. I think it stems from the fear of being uncomfortable, ostracised and dead. But we are supposed to be imbued with principles and morals as a defence against this fear. I think I find this the most disturbing aspect: that nowadays most people are willing to throw out honour, dignity and morality in preference for comfort, safety and acceptance. And quite frankly that view of humanity is very ugly indeed.
Gosh, Tessa, with all those Ho, ho, ho's turning tricks, I wont' be surprised if our inverted cartoon world tries to swap-out Loki or Wil E. Coyote or even Eris for Santa Klaus this coming Christmas season and sell us a whole new Full Three Card Monty (maybe visualize the Jack of Clubs in the Queen of Hearts's attire but with the Ace of Wands somehow grafted onto the card? I don't know much about Tarot, so if that's a sacrilegious or blasphemous image, feel free to delete this comment...but good luck getting the image out of your database).
The WHO and their recommendations about teaching 4-6 year-olds about what Samuel Beckett referred to as "the so-called joys of self-abuse", while ill-advised 'in and of itself' (pun not intended, but now that it has arrived, who am I to erase the phrase's solitary shot at self-esteam [not a typo]), will additionally set up a dynamic among us older folks, who, at least most of us, not having been given the opportunity to be such early achievers, will thus resent the kindergartners, for something else, or maybe everything else, leading to a new version of the old truism that Hurt People Hurt People.*
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Forgive me if you've already done it and I missed it somehow, in which case, link please...but do you have a plan or interest in having a MLGA conversation with Sasha Latypova?
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*Extra-credit linguistic rabbit hole re Hurt People Hurt People
Keep it c-----, it's endocrinologically beneficial...probably even better than laughter, although laughter doesn't require such a long recuperation time and you can do it in public without asserting that you are invoking and channeling your inner kindergartner.
“There is one human story. Dressed in new clothing and using new tools, we endlessly relive it. If we read philosophy, literature, history, poetry, and theology – we see greed, hedonism, and hubris easily defeat empathy and reason.” – The Last Act of the Human Comedy – Chris Hedges
“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.”
Loved it, but since it wrote itself I guess I can't credit you 😂
Credit the good spirit that moved your hand.
Thank you, Tessa. This is both beautiful and wise.
Thank you Tessa for your wisdom. You shine.
Absolutely. But why not just call them what they are? Psychopaths. People in whom humanness has been severely damaged, if not destroyed?
I was always the kid who asked "Why?".
Thank you for that. Read my mind.
"Substack is the home for great writing"
Can you expand a bit on what you mean by “spiritual clarity?” I find the word spiritual nebulous. There certainly is a great lack of courage out there. I think it stems from the fear of being uncomfortable, ostracised and dead. But we are supposed to be imbued with principles and morals as a defence against this fear. I think I find this the most disturbing aspect: that nowadays most people are willing to throw out honour, dignity and morality in preference for comfort, safety and acceptance. And quite frankly that view of humanity is very ugly indeed.
This is such a wonderful read. Loved this with all my heart..
Attaching my read as well.
https://kallolpoetry.substack.com/p/maai-ferocious-as-much-as-loving
I'm sure you'll find the right title.
Gosh, Tessa, with all those Ho, ho, ho's turning tricks, I wont' be surprised if our inverted cartoon world tries to swap-out Loki or Wil E. Coyote or even Eris for Santa Klaus this coming Christmas season and sell us a whole new Full Three Card Monty (maybe visualize the Jack of Clubs in the Queen of Hearts's attire but with the Ace of Wands somehow grafted onto the card? I don't know much about Tarot, so if that's a sacrilegious or blasphemous image, feel free to delete this comment...but good luck getting the image out of your database).
The WHO and their recommendations about teaching 4-6 year-olds about what Samuel Beckett referred to as "the so-called joys of self-abuse", while ill-advised 'in and of itself' (pun not intended, but now that it has arrived, who am I to erase the phrase's solitary shot at self-esteam [not a typo]), will additionally set up a dynamic among us older folks, who, at least most of us, not having been given the opportunity to be such early achievers, will thus resent the kindergartners, for something else, or maybe everything else, leading to a new version of the old truism that Hurt People Hurt People.*
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Forgive me if you've already done it and I missed it somehow, in which case, link please...but do you have a plan or interest in having a MLGA conversation with Sasha Latypova?
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*Extra-credit linguistic rabbit hole re Hurt People Hurt People
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_buffalo_Buffalo_buffalo
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Keep it c-----, it's endocrinologically beneficial...probably even better than laughter, although laughter doesn't require such a long recuperation time and you can do it in public without asserting that you are invoking and channeling your inner kindergartner.
🗨 Nana korobi ya oki. Fall down seven times, stand up eight 🙂
“There is one human story. Dressed in new clothing and using new tools, we endlessly relive it. If we read philosophy, literature, history, poetry, and theology – we see greed, hedonism, and hubris easily defeat empathy and reason.” – The Last Act of the Human Comedy – Chris Hedges
“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.”
― Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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And Charles Said:
“Mummy, Why Can’t I Be King Of The World” ?
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Imagine Being The Guy That Dreamed Up
Convincing The “Vaccinated Types” On An Entire Planet In The Galaxy
That There Is No Safe Air Left.
That Spread Faster Than Christianity.
Which I Think Might Be The Point.
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