“As fashion, among women, is the game of conforming faster than anyone else, so, among men, it is the game of ‘I am more modest and mature than you.’”
— Alan Watts, Does It Matter? 
Every state/local ballot measure:
MEASURE 21
Vote YES or NO
RAISES SPENDING AS A WAY OF REDUCING SPENDING. Authorizes $99 billion in general obligation bonds and establishes a new governance oversight committee aimed at collecting gravy from the gravy train for as long as possible.
Supporters: Everyone important.
Opponents: None submitted.
“Are you yet ready to admit that what you will and what you won’t are one and the same process? … That as the recognition of a figure requires a background, the sense of being ‘oneself’ requires the apprehension that there is something ‘other’ and external?”
— Alan Watts, Does It Matter? 
This is the hardest-hitting part of Catholic Mass for me. It’s hard not to feel His presence when reciting it. nostr:note1amawpayfjtqh2s2crjag8eavz7r55g3fk3s96t7mee95jgfr23ys8cu3jm
The Eucharistic Prayer
Priest:
The Lord be with you.
People:
And with your spirit.
Priest:
Lift up your hearts.
People:
We lift them up to the Lord.
Priest:
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People:
It is right and just.
Priest:
It is truly right and just, our duty and our salvation, always and everywhere to give you thanks, Lord, holy Father, almighty and eternal God, through Christ our Lord.
For by his birth he brought renewal to humanity’s fallen state, and by his suffering, canceled out our sins;
by his rising from the dead,
he has opened the way to eternal life,
and by ascending to you, O Father,
he has unlocked the gates of heaven.
And so, with the company of Angels and Saints, we sing the hymn of your praise, as without end we acclaim:
All:
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts.
Heaven and earth are full of your glory. Hosanna in the highest. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. Hosanna in the highest. 
Nice. nostr:note1hxnnze45km2g547chq8kfc7ef3shknwx2hcl38v2rhzxlvpffeuszh0t5x
To be true to your inner, higher self is what matters most.
Once you’ve realized fiat’s days are numbered and #Bitcoin is going to win, it still takes 6-18 months minimum to adjust your mental model, financial allocations, and savings behavior.
You might be able to smash buy Bitcoin in large amounts, but typically there are strict limits on withdrawals, such as only $5,000 per week, and if Bitcoin achieves escape velocity, you might never be able to withdraw it all.
If you’ve gone through this phase already, you are ahead of the curve.
“the mysterious ‘it’ in ‘it is raining.’”
— Alan Watts, Does It Matter? 
“From the way gulls scramble and jostle each other for bits of bread, you would imagine that a single gull would be most happy to eat alone. But if you throw a crust to a lonely gull, it calls in a way that brings every other gull within hearing to the spot. Perhaps it doesn’t know how to calculate, or just doesn’t know how to restrain its squawks of delight. Maybe it isn’t really an individual, but simply the subordinate organ of a gull-group something like a communist.”
— Alan Watts, Does It Matter? 
“The so-called physical world and the so-called human body are a single process, differentiated only as the heart from the lungs or the head from the feet. In stodgy academic circles I refer to this kind of understanding as ‘ecological awareness.’ Elsewhere it would be called ‘cosmic consciousness’ or ‘mystical experience.’”
— Alan Watts, Does It Matter? 
The music I’ve been locking in to lately 
Before Bitcoin / After Bitcoin ( nostr:npub1ndketdm2qyv35nrhsxzks8kh7w7w6tll4rjp29hv0qjqkgfjsh6snmgk2v edition ) 
The life of Jesus transcends geographic and cultural differences. 
“Here come the far-right”
Happy Columbus Day to all who oppose human sacrifice. 