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Stars
Stars once inspired me in their cool distance and fixed gaze, especially the North Star. The pale point never moves. The heavens revolve and shift with their seasonal regularity, tugging their mythological images across the vast gulf.
The North Star mans its post and gazes without comment as our small, chaotic world unfolds. Time leaves no chips or ( Read more... ) -
Subjective reality
Over the past few weeks I've tried to piece together a number of painful considerations. I don't really believe in God at all, or anything that could remotely be called God. No creator. No organizer. No afterlife or redeemer.
I've abandoned any sense of inherent meaning in life. We are nothing more than intelligent, beautiful animals, no shred of ( Read more... ) -
Back again
Just got back from Mount Ireneaus Thursday. Right now I'm in the guest bedroom--because my brother is in my actual bedroom--recovering after 14 hours of movie making with my friends. Exhausted, warm, but wired. Not sure what it is.
I haven't written today, so that could be the culprit. Next question: what to write about? After spending 9 weeks ( Read more... ) -
Questions
One of the most difficult problems I have wrestled with since ninth grade is negotiating a normal, healthy medium between nihilism and obsession.
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Death
I watched an interesting documentary today on the Tibetan Book of the Dead. I'm studying death and reincarnation in the Tibetan tradition for my independent study on Buddhist philosophy. It's fascinating stuff ( Read more... ) -
Reflection: Meaning
Satyagraha was Gandhi's term for his philosophy of passive resistance and compassionate ethics. It derives from sanskrit, meaning "holding on to truth." I think it represents something lost to many of us, an old tradition of purpose ( Read more... )