Post Wisdom

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I was talking to a friend the other day about something. Both he and I believe that one should try to find balance in their life concerning technology. A fine line of using the new, and remembering the old. But he said to me one night, that he had doubts about himself. What if he was the outlandish one? Him and I believe that a lot of society is fucked, lost in the throes of technology as it accelerates. Technology is evolving, but the people are not, and they're forgetting the old ways in the process. To me, society is the odd bunch. But back to the point.

Here is what I have to say tonight on this matter.

Anything you've ever done, anything you've ever thought of, has been done before. Not in exactly the same circumstances, but close enough to be called the same. And, the law of the universe dictates that if it's happened once, it will happen again. And that means that out there, are people who have done, lived, died, thought, and lived some aspect of their life related to you.

There are 7 billion people spread across the world. Let that sink in. 7 billion. You can't ever visualize the number, but you know the weight that it carries. With so many people out there, it means that normal doesn't exist. "Normal" as we define it is a set of familiar standards that people tend to group together towards. But in reality, with such great numbers of people out there, who have lived, are alive, and will be born, that every single action we take, think of, and dream up, is repeated due to the simple laws of nature.

So what does this mean?

You aren't as strange as you think.

And most importantly, you are never alone.

“A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's just how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke.”

-Soren Kierkegaard

Never "don't give a fuck".
Filter things into:
Don't give a fuck
Probably don't give a fuck
Kinda give a fuck
Giving my fuck.
Do this, because if you choose to go with he cool kids' attitudes, then you will die inside. You'll end up not  caring about anything.

"Remember the good times"

"A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination."  - Nelson Mandela

Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku.

Desiring to show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no relaization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received."

Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry.

"If nothing exists," inquired Dokuon, "where did this anger come from?"

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I don't remember saying that..

"Almost always, with moderation."

"If you like 3DPD then you're a sheep."
-Waifu Master MCCXII

This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.

McCullen told me to tell you.. You should go to hell.

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
-Lao Tzu