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Welcome Back

     Hello everyone; for the “followers” who remain, I thank you for staying. I do not see “followers” though, I see people who take their time to listen to a voice who is most likely unheard of at times. I just wish to say that I’m back, I am here to share more ideas with you. But be warned, what I have been doing is partaking on dangerous thinking. I have thought of instances in which one might wonder “How can someone do this?”; yet then not talk about it at all.

     These ideas are simple but deadly, and they follow as such: -What does it take to murder another person? -What does it take to have an affair with another person? -How does one “become” or exist while committing the atrocity of rape?

     These ideas, though few, may lead into other discussions. If you would or would not want me to talk of these ideas, please let me know. I have NOT committed any of these acts, I am simply rationalizing these ideas into discussion. 

     Let me know your thoughts, for someone has to bite the bullet and rattle the cages. 

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All things are subject to interpretation whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

Friedrich Nietzsche

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The State Calls it's Own Violence Law, But That Of The Individual Crime

Max Stirner

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"History teaches us that people have never learned anything from history"

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

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Solipsism

Wouldn't it be easier if solipsism was real? For those who do not know what solipsism is, it's an idea on existence. The idea is that we are nothing but brains, floating in a vat of nutrients, and our lives are based on the perceptions of what we can conceive. The brain is attached to a monitor and it's pretty much a video game and essentially you are this "thinking thing." This "thinking thing" being the entity that can create and imagine everything around itself, kind of like a god-like entity. You everything you see exists and you are convinced that you are the one that knows that; truth is essentially in the eye of the beholder.

This leads to more in depth questions like do I exist? How do I know I exist? Is there some other thinking thing, like a man behind a white curtain, observing the brain as it thinks these thoughts? These questions among others makes you wonder, do you exist and wouldn't it be easier if we didn't. Wouldn't just be easier that we are the brain in the jar, and that when we realize that we are the brain, that the man behind the white curtain just hits the reset button and we restart things with no knowledge of pain or challenge.

Imagine it:

Love Pain Hate Being forgotten Friends Family

All Forgotten, All Changed, All Renewed

Could we live in a world like this? Would you want to?

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Positive Psychology: Vulnerability

In positive psychology, there is an area of study in which we focus on the idea of vulnerability. In life, we are taught to harden our skins and to make sure that we do not show others our weaknesses, but why? Why not be vulnerable? Why can't we cry in public or show fear towards a certain aspect of life? Its okay to, its natural.

We need to experience fear sort of. Not exactly in way such as throwing ourselves at a rapist or watching someone die, but we need to realize that there are things to fear out there. Realization that the world is a cruel place is necessary, but that doesn't mean that there aren't things to appreciate in the world. We need to show more gratitude towards things. We need to be grateful for the small things as well as the big things. Honor those things that are ordinary, make it worth while.

Things like Panic Attacks are okay, it's okay to break down and to show emotion, that is the main idea here. Coinciding with this, we must not be afraid to fail. Failure is a part of life, and with this, it's okay to feel imperfect. We may not be the best at life but we don't need to be. Imperfection is natural and we shouldn't feel obligated to try to be something we are not. 

Take criticism. We are just like art; we are critiqued by life but that doesn't mean that we are not good enough. Use it to your advantage and use it to help you grow. One last thing is that it is okay to think about death along with fear. Thoughts of death makes us think of the life we won't admit to. If we don't think about the fear in our lives, how will we ever admit to the problems that come with our lives? Take into account everything that we fear, every imperfection that we try to fix or ignore. In doing this, we are denying ourselves any true happiness.

Take life with a grain of salt. Cry when you need to, even if it is in public. Don't be afraid to show the world whats on your heart and whats on your mind.  

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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."

-Francis Bacon

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Coming soon to the Bullet

Conference Paper: The Ethics of Happiness; A Philosophy of Jokes. Will be talking about the paper I have written for the Oneonta Philosophy Conference.

Positive Psychology Lecture: Why we should not numb vulnerability.

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Time is an illusion

(via dotroom)

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A bit of joy can really make all the difference...

Kiss From a Stranger Saves a Suicidal Man

In Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, a sixteen-year-old boy was standing on a bridge, threatening to jump off and end his life. Hundreds of onlookers watched in horror as he refused to cross back onto the safe side of the guardrail. Police had arrived and were talking to the boy, but no one could get through to him. Just then, Liu Wenxiu, a nineteen-year-old hotel waitress, was walking home from work when she saw the boy and knew that she had to do something to help him. Wenxiu had once been suicidal herself, so she knew how the boy felt. Telling police that she was his girlfriend, the girl managed to get close enough to talk to the boy. She shared her own sad and difficult life story, listened to his, and showed him the scar on her wrist from where she had tried to commit suicide herself. “He said he’s hopeless, ‘so don’t waste your time to save me’. But I told him, ‘I’m not saving your life, I just want you to realize how silly you are being. Look at me, I’ve been there and I’m now here,’” Wenxiu said. Finally, the girl was able to lean in and give him a hug, and then she unexpectedly gave him a kiss, as well. Police were then able to take the knife that the boy was holding and lead him back over to the safe side of the bridge.

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Life for the philosophical being (Ideas Over The Past Few Days)

Everything seems like one subjective blur. White noise is all I hear in groups of people. Time is nothing but an illusion these days. I hate Love. I hate the idea of falling hard for someone and knowing that they will never seem the same way towards you, it's just so deceiving. It would be so much easier if we could just go up to people say, "I am falling for you even though I have never spoken to you," and then we just get a yes or no reply and go from there. It is never how we want it to seem.

Breathing hurts. It hurts to be awake. Being conscious is not as appealing as it used to be. I want to move away from thought but I can't. I think too much. 

These thought, though now as philosophical as intended, just need to get out. It's like an idea you have and you just can't keep it inside anymore. Will make sure to keep this more professional.

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