You can’t just sit and wait for inspiration to show up. You need to help make it manifest itself. You need inputs to generate the outputs, and you need to be open, vulnerable and courageous to let them out.

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“With the light of the brain, with the flame of the heart, I besiege every cell where God is jailed, seeking, trying, hammering to open a gate in the fortress of matter, to create a gap through which God may issue in heroic attack.” ― Nikos Kazantzakis

Movie idea: a mafia film that ends with the plot twist that the mafia is actually the government

I’m not entitled to anything. Nothing is titled to me. I have no title. I don’t OWN anything. I only custody things. Take care of them. Even my body, my health - it is not a given; it is a gift. And like any other tender piece of meat - in time that, too, will rot. This is why one should not be attached to anything; for all is temporary. But be grateful for everything; for all is a gift. Enjoy the present.

We are not tormented for no reason. We are tormented so we would pay attention to the Call. We are tormented so that we would respond to the Cry of Battle. The Battle for our lives, for God; the Spirit of Humanity.

Don’t think that there will ever come a time when you stop making mistakes. That there will be a time when you are so good and wise and virtuous that you can do no harm; and do no wrong. Accept your fate as a flawed mortal being, accept your mistakes — no, OWN your mistakes, but don’t let them own you. Learn from them without dwelling on them — because they are like quicksand — dwell on them and you will sink in, they will consume you; and soon you will be enveloped by them in such a way that you will only be surrounded by THEM: your mistakes, your selfishness, your foolishness, your hubris, your sins. And if all you have is that, then, well — I would say that’s pretty damn close to Hell. However, if you completely ignore all that, then that’s like a small fire in your house that you’re not doing anything about. Continue paying no attention and soon, the things you ignored will burn your whole house down. The Fire is a powerful friend, but a terrible enemy.

Who says yoga, drum & bass and strength exercises don't mix? #ProofOfWork #yogastr #100aDayTilIDie #calisthenics #fitness

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Kiwi nostriches! Fancy a car that doesn't look and feel like you're driving a doghouse on wheels but can't bring yourself to splurge on a Lambo? I have the solution for you... 🤠👇 View quoted note →

I find it kinda funny, I find it kinda sad, that having a homestead, 5+ kids and neighbors you know by name — which used to be the standard for the majority of people in the Western world — has become a mere dream, nothing short of an Utopia, for people my age and younger. What’s especially sad is that people don’t even seem to want to recognize that being the case and keep telling themselves we live in a “developed” society. Or, if they do dare to recognize the fact, they tend to blame “late-stage capitalism” (which is not capitalism — it’s communism; or — an utterly and irredeemably crony capitalism at best) for the situation. Wake up, Neo. Look into the abyss. It’s painful. But there is truth in there.

Now, whenever I see a shooting star, I don’t wish for anything. I choose to be content with my lot, whatever it is.

Hope y'all are having a Sunny Sunday 🤠 #tunestr

“Love is the answer. Not reason, not logic, but Love. Love for yourself, love for others, and love for being itself. True, unconditional Love. If you love someone unconditionally you accept them as they are; if you love the underlying ground of being unconditionally, you accept things as they are—including yourself. Loving fully implies forgiving fully, and that’s the hardest thing of them all. Forgiving others. Forgiving God. Forgiving yourself.” ― @Gigi

⚡️ FOR SALE: 2012 Jaguar XF 3.0 V6 Petrol (nicknamed Miss Quixotic) 📍 Location: Kerikeri, Northland, New Zealand 💰 Price: $9,900 NZD (when paid in fiat) OR $9000 NZD (when paid in #Bitcoin) Even though I call her Miss Quixotic, the XF is not really THAT impractical or an unrealistic car. It's a decent sized saloon, comfortable (and powerful enough) to drive and not super expensive to buy or maintain - IMO it's one of those cars that sits nicely in the middle of the line where on the one end there are super boring, soulless boxes on wheels and on the other side are truly insane, expensive and impractical cars. The XF is a car that's "normal" enough to be your everyday driver, but at the same time, unique and beautiful enough to be considered a piece of art. More info and photos:

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New Devlin 🔥🤠 "These sick fucks want a one world state Well they watch every movement you make And take what you've worked hard to obtain This world's dark I'm afraid" #tunestr

Source: Carl Jung’s Apocalyptic Vision by Academy of Ideas

I'm delighted to say that my amateur(ish) photos that I've been uploading to my Unsplash page for almost exactly 3 years (since May 2022) have now amassed a total of 1M+ views 👀 You can download all of these or any of the other 160+ photos (as of writing) in full resolution from my Unsplash page: https://unsplash.com/@kontext OR, I have an extended collection (currently 200+ photos in total) up on my website @SATOSH.EE as part of the @Open Source Culture initative:

Photography by Kontext – Satoshee

In addition, a selection of the photos has been uploaded to the new @0Commons website: https://0commons.com/user/kontext/ All of these images are copyright-free: ✅ Can be downloaded and used for free ✅ Commercial and non-commercial purposes ✅ No permission needed (though attribution is appreciated!) Onward. 🤠 View quoted note →