Introduction

Ethical tendencies are dynamic. I buy that argument.

It's hard to live in the world today: it's a frenetically active, heavily monetized, amazingly futureshocked place. It's tough to keep a conceptualized basis of one's place in the world (read: perspective). I've found a couple tricks that seem to help, though.

Reduction to mind ( Read more... )

One of my favorite things to read a chunk of when I feel really bummed out is Marcus Aurelius' Meditations. One of my favorite feelings - I don't know whether this is good or not - is feeling trivialized. (He gets me there, that's for sure ( Read more... )

First and foremost, an apology. I'm sure I've cost myself many friends by being as distant as is my habit - it's a bad one ( Read more... )

For me, my immediate feelings upon waking tend to be a barometer of sorts for my emotions dealing with my current life. Right now, this means I don't enjoy waking up too much ( Read more... )

I think, perhaps, that fighting mind is not what I should be doing with my time any longer ( Read more... )

So the preacher of death inside of me calmly states ( Read more... )

I am what Nietzche would call a preacher of death.

"Honesty I can't give you," I told Jen with a rueful crack of a grin ( Read more... )

I decided to switch locations. I talked and listened tonight to people at Crossroads, also in Rice Village. I'm not sure why I headed there instead of Salento ( Read more... )

Awkward times. I am now back from Maconda's ranch - I am writing this in Salento, after getting paranoid and walking here post-parking at Rice. Tons of work to do, but as usual I'm not organized, so the whole chaotic flux of possibilities is driving me a little crazy ( Read more... )