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Archetypes and Mythology. Why They Matter Even More So Today
DIR By: guest55
Date: July 23, 2021, 3:12 pm
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Archetypes and Mythology. Why They Matter Even More So Today |
Kristina Dryza
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> How to think mythically and sense archetypally to better
understand our shared humanity, yet honour the diverse ways we
live and make meaning. Australian-born Lithuanian Kristina Dryza
is recognised as one of the world’s top female futurists and is
also an archetypal consultant and author. Kristina has always
been fascinated by patterns for she feels we are patterned
beings in a patterned universe. She writes and speaks about the
patterning of seasonal, tidal, lunar and circadian rhythms and
their influence on creativity, innovation and leadership. She
also explores archetypes and mythology to perceive the patterns
in the collective unconscious and their expression within our
psyches, society and media. This talk was given at a TEDx event
using the TED conference format but independently organized by a
local community.
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Re: South West Africa
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 7, 2021, 4:13 pm
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South Africa’s Descent into Chaos
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> After the imprisonment of the former South African President,
Jacob Zuma, by his one time ally and successor, widespread
protests in his home state of KwaZulu-Natal turned deadly.
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> Over a week of riots and looting, the city of Durban was left
in flames. VICE World News goes inside South Africa’s descent
into chaos, witnessing the scale of the rage and destruction.
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"Alpha Male" Goes To Eastern Europe To Get Women,
Fails Miserably
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 13, 2021, 1:02 pm
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"Alpha Male" Goes To Eastern Europe To Get Women, Fails
Miserably
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> If this is masculinity, count me out. Also I love how Eastern
European women are viewed as sentient sex dolls by these
overseas creeps.
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Here's what the "Alpha Male" Matt Forney looks like:
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Here's a picture of Forney with his "It's OK to be white"
friend:
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Here is the Return Of Kings website:
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> Neomasculinity combines traditional beliefs, masculinity, and
animal biology into one ideological system. It aims to aid men
living in Westernized nations that lack qualities such as
classical virtue, masculinity in males, femininity in females,
and objectivity, especially concerning beauty ideals and human
behavior. It also serves as an antidote for males who are being
programmed to accept Western degeneracy, mindless consumerism,
and immoral state authority. The purpose of this article is to
list and describe the principal doctrines of neomasculinity.
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Can We Be Heroes Again? Confronting the Banality of Modern Evil
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 22, 2021, 4:02 pm
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Can We Be Heroes Again? Confronting the Banality of Modern Evil
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> I'm sure you have experienced it to. These moments where you
look upon our modern world and the sheer absurdity of it just
hits you....
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Re: Can We Be Heroes Again? Confronting the Banality of Modern
Evil
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 22, 2021, 4:29 pm
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Who We Really Are... When Everything Goes Wrong
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Re: Random Thoughts....
DIR By: guest55
Date: August 28, 2021, 12:52 pm
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Hitler's Female SS General
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> The interesting and largely unknown story of SS-Oberführerin
Eleanore Baur a.k.a Sister Pia.
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Is real friendship even possible? And the Path of the Loner.
DIR By: guest55
Date: September 24, 2021, 4:55 pm
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> "The egoism of human nature is so strongly antagonistic to any
such sympathy, that true friendship belongs to that class of
things—the sea-serpent, for instance,—with regard to which no
one knows whether they are fabulous or really exist somewhere or
other." — Arthur Schopenhauer
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SCHOPENHAUER: How to Spot a Fake Friend (What Is a Real Friend?)
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> Is real friendship even possible? This is the question
Schopenhauer tries to answer.
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> The basis of true friendship, for Schopenhauer, is an
objective compassion with the weal and woe of your friend. The
word “objective” here denotes disinterest – a good friend is
completely selfless, and identifies himself completely with his
friend, so much so that not even a trace of a selfish motive for
the friendship is left.
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> Suffice to say, that for Schopenhauer, this is an ideal that
is almost never reached in the real world. He even wonders if
it’s possible at all.
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> Schopenhauer’s cynical view of friendship is exemplified by a
passage in which he does admit that true friendship might be
possible after all, only to add the disclaimer that surely, some
kind of secret personal motive must be at play as well. Still,
we might as well regard this kind of friendship as “genuine.”
Even though it’s not perfect, it’s the best we can hope for,
because at bottom, at least there is some real feeling of
compassion in there.
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> So, the question arises: how do you know if a friend is real
or fake? There are two ways to know.
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> You know a friend is real if circumstances force him to make
some kind of great sacrifice for you. If misfortune befalls you,
who of your friends will be there for you? And which of them
will disappear from your life? Will your friends support you in
difficult times, or will they not bother?
