Sometimes you just want a good pour over. Call me Barista1984 from now on. #coffeechain

This is when you should hope that there will be NO zaps…

Urge to buy more #Bitcoin is growing day by day. Honest note.

Pints with Aquinas and Thomistic Institute are great YouTube channels to start exploring. A big hurdle I overcame early on was realizing how insanely intelligent religious people can be and how little I knew about philosophy, theology, morality, epistemology, ontology, anthropology, etc. (still learning!)

It’s been really enlightening and fulfilling to find objective Truth, Goodness, and Beauty.

I'm just wondering how many books out of the Dewey Decimal 0-100 you have actually read, if you have never heard of anyone associating the One God of the Abrahamic sects with "Cosmos" or "The Universe" or "Chaos" (as in theory or magick).

Let's see. Theosophy. Taoism. Buddhism. Do I need to go on?

In terms of global demographics, most people define what christians call "God" with "The Cosmoss".

As a former atheist as well, bitcoin led me back to Catholicism. Once I realized there were objective truths (like bitcoin) I was on the quest to find more. I fell into the rabbit hole of Thomism (Aquinas’s 5 ways) and have been on a spectacular ride ever since.

My story —

Grew up in a Catholic family. Went to mass every Sunday. Believed in God as it was portrayed by the Church.

As a teenager, I began questioning religious dogma, and came to the conclusion that it’s all nonsense. There is no God. There is no afterlife. Credulous people are simply engaging in wishful thinking, as a way of coping for their inevitable death. I became a staunch atheist, and scoffed at religious people all through University.

As an adult, I started exploring Eastern philosophy and religions, starting with the Bhagavad Gita. This led me to the works of Alan Watts. I realized I was missing half the picture. God needn’t be thought of as some external ruler pulling the strings from afar. God is better thought of as the divine essence that dwells within every being and non-being. In this sense, it’s true that you cannot die, because “you” are everywhere and everything. In the words of Alan Watts, “You are IT” aka “Tat Tvam Asi.”

At the same time as I was reading Alan Watts, I had a series of profound religious experiences of my own, wherein I experienced the oneness of being firsthand, which eviscerated any strains of atheism or alienation from existence itself altogether.

This search for the Truth continued, and is what has led me to #Bitcoin.

So if you are reading this, and are an atheist, all I can say is that you are on the right path — and that it’s good to question every assumption — but you are not there yet. Keep searching.

Also, you can create a secondary throwaway Npub/Nsec to use for purposes like checking out others clients. I never use my primary Nsec with clients I'm not comfortable with yet.

Former? What made you change your mind?

Happy birthday!

Hey I'm 35 today!! 🎉🎂🦁 I don't feel much different, maybe 1% wiser. #birthday #leo #grateful

Have a blessed Sunday.

I heard there’s not enough debate on nostr, so let’s get into it:

Nickelback is one of the greatest bands of all time.

DISCUSS!!

Good morning fam ☀️ ☕️ ⛵️ stacking sats Saturday LFG #coffeechain #plebchain #nostr

The US Gov blocked a bill to monitor the billions of dollars we send to Ukraine but passed one to hire 87k IRS agents to track our venmo payments.

wen Lambo for 30k sats?

I can't believe I'm participating on a protocol, where I can zap sats, and be zapped sats by, a man I've watched/listened to countless hours of interviews and content from.

This truly is sometimes too much for me to process in the moment.

Another Day

Another Dollar

Another Hustle

Good Morning ☕️☀️ my fellow Nostr family.

Remember that you’re only human, you don’t have to a workaholic, take a break, get some fresh air, relax and go back and grind.

Have a great weekend everyone

#Coffeechain #plebchain #btc #nostr

First time on Nostr, pura vida