Time is important. Though many today want things here and now, things of worth take time to make and refine.
Children take nine moons to be born, and years of good parenting to have the best chance at their success. The rewards of which are bountiful.
Fruit trees may take years from seed to fruit, but after years of care and tending, it gives back many-fold.
Our revival too will take time to grow and manifest. Indeed it is growing now, faster than ever before. If we want to get this right, building this temple to last long after us, we should take our time so Pagan Revivalism is full of quality.
We should utilize the time we have to build a present worth pursuing, a future worth forging. We lay the foundation stones for a brighter tomorrow, and your descendants will sing of victory everlasting
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We advise all persons to remain indoors, avoid reflective surfaces, and most importantly,
under no circumstances should you follow the man in the hat.
He is not what he seems.
When they say you aren't doing "real work"
I was feeling pretty down this morning, overwhelmed by the world, and stuck in a rut about the value of my writing and other work.
This led to a conversation with an AI trained with the works of Marx and Lenin who reminded me that "real work" is often used to make us question and undervalue the contributions we make to our own and others' survival.
Mutual aid is real work. Caring for others is real work. Sharing resources and building networks is real work. Creating and sharing content for liberation is real work.
You don't need official validation to be doing real work.
Our unique skills and contributions will be essential to dismantling a violent world and building one that's livable for all – and we can do this anywhere, anytime, independently.
I've become wary of the idea of leftist martyrdom – portraying community builders or organizers as exceptional – as if we aren't all part of the people trying to be free and live fulfilling lives.
Whose struggle is it supposed to be if it doesn't include us and our struggles?
If we can't keep up with formal organizations, are we not still doing the shared work of keeping ourselves and others alive?
Are we supposed to believe that this isn't worthwhile?
If someone's idea of "real work" or "revolution" doesn't make room for you to be honest about your needs, abilities, and capacity – are they truly invested in your survival and liberation?
Woke up at 5, went for a run and rewatched an episode of Scavenger's Reign. This series is such a refreshing journey outside the mainstream fodder i'm used to.
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"Some mathematicians are birds, others are frogs. Birds fly high in the air and survey broad vistas of mathematics out to the far horizon. They delight in concepts that unify our thinking and bring together diverse problems from different parts of the landscape. Frogs live in the mud below and see only the flowers that grow nearby. They delight in the details of particular objects, and they solve problems one at a time. [...] It is stupid to claim that birds are better than frogs because they see farther, or that frogs are better than birds because they see deeper. The world of mathematics is both broad and deep, and we need birds and frogs working together to explore it."
Patience has the effect of attracting the treasures of higher knowledge. Impatience repels them. Haste and unrest achieve nothing in the higher realms of existence.
Above all, longing and craving must be silenced. These are soul qualities in the face of which all higher knowledge shyly retreats.
Precious as higher knowledge is, if it is to come to us, we must not long for it. Moreover, if we wish it only for our own ends, we will never attain it.
This requires in the first place that we be honest with ourselves in the depths of the soul. We can no longer have any illusions about ourselves. We must look at our own mistakes, weaknesses, and shortcomings in the eye with inner truthfulness.
Each time we find an excuse for a weakness, we place an obstacle before us on our upward path. Such obstacles can be removed only by becoming enlightened about ourselves.
There is but one way to overcome failings and weaknesses—to see them for what they are, with inner truthfulness. All that lies dormant in the human soul can be awakened. Even intuition and reason can be improved if—calmly and detachedly—we become clear why we are weak in these areas.
Such self-knowledge, of course, is difficult. The temptation to deceive oneself is enormous. But if we make a habit of being honest with ourselves, the doors to greater insight open for us.
– Rudolf Steiner, How to Know Higher Worlds
You must be ready to accept the possibility that there is an unlimited range of consciousness for which we now have no words; that consciousness can expand behind the reach of your ego, your self, your family identity, beyond all that you have learned, beyond your notions of space and time, behind the differences that usually separate people from each other and the world around you.
– The Tibetan Book of the Dead
Manifold are thy shapings, Providence! / Many a hopeless matter gods arrange / What we expected never came to pass / What we did not expect the gods brought to bear / So have things gone, this whole experience through!
Angela Hampel - Medea (1985)
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#Crypto #Horoscope for August 2024
The month of August will be a period of introspection and reflection for you. The presence of Mercury and Venus in your twelfth house until mid-month may lead to increased introspection and a desire to withdraw from the external world. However, after August 16th, with the Sun transiting into the twelfth house and Venus moving into your first house on August 24th, you may feel a renewed sense of energy and determination to improve your image and well-being.
Starting from August 7th, the beginning of the Pratyantardasha of Mars will give you the drive to act decisively. Be cautious of emotional impulses, especially towards the end of the month with the influence of Rahu.
Key Dates:
August 7-30: High potential (75%+) for making important decisions or taking decisive actions.
Technology is not neutral. We're inside of what we make, and it's inside of us. We're living in a world of connections — and it matters which ones get made and unmade.
- Donna Haraway
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Then I saw when the Lamb broke one of the seven seals, and I heard one of the four living creatures saying as with a voice of thunder, "Come!" I looked, and behold, a white horse, and he who sat on it had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer.
— Revelation 6:1–2 New American Standard Bible
#olympics #apocalypse
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Want to thrive in saturn retrograde despite the malefic energy?
Surrender.
The lessons all relate to death & fate.
So, to make it work—you have to give in, accept the inevitable, and let yourself die and be reborn.
Face destruction with a smile.
This is how your new life starts.
Ironically, Chiron, the master of the healing arts, could not heal himself and willingly gave up his immortality. For this reason, his half-brother Zeus took pity on him and thus placed him among the stars in the sky to be honored. The Greeks identified him as the constellation Centaurus.
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