Musings @MethodistMuse

Existentialist l “Whys” Beget “Hows” | Create the Meaning You Seek | Find the Void and Fill that Void | Be the Protagonist that You Are | Recognize Your Nature Joined December 2024

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Musings @MethodistMuse

7 days ago

My screen time is directly correlated with the moments I’m confronted by how little I actually know and how powerless I am to completely bridge the gap I want to bridge.

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In defaulting to the existence of a vast and shadowy conspiracy after anything objectively horrible happens by the hand of a human, you are underselling the impact of the pervasive malignant nihilism that exists in our collective psyche. What does it matter if there’s no point?

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Mel @the_mel_jar

2 weeks ago

On political violence: while I’m concerned about the rise of this, I’m also concerned about our compulsions to want to deny our own tendencies towards reactionary anger, aggression, and violence, to preserve a certain fiction that we’re not driven, constantly, by this very thing.

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

I’ve thought about this a lot today. At first it seemed clear to me that it was purely rage bait (can’t believe I’m using that term), but after further thought I reflected on my daily experience before being exposed to psychoanalytic ideas. I mean I definitely held this view for…

Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner

2 months ago

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

I have this desire to pursue the truth that reveals itself to me, but this fear of being a phony. Intuitive vs rational. Spirits of the time and of the depths. It really is incredible how many people on X have cracked this code! Teach me, kind sage!

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Jonathan Shedler @JonathanShedler

2 months ago

Books are randomly generated word sequences, and your brain digs into your memories, concerns, fears, and experiences to build a story around it. I wouldn’t ascribe much meaning to them ✍️

Dr. Julie Gurner @drgurner

2 months ago

Books are randomly generated word sequences, and your brain digs into your memories, concerns, fears, and experiences to build a story around it. I wouldn’t ascribe much meaning to them ✍️

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

You see the bad news is that there are no sufficient gurus. But the good news is that there are no sufficient gurus.

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TheBluntTherapist @BluntTherapist_

2 months ago

Most often people seeking therapy feel alone, behind in some way, scared, odd, uncertain etc. to varying degrees. what I’ve learned as a human is how much people actually have in common and want similar experiences/to feel a certain way but express, repress, or regress in

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

Maturing is appreciating slow and controlled barbell squats.

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

Yes, I bet checking off the next box on your list will fill life with the meaning you are looking for.

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Musings @MethodistMuse

2 months ago

Completely liberating one’s self from the past inevitably must lead to chaos—the vast stormy ocean composed by the desires of now. Completely liberating one’s self from the present inevitably must lead to rigidity—the iron shackles of enslavement by unquestioned tradition.