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I’m an ex-religious person. I left my religion because you know, I used my brain, critical thinking, logic, all that smart stuff. But honestly? Being realistic is boring as fuck. Like painfully boring.
So why not believe in soulmates? Why not believe that Zeus split us into two halves and my other half is somewhere out there wondering the Earth? Why not believe in mermaids and vampires ? Life’s way more interesting when you believe that there is a witch out there is probably doing some cool spiritual rituals under the moon or whatever. Or this charm is going to bring you luck .
And honestly when I’m sad and need someone to care about me, why not pray to Athena? There’s no way God was a man. Absolutely no way. I’m not sitting here praying to some dude. If I’m asking for help, it’s from a goddess, obviously.
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i've been wrestling with this idea for a little while
let me know if you have any insight
i'm fascinated by the idea of true belief. i want it, i admire it, i respect it. i also think it is scary and it can cause so much damage.
lately i've been thinking how everything we see we process through our own perception, so all of reality is subjective. we can interact with nothing as it is, but only as we are. if you think about synchronicity too, all meaning projected onto the world becomes valid and true. everything exists only to confirm what you're experiencing. if you believe the phase of the moon being the same at two points in time holds meaning, it does because it's just another part of your mental map.
but when it comes to religion and politics it can be so destructive. i wasn't raised with religion but i have always felt myself drawn towards it. i am at the same time very critical of it, especially how the human aspect of organized religion tends to be used for control, but i truly admire true belief. but seeing the results of it, like the persecution of trans people in american politics, is scary and sends me back to the critical mindset. but there's still some appeal i can't shake.
what if there were a geocentrist today? someone who worked a normal job, went about an ordinary life, they just happened to believe the earth was at the center of the universe. that's kind of a beautiful thing. if you only draw conclusions from your own experience, of course the earth is at the center. everything seems to orbit around it. and there's still a purity in believing only in what you have found for yourself. the world would live only in their mind, and each world created by each person is all the more precious for being unique and reflective of its individual.
i'm just rambling at this point, but what do you guys think? true belief: yes or no?
Mar 12, 2025
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Subliminals and manifestation are so fun to read about. Do I really think these people are out here changing their physical bodies? Fuck no. If that stuff DID work, which it could, physical changes like that would take decades.
However, playing pretend and finding stuff for my goals like I Do believe it is very entertaining.
Jun 11, 2024
more 6th period philosophy for all you hungry little hippos
pain pleasure and peace- it truly is tripartite. ( like your soul ) so let’s talk about it!!
i’m gonna make a little drawing for you
so rationale is simple, rationality, out ability to reason- to think- to argue!
temos- our emotions
tyrannos - our desires
so, if amalia was a perfect artist and had such a beautiful sense of proportion then perhaps such a thing would be evident- their sizes in our soul are as such
1) desire
2) emotion
3) reason
our desires consume us
they corrupt us
they allow us to stray from virtue, from just, from eudamonia
but i think that’s fucking bullshit
you should eat, fuck, sleep, not to satisfy some devil on your shoulder but to fucking liiiive. the process of doing what you reap pleasure from should not be condemned, we should not delay our own gratification for the sake of flipping a fedora and raising our pinkies on the basis that we can. live, do what you want!! kiss!! don’t do that assignment!! move off the grid!! block that man!! tell your mother you love her!! cry for no reason! don’t be rational! let your emotions take you! do not condemn your spirt, your humanity, on the basis plato says you’re wrong. you are not wrong. you are beautiful, alive, you are cognizant, and you are free. do not oppress yourself further.
Mar 8, 2025
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When I was seven, an 80s movie aired on TV, and I watched it until my mom turned it off at bedtime. I cried, wanting to see the rest, but she refused, and I eventually fell asleep. The next day, I couldn’t remember the movie’s name, so I never finished it—until today. It aired again, and the experience was surreal; I remembered every detail and finally saw the ending.
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Tamino’s Amir is a stunning blend of Western music and Egyptian roots. His sound feels timeless ,ethereal vocals, poetic lyrics, and deep inspiration from religion, philosophy, and mythology. It’s haunting, beautiful, and incredibly moving. Definitely one of my top 5 artists, and Amir sits firmly in my top 10 albums of all time.
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Cassandra, a trojan princess, who could predict the future but was cursed so that no one would believe her. Which leads to troy's fall.
Clytemnestra was the wife of Agamemnon. While he was away at war, she took Aegisthus as her lover. When Agamemnon returned from Troy, she killed him to avenge the sacrifice of their daughter Iphigenia. Later, her son Orestes killed her in revenge.
I also have favorite romantic myths like:
Eros and psyche
Orpheus and Eurydice
Apollo and Hyacinthus
Achilles and Patroclus
Penelope and Odysseus
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