religion
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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…
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Grey Hairs
One should refrain from practicing philosophy until one has grey hairs. By the same nature as evolution, self-importance, acceptance of fate, self-delusion and valuation of the status quo are the tenets of worthless old men, all…
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The Death of Hope
From 11/27/23 – On The Internet “I want to collect milestones in my personal growth, but I don’t want to face the embarrassment at having held an opinion that I’ve since grown from. I want to…
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Damned to Hell the Man Who Lives in Fear
Damned to Hell the man who lives in fear, the heart of whose fear is the core of himself, and whose primacy reigns to lash out at the source of his fear, sources drawn from a…
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Flowers for Everyone
9/2/23 Charlie, I wanted to start by thanking you for everything you’ve done for me. Besides the treatment and therapy, you know by now that you’ve been the closest thing to a friend to me for…
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A Beginning – Sanctity and Constraint
Midway through the journey of our life, I woke to find myself in a realm of noise and blinding light – for though my feet had never left the path, it was lost behind the din.…
Sanctity and Constraint 