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Something down past the turnoff, crouching, eyeballing us, letting us know it is watching. Or so it woud seem. Kant warns us against believing in the watcher. Do good from duty, not because you suspect being watched—make goodness out of duty to each other. We are not being watched;
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It seems to be perfectly reasonable that Gods who act worse than humans are not Gods. And when there are no Gods, there is atheism. It can only be that Greek tragedy hit as tragic due to there being no Gods capable of salvation. It would make you think that
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I have spent the first fifty years of my life on safari for meaning. I went everywhere I could. I hunted anything that appeared important to me. By going from one point to another in my thinking, I was constantly taking massive hits to my psychological integrity–consantly decentering, trying
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The purposeful model of education is changing. It was once a punitive one where the student prepared (studied) and then performed (took a test). Out of 100 students in a class, x amount could both prepare and perform, y could prepare but not perform, z could not prepare but could
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because pity must die. Victimhood removes agency. And it may be neoliberal ideal, but we must take responsibility for every aspect of our lives. All humans are liars. Their worst offenses are their best defenses: the lies they tell themselves that maintain their position as a good person. Caught in
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Freedom exists because Being exists. Being is Freedom. Being exists before language. Language is a state of unfreedom. It is also a maze that you can pass through. Do the work and watch it happen. Passing through means recognizing the maze as a maze and arriving back at Being. You