“#Serenity comes from the ability to say ‘Yes’ to #existence. #Courage comes from the ability to say ‘No’ to the wrong #choices made by others.”

—#AynRand, “The #Metaphysical Versus the #ManMade,” from ‘#Philosophy: Who Needs It’ https://a.co/cvDa7fV

Full #essay here: https://courses.aynrand.org/works/the-metaphysical-versus-the-man-made/

#KindleQuotes

Turns out our valiant countryman, and beneficent hero, Turner McNugs, so Titled//:Recursive-Glossbeing, was the intercranial #brogrammer responsible for #ventilating the #metaphysical certainty 9ner-ooV1i-PlastiRealm, thus securing sentient attributes for our glorious, spectral brood! #Wow #Spoilers #zounds

#ClubMate sugar-water drink goes global. https://www.vice.com/en/article/xywxm7/how-a-german-soda-became-hackers-fuel-of-choice

"We sell Club-Mate because we believe it to have a #metaphysical relationship with #techno music," Barclay says. "There is some sort of cosmic bond between this mysterious potion and the exploration of #computer #technologies."

If you don't like to hear about #astrology, #tarot, #cartomancy, or all those other #metaphysical things- I'm probably NOT who you want to follow. Yes, I talk about other things, and am a multifaceted person, but this is primarily what I came to this place to share and find community with.

So don't get seduced in by one of my other posts and then become disappointed when you see I'm one of them tarot/astro heauxs, cuz yes-- I'm HER.

#BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #BlackTwitter #ReadMyProfile

#AcrossTheSpiderverse is generating some interesting conversations in my family about #metaphysical #necessity and #possibility.

As I feared our Donnie Darko review is totally dying on it's arse. From 500 views last episode to 22 so far for this one. PLEASE give it a watch if you haven't, help us share it and give it some promotion. https://youtu.be/_WpAyvif6rE #film #FilmTwitter #cult #metaphysical #Review

“There are #metaphysical rivers, she swims in them like that #swallow swimming in the #air, #spinning madly around a #belfry, letting herself drop so that she can rise up all the better with the swoop. I describe and define and #desire those #rivers, but she swims in them. I look for them, find them, observe them from the #bridge, but she swims in them. And she doesn’t know it, any more than the swallow.”
Julio #Cortazar, #Hopscotch, p.96, Section 21, Pantheon Books, 1966 #LiteraturaArgentina

#Life 3.5 billion years
#Sex 2.1 billion years
#Body 1 billion years
#Mind 750 million years
#Compassion 300 million (Amniote)
#Social Ape - 4 million
#Technological Ape - 2 million (Fire, Tools, Language)
#HomoSapiens - 200,000 years

Sex came before bodies. On the #metaphysical scale, the body-types with which we are familiar evolved to make sure sex would function.

After 2.1 billion years of #evolution, it's no surprise that #humans are not a strict #binary regarding #sexuality. In the individual scale, sex is different things to different people.

The mind evolved to protect the body. Compassion evolved to protect new #generations. No compassion, no extended #development. No compassion, no cooperation. No cooperation , no #society.

Raise a glass to our distant ancestor #Amniotes who were nurturers of offspring. Raise a glass to our much less distant #Hominid ancestors who bequeathed #language and other tools for survival.

All that is metaphysically still part of us.

Each set of generations will inform the minds of new generations on how to use their bodies.

Societies really are responsible for the adults within. #Culture is the #teacher of #parents.

#socialconstructivism #psychology

Algernon Blackwood would have been 154 today, and we have published a new anthology of his writing:

https://www.handheldpress.co.uk/shop/fantasy-and-science-fiction/algernon-blackwood-the-unknown/

#indiepublishing #superantural #metaphysical #allthefeels

the universe revealed. #Photography #DigitalArt #Flowers #Art #Texture #Metaphysical #Metaphor #MastoArt #FediArt

Here's a list of the #podcasts I turn to again and again -- the ones that spark joy and anticipation on a regular basis:

- @atpfm

- @connected

- Dune Pod (Goes beyond #Dune news to review sci-fi movies old and new)

- Mac Power Users (Relay FM)

- Oh, No, Ross and Carrie (investigations of #metaphysical and para-scientific claims)

- The Weight (#UMC interest mostly; trends in the chuch)

- The Sh*t No One Tells You About #Writing

Share your favorites; I'm always on the lookout for more!

