Sam
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Manifestation and Freedom
Edited from “1/2/24 – Manifestation and Freedom” Eckhart Tolle describes an aphorism taken from the teachings of Jesus to describe a religious form of manifestation: “If you pray for something, believe that you have already been…
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A Distant Spring
The culling of my heart draws near with autumn, and the pain arrives gently with the first signs of death. These broad and storied leaves, these dutiful flowers, have spent their worth in service of another…
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To the Wall, Nonetheless
When we were young together, Harry, Alice and I were entered into a play. I suppose it was something for the school, or at least I don’t recall having volunteered to join. But there we were,…
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On Panprotopsychism
From “12/9/23 – Pan-protopsychism” Below are three assumptions of the nature of consciousness which this exercise considers fundamental: Consciousness exists thus: When a system incorporates the structure of the system itself in handling and responding to…
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Chapter 1: The Earth
What stars had risen for the birth of himhad long since sat obscured behind the mawof yellowseed and black that was the Sky.For time beyond the Exodus of manwas left behind, the same as Mother Earth,and…
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On Shark-Fins
I have this feeling like I am on the cusp of some greater understanding, and that I need an extended period of rumination to bring it forth. I have collected the story of Christ as it…
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On Writing
Edited from excerpts of 12/7/23 – Continued Thoughts on Learning What a painful and inefficient way to grow and learn it is, to be corrected by a faceless, general audience. And this is my lot because…
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A Personal God
Hands to the sun, Held aloft by one wrist. An invisible thread leading into the sky. A lonely stone idol in a beautiful forest clearing, with cold water running nearby. White cloth and gold trim, a…
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A Chance Encounter
We spoke of things which I knew, and I knew everything that we discussed. Only the perspective was new. Yet afterward it was as though I understood the depth of what I knew. The ground opened…
Sanctity and Constraint 