Love and pain are the most potent of teachers.

Woke up the other day with this song in my head :)

“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold onto this illusion, even though he knows it's not true.”
― John Steinbeck

Another great find from the organic house realm 🌴

Meditating, yoga & calisthenics, spending time in nature (and especially sunshine), journalling, good food, good people (if you can find them), good music, turning phones and computers off, etc.

But perhaps most importantly, learning. Precisely because of the craziness and the uncertainty and the Fourth Turning, it is an unbelievably potent time to educate oneself.

I used to have hope. I used to have a lot of hope in my own generation, in bitcoiners, etc. I've given that up. I've exchanged hope for faith and for surrender to the Tao. A short meditation on that: #1201227

What this represents is not defeat, but rather letting go of relying on things outside of oneself to "work out" for inner peace and fulfillment, and turning only inward. My well-being is my responsibility. My posture, the way I carry and articulate myself, the example I set for others - that's my profession, my art, my calling, and that is what I must focus on, with the firm belief that the Universe (or God, if you want to use that word) is providing everything I could ever need on that mission and more.

When times get rough, I also tend to come back again and again to the exemplar of resilience, David Goggins:

... but I'm holding on 🎶

Trippy Tuesday!

Hope y'all are having a lovely Sunday :)

https://bitcoinminingmuseum.com/index.html

I sacrifice sleep when I have been overindulgent in it the previous days... or when the Spirit simply keeps me awake :)

Yeah... isn't he one of the main guys behind Satlantis... which is still in, like, beta pretty much?

GM! Someone recommended the album this track is from on nostr... it's lovely background music IMO

This. You can't sell a car to a guy who's content with riding a horse.

Thanks for going through this for all of us! 186 pages is definitely quite off-putting... even if the whole thing was pure signal.

A Moby classic

Whatever comes, is what I’m training for.

Something new & trippy 🤠

Have you had the chance to peruse A Stoic Resurrection yet, anon? If not, I totally get it - your attention and time are scarce and valuable assets. This is a short outtake from the full summary, which gives a high-level overview of the book in about five minutes.
Full summary here: #1414011

Cool, thanks for the recommendations! I'm pretty sure I haven't heard of Selvam's book before, Choice potentially also not - at least it wasn't on my list - both are on there now :)