#openness

[thirdity]

What is frequently appreciated in many so-called symbols is exactly their vagueness, their openness, their fruitful ineffectiveness to express a “final” meaning, so that with symbols and by symbols one indicates what is always beyond one's reach.

Umberto Eco, Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

[ksjanes]

As we experience this big blue space, we begin to have this feeling of openness, limitless potential. We get a sense of timelessness as we connect to this vast open space. We can get the impression of accommodation and inclusiveness. This can include us being less afraid of circumstances and less frustrated or upset. We end up  with sensing that there is more than enough space for our thoughts and emotions as well as others thoughts and emotions. With this sentiment space can bring comfort to us in times of trouble as we  recognize that even our troubles and the chaos  in our lives arise and pass away within the blanket of our awareness of space.

K.S Janes

[serenityquest]

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[the-healing-mindset]

It might be time to let go of what you think you know, and open up to what the world has to offer you.

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[gennsoup]

It is a terrible thing To be so open: it is as if my heart Put on a face and walked into the world.

Sylvia Plath, Three Women: A Poem for Three Voices

[heart-songs]

The one where I confess that I am unapologetically soft

how my heartbeat mimics the wind, invisible but far-reaching. With gossamer fingers I braid my hair, brew the tea, knead the bread. On obsidian nights, I gather dried lavender and listen for the willow. I have cradled newborn heads on the crest of my collarbone patched wounds with rose petal kisses, unwound the deepest of aches with worn-out denim and bare skin. I have carried the dead, cried my weight in tears. I am soft, and my hands are small but I would hold the sun for you, blister ‘til you no longer wish to be a burn. I am soft, and my voice is softer. It was made to breathe poems into the scruff of your neck to lay the ghosts of your worst fears to rest eternal. I am soft, and we are only a moment but my love will linger long after the willow stops weeping.

- Cora Finch

[philosophybits]

The man of Virtue rests without thought, moves without plan. He has no use for right and wrong, beautiful and ugly. To share profit with all things within the four seas is his happiness, to look after their needs is his peace.

Zhuangzi, The Complete Works of Zhuangzi, Watson tr. (Ch 12)

[stoicmike]

True hippies never grew old, even when they became decrepit and died…. -- Michael Lipsey

[randomreasonstolive]

Reason to Live #9180

  To prove that you are someone people can safely confide in. – Guest Submission

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[theemotionmachine]

The Big 5 Personality Traits: A Framework for Understanding Our Differences

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[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

In Solitudine et in Tenebris

[teanicolae]

the darkest side of academia that the dark academia genre exhibits to me is the ivory tower. the superiority complex. the snobbery. deluding yourself that you are superior to other human beings because of your accumulated information, information used as justification to behave with contempt.

i’ve recently read the brilliant The Secret History by Donna Tartt, a staple book of the dark academia genre, and what marked me was the contempt with which the exceptionally intelligent group of main characters treated everything: from the people around them to technological advancements and innovations in any field which was not theirs (namely, the classics).

i’ve been contemplating that, personally, i am not interested in knowledge that cuts me off from the world. i am interested in knowledge that enhances every facet of my experience of the world. i am interested in knowledge that deepens my connection to myself and to the people i encounter. the moment knowledge instils a sense of superiority, elitism, and exclusivity, to me that is not knowledge. that is a trap of the illusion of knowledge.

the trap will come, and i've seen it in me plenty: at our core, we are meaning-making machines and our identity is built on separation, comparison and rejection. the mind will feed into the making of identity any information it gathers. but ultimately we are not slaves to it. when the allure of superiority peeks its head, it can be deconstructed – not from a place of fear or shame, but from a place of understanding and gentleness. that is knowledge to me. what excludes that, to me, is accumulation of information.

i love reading dark academia books because they mirror back to me my ingrained patterns (such as fascination with exclusivity; exclusive teachings, teachers such as Julian Morrow - writing an article on him at the moment!) & the many traps paving the / my way.

[namitha]

Transitions hold immense excitement as they guide us towards profound truths. Each significant breakdown acts as a gateway to a powerful breakthrough. Although my mind initially resists, my inner child yearns to cling onto familiarity, striving to make things work and harboring mistrust. However, my wise woman, my mature self, places utmost trust in the process because my channel is now magnificently open and receptive.🍀

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[the-healing-mindset]

The only thing needed now is your openness. You are well on your way to getting the things you want!

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[thepursuitofunderstanding]

Irrevocable commitment to any religion is not only intellectual suicide; it is positive unfaith because it closes the mind to any new vision of the world. Faith is, above all, openness - an act of trust in the unknown.

Alan Watts