All memos tagged #notecard

Confluence is a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point; the flowing together of two or more streams. Influence is the business of standing apart. Confluence is the art of...

Reflections A sense of self-importance so high that it surpasses all limits is a mental illness called mania grandiose. People think that self-sacrifice violates your freedom. Those people do not...

Reflections "You get to pick your sacrifice. You don't get to not make one." ~ Jordan Peterson Tags notecard

Reflections "genius is obvious, only after it was crazy." ~Scott Galloway Related Dream Crazy Contexts notecard (See: The Notecard System)

October 29 There is nothing more important than an example. It leads us to do good deeds which would be impossible without this example. Therefore, if we use dissipated or passionate or cruel people...

Reflections "We can understand wisdom in three ways: first, by meditation; this is the most noble way. Secondly, by being influenced by someone of following someone; this is the easiest way. Third is...

Reflections "Pain is the necessary condition of our body, and suffering is the necessary condition of our spiritual life, from birth to death." ~ Marcus Aurelius "You should welcome everything which...

hope | verb | (1) to cherish a desire with anticipation: to want something to happen or be true, (2) to desire with expectation of obtainment or fulfillment, to expect with confidence. [1]...

Animism is the religious belief that nothing is truly inanimate, but that all objects, places, and creatures are infused with spirit and purpose; possessing a distinct spiritual essence. Reflections...

A myth is a usually traditional story of ostensibly historical events that serves to unfold part of the world view of a people or explain a practice, belief, or natural phenomenon; a popular belief...

manifest | verb | to make evident or certain by showing or displaying. Manifest with precision, but don’t forget to leave space for the unimaginable. Context notecard (See: The Notecard System)...

See: co-creativity; a kind of intimacy that comes from showing aspects of yourself through play. Contexts notecard (See: The Notecard System)

Maternity wards are shuttering in Italy. Ghost cities are appearing in China. Hundreds of thousands of properties in Germany have been leveled and the land turned into parks. The world’s demographics...

Wildfires have always been a normal part of life in the American West. During a typical year in the late 20th century, fires burned about 500,000 acres a year in California — an area equal to roughly...

A pseudonym is a fictitious name. "You can know the story or you can know the name, but you can't know both." I create pseudonyms to protect the identity of those whom I reference in my writing in...

1970: “Work hard and you too can be rich” 1990: “Work hard and a few crumbs will fall down.” 2021: “You should be willing to die in order to save the economy for the top 1%” Contexts notecard

A mythos is a pattern of beliefs expressing often symbolically the characteristic or prevalent attitudes in a group or culture. The name Mythos One, meaning "a compendium of stories about self; one",...

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Reflections "The more control we exercise over the world, the more sensitive to the world we become. Despite the fact that [dogs] regularly eat off the floor and drink out of toilet bowls, [they]...

"Contemporary parties, for example, are almost always based on consumption—of food, drink, drugs, sports, or other forms of entertainment. We recognize them as frivolous. This sort of fun really...