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[guilen]

The dreamfasting is a double edged sword, but if there is any time to benefit from it, it's now. I can't say it was my fault for being who I was... I mean whose fault could it have been? Everything contributed, even people whose fault it wasn't for giving me what they could, and a society that perpetuated things that simply couldn't hold. In that

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[guilen]

to be fair, this greatly inspires the Rakonian character Guilen, before his change...

[guilen]

and of course, right after that post is a whimsical and beautiful post about space, the planets, and dreams... "I don't think its possible to aim too high, sometimes. Not all dreams come true... but not all dreams should. Sometimes that takes away the point of them even being dreams." A paradox worth studying, the privileged youth...

[_dw]

One can err cautious or err aggressive. If there's too much erring in one direction, that may lead to others suggesting people should hold more of the other position to compensate. But without proper knowledge of what these things actually are, that can easily just overshoot.

So whether cautious or aggressive, the right way to fix it is to *know* . Or so I think. (Remember Dak'kon? :) )

[_dw]

A novice was trying to fix a broken Lisp machine by turning the power off and on.
Knight, seeing what the student was doing, spoke sternly: "You cannot fix a machine by just power-cycling it with no understanding of what is going wrong."

Knight turned the machine off and on.
The machine worked.

[guilen]

...hrm... what is that from? Most curious.

[_dw]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_koan :)

[anonymous]

Your post is very timely! We're iterations of ourselves, going on to the next level of reinvention, even if they're minute things. There's only growth with love and vice versa. I've seen people into their 50s, even 80s, who still go through this process, are still people I want to be friends with. And I've seen people recently fall apart, become greedy when they've done good years before because their life is defined by fighting the other. Push to be better, kinder and passionate, and it sounds like you're on that tracked. Take care!

Jen

[guilen]

Sweet, thanks. May I ask if I know which Jen this is? :p Take care yourself.

[anonymous]

Jen from high school - we were in a couple of plays together.

I hope things go well! Taking on any creative endeavor is exciting. If you're up for it, find a good writing group. I've joined one in Edmonton, and it's been both productive and humbling, and I've learned much.

[guilen]

Aaaah I see :) hello hello. I had a feeling, somehow, but I thought I would double check. Hope things are good for you.. and as is, I have much to write about anyhow, and have been doing so. You'll see *mwahaha... take it easy

[deepgreenpan]

Well I think the sense of justice is very strong in the very young, a true sense of mercy comes later, which you are learning. I don't think you were ever a bad person, nothing
is that simple. We have all written things in our journals here that we wouldn't necessarily tell people around us even back then...Especially back then..That's what journals are for ..To let out the ID and the shadow stuff so they don't kill us in our daily lives. Try to keep that in mind when judging your past selves!

[guilen]

Oh, for certain, and I think you are right, but I still think this concerns a root of society that needs addressing, as epic a task as that may be. I think of the youth of today who have things even better, even easier, and a lot of the troubles that people seem to be having with them. I guess the only real answer is to create.