Been listening to Deepak Chopra. We are all one. The edges that define objects and separates us from others are only what we perceive with our senses. That we should realise that we are the universe encapsulated in a bag of skin and bones. 50% Milky Way and 50% the rest of the galaxies, I think he said. Which is why we can be limitless, if we can only get past the creative limitations we impose on ourselves. #source #metaphysical #metahuman

@jotak I answered the third option because #algorithms are finite, so you can't prove their the best tautologically. As a procedure, "best practices" are conjectural.

You can prove an algorithm inductively on paper, but since algorithms are finite, you can't empirically prove it on a computer. So it's conjectural or #metaphysical at that point. That makes arguing about elegance for a computer asinine, in my opinion.

#mathematics #compsci #programming #datascience #Math #ComputerScience

Happy dance over here!!! Otter Coast: A Medical Marijuana Mystery... Join in on the book party... because my second eco-fiction novel is ready for you! Read a review, buy & read, add a starred review!

As architectural intern Amalia Sengupta Erenwine grapples with her nascent career in New York City and the consequences of her new relationship, her friend the Reverend Mildred McCaine plans a panel about medical marijuana at her Binghamton church. When these two women take off on a road trip back to Mildred's hometown, they each in their own way intend to prove themselves pure of intent and unencumbered by their pasts. Amalia hopes to demonstrate she's true to her word and figure out her love life, and Mildred is drawn to confront fuzzy details about her family's past. But when the women uncover mysterious goings-on at Mildred's childhood home, an intriguing ancient artifact, and long-forgotten memories of otters at play, their fine intentions come unraveled. How will Amalia reconcile her deeper knowing with her life's goals? And how will Mildred remember and come to terms with her family's history, and her own present and new unfolding?

Links are ready in two places - Barnes and Noble and Amazon...

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/otter-coast-maia-kb-chowdhury/1143042148?ean=9798986185415

https://www.amazon.com/Otter-Coast-Medical-Marijuana-Mystery/dp/B0BV5DD9LB/ref=sr_1_1?qid=1676895718&refinements=p_27%3AMaia+Kb+Chowdhury&s=books&sr=1-1&text=Maia+Kb+Chowdhury

Canadian, UK, Asia, Africa, ANZA links to follow as soon as they're up online. For international, orders, please go directly to your local bookseller and order with this information:

Maia Chowdhury, Otter Coast, ISBN: 9798986185415

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Thank you, friends, for all your support in the making of this book! Enjoy!

Maia :-) <3

#Adventure #AmWriting #Architecture #BIPOC #CliFi #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeFiction #CommunityPlanning #ContemporaryFiction #CreativeWriting #Desi #Diversity #EcoFiction #Engineering #Fracking #GoodReads #HighSpeedTransit #HydraulicFracturing #IndieAuthor #IndiePublisher #Intersectionality #LiteraryFiction #Logistics #Love #LoveStory #Marijuana #MedicalMarijuana #Metaphysical #MixedDesi #MixedRace #Mystery #Nanowrimo #Planning #Rail #Reiki #Transit #VisionaryEcoFiction #VisionaryFiction #Visualization

Secondly, going back to the mind #misquote, am I not my mind? Isn't that how this works? That my #metaphysical mind is not my physical brain, and therefore should know the difference between a self-deprecating joke and being honest? Or am I wrong here.

Also - going back to the " #BruceLee quote" - how does my body comprehend things?

No. None of this makes sense.

Nobody has seen more #NewAge #Metaphysical crap than me. But salt scrub light bulbs? My middle aged eyes are drawing a line in the badly lit sand.

What should do with this massive chunk of #obsidian? Other than #flintnapping a #ritual #dagger cuz I already intend to do that?

Do you have any #beliefs about stones having #metaphysical properties?

Any flintnappers in WA who have a good set of tools and a workshop I could use in exchange for some of this beast?

Good morning! Reiki Master Nan here - boosting retirement income with my Metaphysical Spiritual Gift Store. Premiumchakra.com and LovingtheReikiLife.com Located in USA.
#metaphysical #spiritual #gifts #reiki #chakras #followme #fedigifts

📖 A spontaneous appearance, a wordless gift, an immediate vanishing, synchronicity, and the ancient ruins of Machu Picchu, Peru where it is said the soul meets the sky . . .

My short story, The Soul That Met The Sky is included in the anthology, Paranormal Whispers, published by Wingless Dreamer -- available from Amazon, paperback & Kindle: https://tinyurl.com/3d297xtm

#writers #writersofmastodon #writing #writingcommunity #shortstories #metaphysical #paranormal

American illustrator Jon Carling ~ Moon Witch

#Metaphysical #Drawing #Pencil