...where the Two become the One
Buddhists found that “wanting” was a source of a lot of human suffering, so many of their adherents go to monasteries and live without anything, and as a result defeat wanting, but they’re not abundant either and still in lack consciousness; the best they are able to achieve with such a lifestyle is neutrality, not abundance. Christians also practice something similar to Buddhists with their monasteries and other tricks to […] Read more »
Jealousy is the byproduct of not being capable of deepening a relationship sufficiently enough to bind it together with deep roots. We want intimacy, but we don’t want to work the process that causes our connections to deepen and solidify. Sure we’ll put effort into obtaining superficial variety, but we will not exert effort into deepening what we already have, especially within ourselves. What exactly is deepening? For example, critical […] Read more »
Here is an important refresher on the Trivium method of critical thinking, with the steps placed in the correct order. I use the various synonyms for each step interchangeably, so please use the following as a foundation for understanding the rest of the article. Grammar (information, data, knowledge, input): asks/answers what (who, where, & when) questions Logic (reasoning, understanding, processing, processor): asks/answers why questions Rhetoric (image, wisdom, output): asks/answers how questions IMAGES An […] Read more »