February 2012
7 posts
“This is why I say, when people ask what religion I follow, ‘I don’t believe in...”
– Ahgori Vimalananda (via lucifelle)
A Bit of Buddhist Psychology
ageofreason:
The basic problem according to Buddhism, is that emotions like anger and hatred are based on projections and exaggeration, not on objectivity or wisdom, and thus basically incorrect. There is little need to explain what anger and hatred do to ourselves by means of the laws of karma; the misery we cause others will come back at ourselves. Nobody wants suffering, so next is a summary...
The Goal
I’ve been the fish, I’ve swum the dream. I’ve been the explorer, The King, the Queen. I’ve been the slave, I’ve waded the stream. I’ve been the dust, I’ve been the ash, And I’ve been everything in between.
There will come a life when this is seen for what it is, When one simplifies their deeds And no misgivings will give, When one realizes the Grand...
January 2012
9 posts
As a political philosophy, anarchism means having...
“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I...”
– Rumi (via horrorparadox)
josiahfiles:
What do you call a force acting in an upwards direction, accelerating at 9.8m/s² ?
a STRAIGHT-UP G
“The view that all aspects of reality can be reduced to matter and its various...”
– The Dalai Lama
December 2011
63 posts
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-25) →
Alkaline Trio (23)
Medeski, Martin and Wood (13)
Thrice (11)
Radiohead (10)
Elliott Smith (8)
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-18) →
Tortoise (10)
Desa (6)
Medeski, Martin and Wood (6)
Elliott Smith (6)
Primus (5)
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“The high-minded man must care more for the truth than for what people think.”
– Aristotle (via heartmindspirit)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-11) →
Elliott Smith (11)
Thrice (10)
Gov’t Mule (7)
Medeski, Martin and Wood (7)
RX Bandits (5)
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hellsunicorn said: its a pretty big coincidence I...
cultureofresistance:
onalonelyscreen:
cultureofresistance:
stonedpervert:
cultureofresistance:
The problem is that there isn’t even concrete evidence that the FEMA camps even exist. The US is a plutocracy and a military empire, no doubt about it. NDAA, militarization of the police, indefinite detention of US civilians, that’s all on the table, but not FEMA camps. That’s Alex Jones...
hellsunicorn said: its a pretty big coincidence I...
cultureofresistance:
stonedpervert:
cultureofresistance:
The problem is that there isn’t even concrete evidence that the FEMA camps even exist. The US is a plutocracy and a military empire, no doubt about it. NDAA, militarization of the police, indefinite detention of US civilians, that’s all on the table, but not FEMA camps. That’s Alex Jones material.
It is not just Alex Jones, he just...
“Sometimes people don’t want to hear the truth because they don’t want their...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche (via cultureofresistance)
“The default psychological state of the Right has always been paranoia. Right...”
– Going Joad (via azspot)
'CAUSE THIS IS THRILLER~
Whose army is it? →
America’s wars are remote. They’re remote from us geographically, remote from us emotionally (unless you’re serving in the military or have a close relative or friend who serves), and remote from our major media outlets, which have given us no compelling narrative about them, except that they’re being fought by “America’s heroes” against foreign terrorists and evil-doers. They’re even being...
“A leader is best
When people barely know he exists,
Not so good when people...”
– Lao Tzu (via elige)
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2011-12-4) →
Thrice (28)
Medeski, Martin and Wood (14)
Bomb The Music Industry! (11)
RX Bandits (10)
Bad Religion (10)
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