As mentioned a few posts ago, I've had exams over the past few weeks, hence the short updates; I've been working more or less all day every day for a month and it's had a significant effect on me, changing my outlook and depositing a load of new ideas.
One of the first things that hit me was […]
I feel as though I am finally coming out of my time of reforming now; over the last few days things seem to be slotting back into place, although this could well be just another stage on the path of transition. I've got back into a lot of the things that have been dormant in […]
Last week I did a fast (eating and drinking nothing but water), only for 24 hours, but I have never done one before so it was a new experience. I decided to do one for various reasons; primarily just for the sake of self discipline but also to try and focus my mind and have […]
I think not having the internet for so long has helped me in breaking my addiction to materialism, well, to the internet at least. I thought I'd die not having the internet for such a long period of time, but I actually got used to it fairly quickly. Granted I still had access to my email and […]
Well, I can only apologise for the amount of time it has taken me to post, but I have finally got the Internet sorted at home, so updating should be back to normal from here on in. I apologise in advance for the self-orientation of this post, but I feel it's good to set the […]
I am becoming increasingly disillusioned with materialistic culture. Every time I buy something or use something it seems as though I am on a path to the day it breaks and I need to replace it. I buy a bike, it breaks after a year or two; I buy a computer, the graphic card goes […]
This is a quote from “A Room of One’s Own” by Virginia Woolf:
Life for both sexes —and I looked at them, shouldering their way along the pavement —is arduous, difficult, a perpetual struggle. It calls for gigantic courage and strength. More than anything, perhaps, creatures of illusion as we are, it calls for confidence in […]
I am currently reading “Fear and Trembling” by Søren Kierkegaard which (more or less) opens with the following passage:
If there were no eternal consciousness in a man, if at the bottom of everything there were only a wild ferment, a power that twisting in dark passions produced everything great or inconsequential; if an unfathomable, insatiable […]
I am always amazed at the effect the weather can have on people’s moods. This spring/summer time of the year can often bring out the best in people, especially when there has been lots of sunshine (as I have had here recently).
It makes me realise just how many things that we probably don’t even realise […]
What does it really mean to “experience” something?
I think we can experience events on so many different levels, not just from person to person, but in ourselves as well. Sometimes we might be feeling receptive and get a lot more from an experience than if we were busy or distracted. Similarly, some people skim through […]
Can we ever really be content?
I always want more or better. I find it almost impossible to live in “the now”. I always am thinking about how I can improve things, what would make things better, which often results in me missing what is good at the moment.
It’s good to have hope, and dreams. But […]
What does wealth and security give us? If you look at the people who get depressed, or moan about all their problems, they are not always the worst off people, but often the better off. At school, a lot of the people who became depressives were people from “stable” (or at least richer) homes, and […]
What disturbs and depresses young people is the hunt for happiness on the firm assumption that it must be met with in life. From this arises constantly deluded hope and so also dissatisfaction. Deceptive images of a vague happiness hover before us in our dreams … and we search in vain for their original … […]
A definition: The Plague
If I refer to the “Plague” I mean the rot that exists at the centre of humanity. I believe that there is a core problem, which all other problems stem from, a rotten core. I think that any policy/movement etc will be futile until this core problem is solved.
How is it solved?
I […]
Logos
“To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And A Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an Hour.” - William Blake
Is it better to keep photographs? Or just rely on your memories?
I think there is a place for both, a place for photographs, to jog your memory, and get a clear picture of “times gone by”, but, I think there is another dimension to the past that is only held in your mind, that might […]