Sometimes a blessing is a curse in disguise ( Read more... )

There is a whole YouTube channel, blog, and small-business/website dedicated to the fact that episodes of Mania and such may be, and in fact almost always are, the attempt by an individual to awaken their spirit and thus save themselves from a soul-less un-life in incarnate form. The restrictions places on the personal expression of the individual ( Read more... )

The Economy and Negative Money

I've been thinking about this for a while... and might not have the best way of saying it, yet.
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Well, I wanted to do an essay on direct control, or command-style, versus indirect control, or influence-style. In the latter, asymmetrical paired conversations are used to pass on directives. In the former, there is a clear chain of command and rituals to enforce the respect of the different levels in the hierarchy ( Read more... )

Okay, so, due to my geeky heritage, I like mnemonic acronyms.

CRAWLS stands for:

Common/Restrictive Advancing(or Ambitious)/Wise Layer-based System

This essay overviews the words that I used, what they mean in this context, and how I'll explain the system gradually.

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This is an essay which covers why I want to be a totally positive person, and why it takes actual effort to be so. Or, at least, that's what I'm trying to write.

First, a diagram (well, table):

However, The Mask, or the false self or Ego, could be collapsed into one
sub-section. Leaving the table looking a bit more sparse:

Layer#
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I'll have to revist this later, but, I've been thinking for a while about the madness that is current copyright law... when people ate beign fined $80,000 per song as a casual user who for whatever reason didn't buy them for $2 each off of iTunes, then there's clearly something terribly wrong with the law. The I read [ this post ] and thought ("hey ( Read more... )

This is a stream of consciousness type essay, "[My] Phantom Mind". Well, it is more like a very rough draft. However, it should still be (barely) readable so I'm putting it all here. Sorry in advance, I really just wanted to do a quick update but got carried away. Moral of the story: don't follow an insomniac going for a short walk, unless you're ( Read more... )

Short Notes.... Attention, Concentration, and the need to practice concentration. This isn't really an essay, it is more like a rough sketch of points.
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( A very mundane story, so you call all ignore it if you want. I'm just practicing my diary writing, I guess.... )