If we accept that absence is secondary to presence, then what do we make of what resides betwixt? We find ourselves in the realm of ghosts — a domain where the dead often don’t know they are dead.
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If we accept that absence is secondary to presence, then what do we make of what resides betwixt? We find ourselves in the realm of ghosts — a domain where the dead often don’t know they are dead.
We are surrounded by utopias - or so-called perfect sites which can never be significant places. The perfect presentation of these unreal spaces fills us with an uncanny dread concerning the attrition of our lives.
The movement towards a threat often involves the predatory instinct to extinguish the threat. This courageous disposition is often brought about by a declaration which foretells of a heroic nature.
One indication of a noble will usurping the suite of behaviors informed by the persona, is increased disgust sensitivity. Disgust spurs on all impulses to purge and eradicate pathogens of spirit.
If the former self was considered to be king, the king has now fallen ill to the truth — the truth being that the throne upon which this former self has reigned will be usurped by another contender.
In our reclamation of the symbolic, we must be careful to maintain our productive and poietic capacity to create symbols. In this creative mode, truth can be unrevealed, preparing us for life and love within an apocalyptic paradigm
When we consider the essence of our primordial being, and we look back to the garden from which we have been expelled — a more robust nature beckons to be resurrected and activated. Reconditioning man to once again live in the garden is a hard task requiring a noble will.
Possibility is not an external ontic, but is man himself. The being-which-is-there is possibility as a mode of being. As man moves in the world, so is he. As man loves another in the world, so is he.
Curiosity is often a murderer of organisms. Alas, what is most untrue is often most useful. It is not necessary to take a thing literally in order to take it seriously.
Mendacity is often a siren who seduces with pleasant deceptions. In our ecology of disinformation, truth is nothing more than what is agreed to be truthful, creating a shared language which is uplifting and optimistic in tone and tenor only. The philosopher cannot alter the nature of Truth in an effort to make it more palatable.
Exalting the form of man over man himself leads to a pathology of contradiction which causes man to behave as a double-minded hedonist — sick of himself in a body which has been granted long life on earth and eternal life in heaven. A new responsibility must be adhered to as we manage an abundance of time.
This energized state of creativity invigorates the whole animal and leads to the execution of a concentrated will to power and life. This energized state also inspires one to administer justice which contains no resentment nor ressentiment.
The home becomes a prison. School becomes a corporation. Family becomes an enterprise. Individuals no longer exist for everyone is divided asunder by ethers of control. Many reside in heavens and hells simultaneously.
The rules of previously enclosed spaces erupt into all atmospheres and environments becoming ethers of control which all must adhere to. Since ethers of control grant life, there is no need to be born again.
The belief is that order can only emerge from destruction and chaos. The propagation of a seemingly open and free society necessitates the expansion of all spatial boundaries alongside the simultaneous destruction of long-standing spaces of enclosure.
We observe, identify and consume objects of our desire because we believe we desire them. We are not aware that the many trinkets we have accumulated have very little to do with what we truly desire.
It takes violence to transform a beautiful mind into a binary one. It takes the trauma of adulthood to shatter the dreams of children.
Which is more authentic? The murder of Ermias or the footage of his murder?