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> And, if all of that fails we still have dogs to keep us
company.... [emoji4]
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SCHOPENHAUER: Being Alone (How to Deal With Society)
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> “To be self-sufficient, to be all in all to oneself, to want
for nothing, to be able to say omnia mea mecum porto [everything
I have, I carry with me]—that is assuredly the chief
qualification for happiness.”
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> In order to live and to function in society, we must make
sacrifices. This is inevitable. We must get along with other
people to get what we want. We must be cooperative and generally
be pleasant to be around. Above all, we must be able to relate
to the common man.
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> For the intelligent person, and especially the man of genius,
this is a big burden to carry. For the genius, it’s hard to
relate to the common man. He will inevitably feel alone.
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> Therefore, it’s for the best if he learns to enjoy solitude.
>
> But why is society so dull in the first place? Schopenhauer’s
answer is elitist: because most people are dull. And it’s
exactly because most people are dull, that they are driven to
interaction with others. It’s as if the average person is not a
full person by himself, and needs others to complete him.
>
> The intelligent mind can occupy itself and does not need
distractions or empty activity. But for the average person, this
kind of activity, literally just passing the time, becomes
necessary.
>
> However, Schopenhauer also concedes that the need for solitude
is directly related to age. The younger you are, the more need
you have for socializing. This is also because your mind is not
yet fully developed: the younger we are, the more we are like
others.
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> The essay closes with a word of warning. Seclusion, being
alone, has its drawbacks. For example, Schopenhauer notes that
we become more irritable by being alone. We are more easily
annoyed by minor things because we aren’t accustomed to the
turmoils of regular life.
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> A small rock, thrown into a still lake, causes a notable
disturbance. The same rock thrown into a stormy sea, not nearly
as much. But this is a small price to pay for peace of mind,
which we attain by removing ourselves from the stormy seas of
society.
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How to Reduce the Pain of Life | Arthur Schopenhauer
DIR By: guest55
Date: September 24, 2021, 5:59 pm
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How to Reduce the Pain of Life | Arthur Schopenhauer
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> The nineteenth-century German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer
observed that nature is driven by an all-encompassing force,
which he called Will, or more specifically, the Will-To-Live.
This force is unconscious, aimless, and blind, and gives rise to
an insatiable striving within human beings. We live our lives
grasping, craving, and attaching ourselves to external things,
and we feed on other living organisms to perpetuate our own
existence, all of which is a manifestation of Will.
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> Thus, the will lies at the root of suffering, as our
never-ending hunger (and our inability to satiate it) results in
an ongoing pursuit of pleasure that never, ever satisfies in the
long run. To cope with the misery of life, Schopenhauer took the
effort to construct a philosophy to help us attain a state of
happiness, which may seem a bit strange as he’s such a
pessimistic thinker. But similar to a philosopher and spiritual
teacher that lived about 2,500 years ago named the Buddha,
Schopenhauer rigorously examined and endured the illnesses of
existence before he came up with a cure.
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> After his death, Schopenhauer left us with an unfinished
manuscript titled “Die Kunst, glücklich zu sein,” which can be
translated as “The art of being happy”, and contains fifty rules
for life. This video is based on the fifty rules by Arthur
Schopenhauer, and explores how we can reduce the pain of life.
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Re: Is real friendship even possible?
DIR By: guest55
Date: September 24, 2021, 6:02 pm
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Miyamoto Musashi | The Path of the Loner
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> Musashi’s written works expand on the ‘path of the warrior’,
which is the samurai way of discipline, focus, restraint, and
honor. The path of the warrior is governed by moral and ethical
codes that are commonly referred to as Bushidō. Shortly
before he died, Musashi compiled twenty-one principles on how a
warrior should live.
>
> These timeless principles known as Dokkōdō can
inspire us today to live well. This three-part series elaborates
on the twenty-one principles from Musashi’s Dokkōdō.
The first part and second part explored the first fourteen
principles. This third and final part further explores the path
of the warrior, based on the last seven principles.
>
> Please note, the elaborations in this video are based on
existing philosophies, the author’s interpretations, and
reasoning, and are intended to be an inspiration for present-day
life.
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Re: How to Reduce the Pain of Life | Arthur Schopenhauer
DIR By: christianbethel
Date: September 24, 2021, 6:22 pm
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So, just to clarify, it's
Tirthankars→Siddhartha→Pythagoras→Plato→Zoroaster→Jesus→Mani→Muhammad→???→Schopenhauer→Hitler?
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