If Santa isn’t real, how is it that he inspires parents all around the world to perpetuate his μῦθος by placing gifts under the Christmas tree? nostr:note1dczg3t7rpqhte0gj4s08w4z5ys5yyugv34cnanud3xzuwql8p9fsjhaz6m
Close friend of mine has just become an ardent Bitcoiner in the past week or so. Something “clicked” and now he is all-in. Makes me proud.
Also reminds me that, while you can lead a horse to water, you cannot make it drink. It is up to the individual.
Excellent
“At one extreme of its meaning, ‘myth’ is fable, falsehood, or superstition. But at another, ‘myth’ is a useful and fruitful image by which we make sense of life in somewhat the same way that we can explain electrical forces by comparing them with the behavior of water or air. Yet ‘myth,’ in this second sense, is not to be taken literally, just as electricity is not to be confused with air or water. Thus in using myth one must take care not to confuse image with fact, which would be like climbing up the signpost instead of following the road.”
— Alan Watts, The Book 
They don’t want you to know this, but you can find most book texts online for free if you search the name + pdf.
That is good. We need more of this.
Blessed be the dip buyers, for they shall inherit the corn. nostr:note1rkzjhsdesf4hufgl4rwr4s720m28ysu9tfc80t34zhjye4k2hyjqtvc6v9
It is a mistake that most Christian schools only expose their students to Christian theology. Personally, Christianity did not make sense until I had greater knowledge of Eastern Religions, particularly Buddhism.
I understand why they avoid teaching about other religions, for fear of leading the flock astray, but a broader religious understanding provides important context that, in my experience, strengthens one’s faith. 
Millennial/Zoomer Devout Christianity > Boomer Casual Christianity 
“You think that’s money in your bank account?!” 
Members of Congress, which controls the “purse strings” of the US government, should be paid precisely zero dollars so long as we are in a fiscal deficit. 
“The world outside your skin is just as much you as the world inside: they move together inseparably, and at first you feel a little out of control because the world outside is so much vaster than the world inside. Yet you soon discover that you are able to go ahead with ordinary activities—to work and make decisions as ever, though somehow this is less of a drag. Your body is no longer a corpse which the ego has to animate and lug around. There is a feeling of the ground holding you up, and of hills lifting you when you climb them. Air breathes itself in and out of your lungs, and instead of looking and listening, light and sound come to you on their own. Eyes see and ears hear as wind blows and water flows. All space becomes your mind.”
— Alan Watts, The Book 