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Category Archives: Quick Ideas
Trade-off
Consider carefully the things that you want, because they require that which you already have as payment. Be mindful of your current situation, to ensure what you have is not keeping you from what is most important. Stress doesn’t come … Continue reading
Ignorance is Bliss?
With all of this ‘Ground Zero’ Mosque bullshit, I think it’s good to take a satirical perspective to get to down to the roots of American xenophobia. I’ll let ‘The Onion’ do it.. <— Click the Link Hard Copy of … Continue reading
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Tagged 911, america, american, comedy, Ground Zero Mosque, ignorance, muslim, perception, satire, terrorist, The Onion, willful ignorance, world news, xenophobia
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Poetry and Religion
So I was reading reddit.com and a user submitted a photograph of the following religious peom with the title, “Sigh…this was posted on a hallway whiteboard in my office the other day.” “Almighty God, of majesty high walked on this … Continue reading
Posted in Quick Ideas, Quotes
Tagged atheism, Christianity, commanality, existence, fight, poetry, purpose, unecessary, views, wisdom, wit, worldview
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God can teach lessons, even through atheists (i.e. Existence teaches us lessons)
I found this link while searching my favorite internet dump, reddit.com. This link is to an opinion article that briefly describes the experience of a Christian being the guest of and living with an atheist family. The following passage from … Continue reading
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Tagged atheist, belief systems, better person, better world, children, christian, God, golden rule, good nature, Ideas, living, moral guidelines, morals, motivation, people, perpetuating behaivour, Philosophy, raised well, reason for action, religion, Self-improvement, treatment, values
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My Mouth, Never, Infinity, The Big Bang, and The Universe
So first I want to say how I arrived at this post. Earlier today, I developed a canker sore in my mouth that was bothering me. I went to go get some food and as I was walking to my … Continue reading
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Tagged big bang, certainty, chance, consciousness, cosmology, existence, infinity, multi-verse, never, patience, probability, random, theory, time, train of thought, uncertainty, universe, wait
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Universe
So recently, I was talking about the notion of the Big Bang and the timeline of the universe with deadondres and we came to a discussion on the difference between and religious creation myth and the (scientific) big bang theory. … Continue reading
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Tagged confusion, end, fate, legend, misunderstanding, myth, Philosophy, science, start, story, terminology, terms, universe
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10,000!
We reached 10,000 views this morning! Thanks to everyone for checking us out – here’s to building a more thoughtful world.
Posted in Active Philosophy, Quick Ideas
Tagged 10000, Active Philosophy, hits, Ideas, internet, website, world
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Absence
The older I get, the more I realize that happiness is the absence of feeling, rather than any sort of fleeting euphoria. “Empty And Marvelous” Patagonia
Brain-Control
Sometimes the brain follows some pretty strange paths. Some are outright dangerous. You have to watch over your brain! But who is doing the watching?!!
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Tagged brain, conscious, consciousness, decision, decision making, decisions, life, living, perception, subconscious, unconscious, watching
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Concept Blocks & Chords
The little concepts build on top of the big ones. The big ones are simplified. For example, when strumming the guitar, the actual rhythm is better off felt, and the guitarist can simply say to himself…now A…now G7…now B minor…etc. … Continue reading
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Tagged blocks, chords, concepts, construction, guitar, Ideas, logic, Music, representation, semiotics, sheet music, symbolism
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