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Dear God, You’re Kind of a Jerk
I was quite sleep deprived last night. You know the kind of tiredness where everything blurs and you can’t even tell the difference between days. Before curling back under the covers, I decided to pray so I can have a peaceful sleep and have the energy to continue going through another day. I started to…
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People who don’t question things must be a different species. Call it NPC, call it something else, but don’t tell me we’re on the same mission. How could you go on with your life without questioning why do you live this particular life? One morning you open your eyes and ta-da! you have consciousness. I…
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What exactly is reality-and the illusion of illusion
I’ve started to read David Chalmers book, Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy. It starts with an interesting premise, suggesting that virtual reality is not a lesser form of reality, and that we may already be inside one. There are plenty of ideas around the simulation theory, but the core flavor seems to…
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The intelligence of pain (and the lack of it)
Humans and suffering are no strangers to one another. We are interlinked with pain, not just as reaction, but as a system for transformation. We summon it. We voluntarily endure it for the (re)integration of some fractured aspects buried deep in our subconscious. Jung called this the path to individuation, the burning away of false…
Ghost in the Machine 