Category: Liam’s Take
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Thoughts Out of Season [Process]
How do we cross the bridge, how do we arrive at a place of understanding. Well as stated before we cannot, there is no way, no method, no practice to get us to consciousness. There is no direction in which you can walk to get you to where you are right now. The realization that…
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Thoughts Out of Season [Others]
When we start to integrate this aspect of consciousness and compassion into our personality we may begin somewhat of a shift in ourselves. One that may not be all that unknown to others. Most people in general begin to appreciate our more apparent tranquility, our new effort to be compassionate. When we develop true compassion…
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Thoughts out of season [Compassion].
What is beauty? How do we view the world? Are we victims of the universe or are we the universe itself. One of the ways we begin to see the actuality of our being is defining our boundaries. Where do we start and where do we end? What do we define as ourselves? Is it…
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Thoughts out of season [Worry].
The realization that nothing can be held on to and that the tighter we cling to ourselves the more we want to protect and fortify the ego the more we fall out of sync with life, which inevitably perpetuates the cycle, we need to realize that there is nothing we can do to fortify and…
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Thoughts out of season [The Ego].
When we are capable of just being the way we are where we are in the moment we see that the problem of what to do about this vanishes just like the question. We are able to be with whatever is here right now. This doesn’t mean that this present experience will be enjoyable, but…
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Thoughts out of season [The Moment].
When we see ourselves we see all our flaws and all our perfections. We see our scarred past and our uncertain futures. Look again at the wave. When you see it do you think of the long ocean currents and sandy shore bottoms that have affected its shape up to this point? Do you see…
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Thoughts out of season [Desire].
What is it that we all want? What is the central human desire, the longing found in all mens hearts? That is a question that we all ask ourselves at one point or another, what do I truly desire. Though there may be many obvious answers on the surface for many of us, the deeper…
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Absurdism and the Pain of Existence.
Absurdism, as I choose to interpret it, is a philosophical belief that centers around the absurd meaninglessness of life and its surrounding chaos. It is fundamentally human to try and find meaning in life. Whether through God or Science humans try and dissect their surrounding world in order to find explanations and meaning for the…