spiderwort

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spiderwort,

A billion years ago we figured out acquisition. Grab all the stuff.

A million years ago we figured out language.

Now we use language for acquisition. If we do that efficiently enough we can convert language to acquisition 100%. Which deletes all value from the language for us. But what a great business!

spiderwort,

Most of us use “mind” to refer to intellect. The thing we think with, where all the ideas are.

But the Buddhists are referring to your “attention”. Like a flashlight, you direct it at stuff. Sights, sounds, thoughts, etc.

That’s 2 quite different things. “Open your mind” is a different thing there.

spiderwort,

Whenever anybody tries to talk about anything strange and significant you people get defensive. It’s as if you actually prefer to be boring, mediocre and shitty. You’ve got a deathgrip on it.

spiderwort,

And you found it so darn offensive that you needed to ignore my point and insult me. I sympathize.

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spiderwort,

Reality is a dream. Truth is falsehood. A wizard tried to wake us up. The Matrix has you!!!

No wait. Penis.

spiderwort,

We’re talking about the realness of reality here.

This gender stuff seems rather petty, comparatively.

spiderwort,

I think that you are rendering your personal drama in inflated terms. A tempest in your own personal philosophical teapot. It is large and important because it’s up in your face. An ant on your nose that you mistake for Godzilla. A trick of perspective.

spiderwort,

Or maybe whether you paint your fingernails or not is an issue because you make it an issue. You. Not the cosmos, the creator or society. You.

Which, yes, doesn’t make it any less of an issue. But, again. Perspective.

Because, and I think I can say this objectively: fingernail polish is very very small.

spiderwort, (edited )

So you are the source of the issue. But you are not in control of yourself.

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