Tag: Disturbing

“If you shut your eyes and make contact with reality, purely with your ears, you’ll realize the sounds you hear are all coming out of silence.”— Alan Watts. Boom! Reality comes out in the same way that, as Alan Watts suggests, sounds come out of silence. — ...

I’ll get right to the point. I will share 20 bitter lessons that the sooner you learn in Life, the better off you will be. I do because I wish someone had shared them with me in my 20s — they would have saved me a lot of pain, disappointment, and suffering. Let’s start ...

I have a theory that everything in life is fiction. And here’s a short list of thoughts on that. That’s why storytelling and psychoanalysis are so powerful; we look for narratives that make us feel better. Defining yourself is fiction; it’s thinking of yourself from one ...

I’ll get right to the point. I will share 20 bitter lessons that the sooner you learn in Life, the better off you will be. I do because I wish someone had shared them with me in my 20s — they would have saved me a lot of pain, disappointment, and suffering. Let’s start ...

In an old lecture, Ram Dass explained a disturbing theory about levels of reality. Ram Dass asked the audience to imagine their mind as a television set that could change channels. So that by changing the channel, they would see a deeper level of reality. This was the programming for each of ...

I have a theory that everything in life is fiction. And here’s a short list of thoughts on that. That’s why storytelling and psychoanalysis are so powerful; we look for narratives that make us feel better. Defining yourself is fiction; it’s thinking of yourself from one ...

In an old lecture, Ram Dass explained a disturbing theory about levels of reality. Ram Dass asked the audience to imagine their mind as a television set that could change channels. So that by changing the channel, they would see a deeper level of reality. This was the programming for each of ...

I have a theory that everything in life is fiction. And here’s a short list of thoughts on that. That’s why storytelling and psychoanalysis are so powerful; we look for narratives that make us feel better. Defining yourself is fiction; it’s thinking of yourself from one ...

The Ancient Romans were well-known across the globe for their strength as an empire and their unmatched military prowess, which allowed them to conquer more than half of Europe, and parts of Asia and Africa. The vast Empire was unified with spectacular discoveries and advancements in science, medici...

Among the scientific world, there has always been this naive stance that Antarctica could be big and cold enough to be the planet’s last holdout from the climate crisis. Because Antarctica is five times the size of my country, Argentina, and about 10% of the Earth’s total land. And, to p...

Many people want to proof-text these passages to show that the Bible is bad or wrong. But they are usually reading their beliefs about the Bible into these stories. True, these stories are awful. These are disturbing Bible passages. But, the passages do not support or glorify the terrible ...

Out of all the writing gigs, writing advertising copy for rifle manufacturers might make one lose their soul. (Assuming the writer had one, to begin with.) Daniel Defense is the manufacturer of the semi-automatic assault weapon used in the Uvalde mass shooting. The company is now getting some sla...

A groundbreaking study of grand proportions has recently been conducted by the esteemed economist Gregory Clark. This man, well-acquainted with the intricacies of numbers and trends, has shed a new light on the inheritance of social status. Now, I must say, the findings are quite fascinating, and ma...