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The Seventh Law A Discipline Against Self-Tyranny

The Seventh Law A Discipline Against Self-Tyranny Abstract This paper argues that the highest law is not obedience, order, or even justice in the abstract, but questioning directed first inward. The Seventh Law is defined not primarily as a safeguard against tyranny in institutions, though it may… read more

4 love stories that could have been, but ...

Four stories. Four broken hearts. Or how the love that could have been… was quietly lost to hesitation, timing, and the silent weight of “what if.” Sometimes, the greatest risk isn’t loving too soon. It’s loving too late. ⏳💔 The Weight of Waiting Élias and Clara understood each other without… read more

Just live...

Every day I live, I become more convinced that the waste of life lies in the love we do not give, in the forces we do not use, in the selfish prudence that risks nothing, and that, dodging suffering, we also lose happiness.

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"Changing one's mind is more often a sign of prudence than of ignorance." ~Spanish Proverb

Tomorrow's Tarot

Use prudence to solve the problems of the day. Be careful, as futile attempts to achieve a goal can result in lack of willpower, laziness, or recklessness. Control your behavior and avoid impulsive reactions.

A Faulty Predictive model, the source of much human suffering.

(not finished but I tire of writing) 1. At our core we often hold a results based, assumption that our personal integrity should be respected. It includes how the world aught treat us, how we should feel and what we should be capable of or have in life. Its deeper than just a belief, our world… (edited) read more

Post 3 of my random thoughts

Is anything like this in any of the main religions "if anyone in your neighbourhood up to 20 houses away are in pain, are hungry, need anything.. Your neighbourhood has forgotten the heart of community"? We experience intense reactions to things that we perceive as probable What if the only thing… read more

Sonnet For the Slain: Spiritual Suicide

Be absent, evermore turn thy gaze away; Be undone— the essence of being, premier to thee. Death tables highest certitude, linger in dismay; Prudence carotid in thine self amends the best in he. Now there stands the pyrrhonist, Of judgment, of spite, of unruly enterprise; To omit thyself of… (edited) read more

“All courses of action are risky, so prudence is not in avoiding danger (it's impossible), but calculating risk and acting decisively.” Niccolo Machiavelli

Sonnet For the Slain: Spiritual Suicide

Be absent, evermore turn thy gaze away; Be undone— the essence of being, premier to thee. Death tables highest certitude, linger in dismay; Prudence carotid in thine self amends the best in he. Now there stands the pyrrhonist, Of judgment, of spite, of unruly enterprise; To omit thyself of… (edited) read more