My brothers and I used to watch his videos all the time. Best skater in THPS also.
To clarify muddy waters,
you must hold them still and let things settle.
To glimpse the secret of the Tao,
you must keep still and quiet your mind.
Let that meat talk. #foodstr 
Fuck it. nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955 purple. Support the devs.
Great news. Connecting via nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 LSP isn’t the best UI. Primal is easy to use but seems like a black box. So to speak.
Yup. You’ll hear them shouting how they love Bitcoin in bull markets and crickets in bear markets.
I heard from a finance guy that engineers (STEM related field of work) take the longest to get into Bitcoin but are the least likely to leave in a bear market. They take the time to fully understand it.
Need pleb help here. Can I connect my custodial lightning node over Tor to alby to my NOSTR profile so that I can send and receive zaps from personal node? I currently have Zeus connected to my node to interface with my node through my phone. nostr:npub1xnf02f60r9v0e5kty33a404dm79zr7z2eepyrk5gsq3m7pwvsz2sazlpr5 nostr:npub1getal6ykt05fsz5nqu4uld09nfj3y3qxmv8crys4aeut53unfvlqr80nfm nostr:npub18m76awca3y37hkvuneavuw6pjj4525fw90necxmadrvjg0sdy6qsngq955
I finally understand the meaning of Acts 5 (at least some of it - these things seem to always be layered)
Here's a link - it's the first part, with Ananias and Saphira that bothered me.
https://www.biblestudytools.com/acts/5.html
Unfortunately, the Bible is not a completely self referential language. The OT might be, if you know the ancient Hebrew alphabet, but the NT seems to require more input from external sources. The notes in my study bible are spectacularly insufficient.
In this case, I found the answer in a tarot card. Before you scoff, let me explain. But read the first part of Acts, first.
That done, spend a minute thinking about how ridiculous that story is. Those two people were believers. Killing them is the furthest thing from merciful, in this new religion preaching love and charity and healing. Being dead is the opposite of health and killing is the opposite of charity, so you can see why this story is a problem. I was only partially able to rationalize it by recognizing that God is not subject to human ideas of morality - but that was an insufficient rationalization.
The story gives a hint : the opposites represented in the man and woman, as well as the more blatant opposite in God killing while using healing to build His church. That's probably why the story of healing Mary comes immediately after the story of Ananias and Saphira. Polarity is supposed to smack you in the face here.
Enough explaining, here's the tarot card that told the story :
As you can see, the Six of Pentacles shows a rich man giving to two poor men. The scales in his hand are balanced, showing justice. Justice isn't fairness - its balance, things being in their place. It can also simply indicate a scale for doing transactions. Notice that the rich guy isn't pouring himself out - he's giving what he can afford to give, probably keeping a tight ledger. Just like the couple in Acts 5... Notice also that the two subservient men do not appear chaffed by their subservience. Their relationship with the rich guy is in balance. It doesn't matter if you identify with the giver or the receiver : overall, the card means that you get what you are able to receive.
Now look at The Star, trump # 17 - which, at least in this case, represents the opposite of what the Six of Pentacles represents :
This one is much more obvious in meaning. The vases pour out water endlessly. Its not measured - its infinite. The water represents Spirit, and the feet on both land and water represents union of spirit and matter. (Side note : etymologically, "matter" comes from the same root as "mother" ; likewise, the Spirit is more of a father) The nakedness of the woman fits well with the nakedness of Adam and Eve - knowledge of good and evil is the natural consequence of naming all the animals, or dividing the non discreet state of being (unity) into discreetized language. Genesis is like a jackhammer of redundancy...
But back to the card, you can see the same message we (hopefully) receive in church, which is that the Spirit is like a cup overflowing (ironic insert : Nietzsche talked a lot about the overman being like an over full lake). That metaphorical cup slowly drains itself if you never pour it, but refills itself infinitely if you pour it out. Thus, the more you give of yourself, the more you receive. Its true, but charlatans depend on your misunderstanding. So, pour the water/spirit/yourself out freely. The water/Spirit is life.
If you measure it and account for it, you receive only what you are able to receive, which is not life, but separation.
The bird in The Star card may be another hint, in the same general direction : Thoth, an Egyptian god, was represented by an ibis, and Thoth gave humanity language. And you could explain the card as representing the outpouring of creative energy after the fall of The Tower, which might point back to the fall in Eden. Tarot teaches a recurring story...
A lot more can be said, especially about the meaning and purpose of the Fall, which then can lead into the meaning and purpose of "evil" - but we've gone far enough for one day. And anyways, my finger gets fatigued by tapping my phone so many times.
Acts 5 is solved! Hurray! It only took about a month...
#tarot
I'll refrain from giving it a "god" or "bible" hashtag - they want so badly for it to all be literal, it won't help anything...
Keep these posts coming. 🔥🙏🏻
I still have not figured out this portion of Genesis. Which tree was forbidden? Was it both? Is the Tree of Life similar to the Jewish Tree of Life described in Qabbalastic practice?
Either way my current thought is that at this moment Humans separated themselves from other animals on Earth through their consciousness. Animals don’t have a consciousness. When a lion eats its prey, it doesn’t think of its doing good or evil, it’s acting purely on instinct. Humans don’t have this.
The wording “life-blood” makes me think eating something alive. Regardless if it’s human or an animal.
Very fiat/NPC behavior. Everyone needs to have a political stance. It’s an identity.
I wouldn’t say this indicates a flat earth, but it is quite the coincidence. The more I think about it, the crazier it seems.
Here's some takeaways from the cruise and a dump...
1. NPCs are everywhere, including my family
1a. But family over everything (minus God)
2. Cruises are fun af but crowds are trash
3. Was reading "Bitcoin Is Venice" for my cruise read and it should be a seminal read along with "The Bitcoin Standard"
https://video.nostr.build/31eadeafea977e25e8277ef6e78ef6939c01ef6fac6129ed71212f1064119394.mp4
https://video.nostr.build/88fb54ddadd95594519e425a9d5a5b21735303140747bf48f485996df37fca5a.mp4
https://video.nostr.build/08563a3fe3669e0e6583f88d06c0f28168890d69901b9ddf48120c1abb1f576c.mp4
https://video.nostr.build/3bfcdd713f4163f585696a7df04ae8085946358afb03954b6c3edd17431bce3d.mp4
https://video.nostr.build/9836ced3a0e4cf7e9171dd884aa3a8eb6a85986b79998458c79d280c420a4cb7.mp4
Cruises are fun once maybe twice. Been on one and it was fun but I agree, it’s not the greatest way to travel. The only other cruise I’d be open to, is one on the Mediterranean. Stop by a new city on the Mediterranean every couple of days.
Did you know?
A total solar eclipse occurs because the diameter of the Sun is about 400 times that of the Moon, but it also approximately 400 times farther away,
[Total solar eclipse on July 2, 2019, Argentina at sunset]
https://video.nostr.build/ba6cd6127555e2d30a2eae24c67016451e9ba30e77b8c2ebcc0daa6d9f2e46f4.mp4
The fact that the size of the moon and sun appear to be almost exactly the same from Earth’s vantage point still boggles my mind. That kind of coincidence is remarkable.
The only thing more scarce than Bitcoin is your time. If selling bitcoin buys you more time to do what you love or spend time with the people you love, then it makes sense to sell. Bitcoin is known scarcity. Your time is unknown scarcity.