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What do I believe right now?

What do I believe right now?

I think I am best described as a panpsychic polytheistic nihilist. I never doubted the existence of non-human intelligent life, or that all phenomena has intrinsic qualia, and that existence has no intrinsic purpose or meaning. Put altogether, I think if I had to express all of that as some kind of religion, it would be the religion of living life in the here and now, and then dying in a ditch,…

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A Mahayana Buddhist Analysis of the Themes of Outer Wilds

A Mahayana Buddhist Analysis of the Themes of Outer Wilds

This article analyze and contrasts various themes and ideas presented in Outer Wilds through a Mahayana Buddhist lens. My opinions and theological analysis are my own, and do not necessarily reflect any specific schools of Buddhism. Process vs Substance (; or Dynamic Processes vs Static Building Blocks in game design and metaphysics) In the game design of Outer Wilds, the developers focused on…

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Time to give Webcomic a try yet again?

Time to give Webcomic a try yet again?

Once upon a time, some years ago, I started a webcomic and then I stopped. There was many reasons, but chief amongst them was that I was not happy with the artistic direction as well as the rather broad nature and strange humour.I realized now, that the funniest things to me are stuff about my own life and beliefs, the stuff I write about on facebook or joke about with friends in Whatsapp or…

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Generosity and 仁

How do I find a meaningful field that can fulfill my objectives whilst being generous? What is generosity? According to Seth Godin, it is the kindness of authentic and meaningful work. It doesn’t mean free, but it has to contribute in some way. In one sense, this means that making average work is not meaningful. What is creative? Good design is generous. Authentic work is generous. Work that…

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Narrowing down my interests

Narrowing down my interests

I am no longer certain of what it is I should be doing. I have wide ranging interests, but a deep dissatisfaction with my present mastery (or complete lack of skill) in many many disciplines. Ironically, the disciplines in which I am most adept (such as graphic design or marketing) are more of a means to an end, then an end unto themselves.What is that end? What is it that I truly wish to…

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Toy Story 4, Initial Thoughts

Toy Story 4, Initial Thoughts

The Theology of Toy Story 4 is a fascinating one, and easily more mature than the previous entries. I will wrote an entire article about all four films at some point. Minor spoilers ahead! My hot take that will require more refinement: I can immediately see how your typical monotheistic exclusivist types might have trouble reconciling the theology depicted in this 4th entry with the rest, and…

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The phenomenological and experiential reality of magic.

The phenomenological and experiential reality of magic.

“[Magic is] a category of exclusion, used to define an unacceptable way of thinking as either the opposite of religion or of science”.— Karen Louise Jolly Justin in 2019: Magic is mostly nonsense, but if it existed, it’s because some people have woo powers beyond my understanding. Justin in 2020-2021: I am forced to accept that the phenomenological and experiential reality of magic is true,…

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God, all influence, but no power.

God, all influence, but no power.

Some accuse God of negligence regarding creation. It’s not that God doesn’t care, but His power of unilateral intervention is limited or non-existent.God has the supreme power of influence (divine inspiration), but His nature as the ontological whole also locks him into a nature which is necessarily “immutable” and thus not all-powerful (omnipotence is not an attribute of God).God has no free…

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Flat Earth, Skepticism, and Religion.

Flat Earth, Skepticism, and Religion.

The Buddhists of early-modern to modern times, in Japan and Thailand, had difficulty accepting that the world was round. They were astonished at the Western claims of a round Earth, because it contradicted their interpretation of scripture. One Buddhist in Japan built an elaborate 3D model of a Small-World system to “prove” to the Westerners that a Flat Earth was true, and that the Devas of…

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Hells should not exist in the Minds of Bodhisattvas.

Hells should not exist in the Minds of Bodhisattvas.

Namo great compassionate Avalokitesvara, May I soon unite with the Dharma-Nature Body. If I go towards the mountain of knives, the mountain of knives of itself breaks up; If I go towards the boiling oil, the boiling oil of itself dries up; If I go towards the hells, the hells of themselves disappear; If I go towards the hungry ghosts, the hungry ghosts of themselves become full. If I go towards the…

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We are sown a natural body, and raised a spiritual one.

We are sown a natural body, and raised a spiritual one.

My thesis: The Kingdom of Heaven is the extrinsic manifestation of the intrinsic Resurrection. For we are sown “a natural body” and we are “raised a spiritual body.” For the Kingdom is a mustard seed, small and invisible, and grows into a mighty tree that birds come and perch in its branches. The Kingdom and the Resurrection are one. We will not enter the Kingdom until we die. For what you sow…

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Intrinsically Pure

If I practice experiencing the world as intrinsically pure, I have saved myself. If others experience the world as intrinsically pure, we will have saved the world. Philosophy, precepts, and creed are just expedient means (like gestures, wireframes, and blueprints). They don’t mean anything by themselves, and can’t help people see intrinsic purity.

Gestures, wireframes, and blueprints are not a…

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The Vastness of Indeterminacy; and its endless awe.

The Vastness of Indeterminacy; and its endless awe.

From September 24th, 2019

When I was a child I wanted to write silly fantasy novels exploring cool ideas based on theologies and mythologies, but I had also realize I could never bring myself to actually do it because I was too attached to the so-called “correct” theologies (just like I am attached to correct science, correct law, correct everything).

“I wish I had enough doubt to…

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A real heart to comprehend it

From 2014:

This is all dream, a dream body, a dream life, a dream world. A dream that can bring you great pleasure and great pain, all self wrought, all self-inflicted, all self-deserved. But the good news, the best news, is that no matter how lost you are or how confused or deep the nightmare you wander, no matter how much joy you derive from these dreams…one day, you will wake up. And the real…

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Prajna Paramita, “The Perfection of Understanding” or; “The Perfection of Non-Discriminating Knowledge” or; “The Perfection of Intuitive Apprehension”

Prajna Paramita, “The Perfection of Understanding” or; “The Perfection of Non-Discriminating Knowledge” or; “The Perfection of Intuitive Apprehension”

I made a slide-deck primer on Prajna Paramita, which I share with only a small number of people. By popular demand, and because it’s unfeasible to keep sharing a slide-deck, I write out that particular presentation into a full Article.

If you look deeply into the person you love, you’ll be able to understand her suffering, her difficulties, and also her deepest aspirations. And out of that…

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Biblical mythology; Cain, Abel & Seth: Who are we really descended from?

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We are an Ecosystem

We are an Ecosystem

I should’ve wrote this down days ago, now the epiphany is less clear, but I’ll try (it’ll need refinement). It’s nothing sudden in truth, because I’ve been thinking about this for a long time now (you can tell, if you follow my writings and essays; which would help with understanding the references and ontological assumptions I am making).   Pain is part of life. An inalienable part of it. The…