In the inferno Dante reserves the deepest level of hell for traitors.
Yet most people betray themselves everyday.
- ignoring their values
- neglecting their potential
- avoiding the truth
- disregarding their health
- self sabotage
- choosing fear over growth
- not saying what they believe
The lesson here is that our hell is often of our own making.
It’s the cold distance we create from our own soul.
From who we are meant to be.
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Well said
Philosopher Hodl. I dig this version.
To repay for the insight:
"Be the slave of your own actions, not the victim of your emotions." - Epictetus
Agree 💯 brother
yo hodl that is some deep sh*t
We THINK we have to do what “others” say as opposed
To using our own logic
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You always make it look like a punishment. A lack of strength.
Yes, we can be better, but we are not infinite.
If there is a balance, I have not found it.
PS: maybe, just maybe, I took it too personally.
This is a lot to think about could you just come do my laundry?
as a result, many are unable to be alone with their own thoughts or deeply look in the mirror.
You’ll probably find my ex wife there
Lololol
Pastor HODL
Couldn’t agree more 👍👍👍
I’m Irish Catholic, this is just how we are lol
Self Sabotage is my greatest enemy
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Dante and Doré - were close by
The illustrations by Gustave Doré for the ‘Divinia Commedia’ by Dante touch on the spiritual reality of the hereafter.
It be like dat
And those who never pick sides or commit to a position hover outside the gates of hell, ever running after different banners, harassed by flies.
I will so use this in my next ethic's class next week in my 10th grade!
They will have to read this post and try to unpack it!
Lovely!
"To be great, be whole; exclude
Nothing, exaggerate nothing that is you.
Be whole in everything. Put all you are
Into the smallest thing you do.
The whole moon gleams in every pool,
It rides so high."
Fernando Pessoa
Would love to hear the feedback from that exercise
Sure thing
To be Dante's inferno you need to be dead by 1380, and not be sorry.
The Ninth circle is depicted as frozen, for such sins are cold and calculating, being the last of 3 categories of sin - malice (intellect turned to evil).
Surely no better work has ever been conceived - glad youre on it.
Here the fire of sin is long extinguished —
only the chill remains, where the heart once knew trust.
Not punished for passion, but for its absence
HODL cutting deep here, holy⚡️⚡️
This HODL arc is 🔥
yo hodl that is some deep sh*t
One can only be honest with others to the degree they are honest with themselves.
Same goes for love…
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