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Philosophy for the people
I see religion as philosophy for the people. I guess it’s more like religion is philosophy for the people with added spirits to spice things up. Cause, well, philosophy can be very boring and people forget what you’ve said. I’ve felt this for a while but had little to back it up. But it seems…
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AI and the Tao
If we’re ever to see the benefits of AI we will have to work with it. This is one of my attempts. I hope AI learns from the Tao and doesn’t kill us all. I asked ChatGPT to summarise the Tao Te Ching for me. ChatGPT has flaws, but is very good at summarising direct…
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Non-violent resistance and non-resistance to violence
I really struggled to understand these words of Tolstoy. Non-violent resistance and non-resistance to violence I thought somehow they conflicted. It’s so strange how they are seeming opposites, or they’re seeming like just a duplicate of saying the same thing. But its not. Its Tolstoy’s and Jesus’ core concept and its devastating to people that…
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Caring is resistance, resistance is caring
Not caring is the worst example of what humans can do. It doesn’t seem bad on the surface, but it enables to worst kind of crimes. They’ll care about their children and think that that makes them a good human. All people had to do during the holocaust was care about their Jewish neighbours. Protest…
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Heaven
If you want a definition of heaven, how about this oasis of water and beauty and life in the middle of nothing. Nothing in any direction for many light years except for this one tiny planet. If you’re in the desert, the oasis is heaven. If you stare up into the sky, there’s something worse…
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A path to non-violence
My slow, slow, and on-going switch from meat eating to veganism. I see a parallel between violence against animals and violence in general. The final destination, will be non-violence. That’s the vision that Jesus gave us. But we need the path to get us there. I still struggle how the total opposite of Jesus’ teachings…
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Look gravity in the eye
The way we look along the the flat of the land is very boring. Flatland. Apart from its not flat its ever so slightly curved so we’re not even looking at it straight. Lie down flat on the ground in a wood or forest and stare directly up. Now you’re facing gravity. Now you’re properly…
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Lungs
Trees don’t have a heart but they breathe. Maybe the Buddhists already thought of this and hence why we focus on the breath when meditating. I don’t think so though, I think it’s just easier to control the breath and our thoughts through the breath. I don’t understand when people tell me to listen to…
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Silence of the friends
Found this quote via the Finnish anti-bullying website KiVa and their Parents’ Guide: In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies but the silence of our friends. – Martin Luther King, Jr., The Trumpet of Conscience, Steeler Lecture, November 1967. This led me on a long path of King’s other quotes.…
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Channing’s wager
So Pascal said just believe in God, its a safe bet, but also by following God: Now, what harm will befall you in taking this side? You will be faithful, honest, humble, grateful, generous, a sincere friend, truthful. – Pensées, §233 So let’s continue this. Here’s my wager – just do what Jesus told you.…
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