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The driving force of transcendence
The meaning of the 'inner deity' seems to have been forgotten by the collective mind, leaving behind a huge black hole consuming the very soul of humanity ( Read more... ) -
The urge to fight
In hope that it would trigger a much-needed state of illumination, I've been repeating this mantra before going to bed: "All pain is but ignorance and oblivion"It actually occurred to me tonight that something important was missing from my life ( Read more... ) -
Disconnection
While my philosophy classes are really quite interesting, I found that it changed my mood for the worse. There are a few reasons behind it, all of which take their roots in the issues and flaws I discover about myself and the world I live in ( Read more... ) -
Shame & the Ego
"Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes."
- Confucius
"The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours,
but the ignominy, the humiliation we feel that we must be what we are
without any choice in the matter, and that this humiliation is seen by everyone."
- Milan Kundera, Immortality
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Debilitating Flexibity [VS] The Constrictive Absolute
Can we draw a straight line between 'inconditional compassion' and 'complete accountability'? Or would it be more of a sinuous pattern whose direction depends on facts and circumstances (among many other possible factors)?Between the megalomaniacal expectation of flawless adherence to 'The Ideal', and the sheer weakness that transpires through the ( Read more... ) -
"Bah"
I've lost interest in writing down my thoughts whenever I'm blue ( Read more... ) -
On Obsession & Compulsion
Obsession:
The domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.
Compulsion:
A strong, usually irresistible impulse to perform an act, especially one that is irrational or contrary to one's will.
( My analysis... ) -
Grammar Police patrolling Montreal's Erotica.
Seriously - I can't believe this...
I haven't been able to find any kind of online erotica/slash circle in the Montreal region, with the exception of BDSM circles.
I have dared to take a look at amateur french-canadian erotica before...
Style aside - more often than not, I've cried my eyes out at my nation's (*cue laugh track*) pathetic attempts ( Read more... ) -
Personas
I'm slowly regaining a sense of who I intrinsically am, and why parts of myself adapt to other people whom I admire ( Read more... )