#Find Yourself

[crimson-and-clover-1717]

What is Izzy supposedly right about? That Ed’s:

a twat

increasingly erratic

insane and unpleasant

a shell of a man

merely posing as Blackbeard

And Ed agrees here. Izzy only refers to two insults - twat, shell of a man - and Ed says no, don’t backpedal. I am those things, and in fact, all the rest too.

The best we can make is Ed doesn’t think these things at all, that he is simply manipulating Izzy into staying. But that in itself is problematic. To have to agree with your own debasement in order to stop your subordinate leaving is pretty messed up.

But, I think it’s worse than that. Ed is using the situation to stop Izzy leaving, and he thinks what Izzy says is likely true.

The fact that Ed then leads straight into retirement talk isn’t because he believes he deserves a well-earned rest after a successful pirating career. He’s ‘treading water waiting to drown’. He feels a pale imitation of what he once was. And in certain ways some of Izzy’s observations are possibly true. Yet they are not statements of concern, but criticisms to undermine and control.

I think an important part of Ed’s character journey is the change in his reasons for wanting to retire. He starts by running from something; and instead, over both seasons learns he needs to run towards something - Stede himself sure, but also what Stede’s character and ethos represents, as something Ed can have in his own life.

There still remains aspects of Ed’s need to run though - ‘to China… our old lives never were.’ Ed still hasn’t reconciled his fragmented parts. He cannot pretend his past self ‘never was’ because ‘wherever you go, there you are.’

Who Ed really needs to run towards is himself.

At the start of season two, Ed can no longer run towards Stede as a focus, but only run away again from himself, this time in a more intense and fatalistic way through perpetual, never-ending raids and suicide. And really the mess of this goes right into 207 when Ed is still ‘running from’ (being a pirate, fear of rejection, himself).

Until finally, in 208, Ed runs towards a new life, hopefully with Stede, no matter what that looks like. He is in the Blackbeard leathers again, and we hear the music strands that embody his love for Stede, his Blackbeard aspect, and his Kraken persona who will fight and kill for the people (person) he loves. As Ed runs towards Stede in the beach battle, he is also running finally, openly, toward his future self.

Ed can begin to quash those negative voices and perceptions. Not just those ideas around monstrous parts which should remain hidden, but also that the best times of his life are over, so cruelly voiced by Izzy way back in 104. Ed is not a shell of a man, or merely posing as a version of himself within his own life. Ed hasn’t yet had chance to live. His breakdown has become a break through, in which Ed begins to pull together his fragmented self into a changed person, viewing himself more kindly, more wholly.

Ed has a bright future, a chance at a second more authentic life, and he’s going to live the heck out of it with Stede.

[meditando-en-paris]

[motivatedaily]

work in progress 🙏

[positivelypresent]

Find yourself this fall… 🧡

[a-path-by-the-moon]

[reality-detective]

Once a wise man was asked to explain the difference between religion and spirituality.

His response was profound: 👇

▪️ Religion is not just one, there are many.

▪️ Spirituality is one.

▪️ Religion is for those who sleep.

▪️ Spirituality is for those who are awake.

▪️ Religion is for those who need someone to tell them what to do and who want guidance.

▪️ Spirituality is for those who pay attention to their inner voice.

▪️ Religion has dogmatic rules.

▪️ Spirituality calls us to discuss everything, question everything.

▪️ Religion threatens and scares.

▪️ Spirituality gives inner peace.

▪️ Religion talks about sin and guilt.

▪️ Spirituality says "learn from your mistake".

▪️ Religion suppresses everything that is wrong.

▪️ Spirituality overcomes everything, it brings you closer to the truth!

▪️ Religion is about God; It is not God.

▪️ Spirituality is everything and therefore it is in God.

▪️ Religion is inventing.

▪️Spirituality is finding.

▪️ Religion doesn't tolerate any questions.

▪️Spirituality will question everything.

▪️ Religion is humanity. An organization whose rules are made by men.

▪️ Spirituality is divine, without human rules.

▪️ Religion is the cause of division.

▪️Spirituality unites.

▪️ Religion seeks you to believe.

▪️ The spirituality you have to seek it to believe.

▪️ Religion follows the concepts of the holy book.

▪️ Spirituality looks for a holiday in all books.

▪️ Religion feeds fear.

▪️ Spirituality feeds trust and faith.

▪️ Religion lives in thoughts.

▪️ Spirituality lives in inner consciousness.

▪️ Religion is dealing with the performance of rituals.

▪️ Spirituality is related to the inner self.

▪️ Religion feeds the ego.

▪️ Spirituality forces you to go beyond.

▪️ Religion makes us disconnect from the world to follow God.

▪️ Spirituality makes us live in God, without giving up our existing life.

▪️ Religion is a cult.

▪️ Spirituality is an inner meditation.

▪️ Religion fills us with dreams of glory in paradise.

▪️ Spirituality makes us live in earthly glory and paradise.

▪️ Religion lives in the past and in the future.

▪️ Spirituality is living in the present.

▪️ Religion creates monasteries in our memory.

▪️ Spirituality frees our consciousness.

▪️ Religion makes us believe in eternal life.

▪️ Spirituality makes us aware of eternal life.

▪️ Religion promises life after death.

▪️ Spirituality means finding God inside us in our present life before we die.

- We are not human beings who are going through a mental experience.

-We are spiritual beings going through the human experience.

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No One is coming to save you. 🤔

[thepeacefulgarden]

[laraespa]

That is Aphrodites beauty. I just made a PowerPoint presentation of her. She is amazing.

[wordsofwisdomandsoul]

[howtomakeyousee]

I’m a long, long way from home.

[saliciouscelery]

The Quietness Of Intimacy, There's Nothing Quite Like it

[virsidereus]

To find yourself 🖤

Tried something really different from what I usually do, and I liked it but it definitely needs more practice 😅

Hope everyone has a great day, best of wishes, may you find yourself and may abundance find you effortlessly ✨

[penguinsnoot]

East Asian Dramas You Should Watch

1) Put Your Head on My Shoulder {China} (1 season, 24 episodes) [Romance, Comedy, Coming-of-age]

Close to graduating and unsure of her future, Situ Mo ends up living with a genius physics student and finds love along the way. 

2) A Love So Beautiful {China} (1 season, 23 episodes) [Romance, Comedy, Coming-of-age]

Five friends endure high school life together and become closer at time goes on, with friends and neighbors Xiao Xi and Jiang Chen figuring out their relationship as they grow older. 

3) My ID is Gangnam Beauty {South Korea} (1 season, 16 episodes) [Romance, Comedy, Coming-of-age, Drama]

Bullied for her looks growing up, Mi-rae decides to get plastic surgery before starting college in the hopes of avoiding ridicule, but instead faces new challenges that wear at her self-esteem. 

4) My Secret Romance {South Korea} (1 season, 14 episodes) [Romance, Comedy]

Jin-wook and Yoo-mi, two people with drastically different personalities, fall in love amidst a series of misunderstandings and accidents.

5) Find Yourself {China} (1 season, 41 episodes) [Romance, Comedy]

Fanzing is caught in a love triangle between a young employee and an older executive, leading to tough decisions about love and life. 

6) Wait, My Youth {China} (1 season, 24 episodes) [Romance, Coming-of-age]

A group of friends experience the ups-and-downs of life together as they face hardships in love and life. 

7) Moonshine and Valentine {China} (1 season, 25 episodes) [Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Drama]

An ancient deity helps his soulmate with an ancient curse believe in love.

8) Alice in Borderland {Japan} (2 seasons, 16 episodes) [Thriller, Drama, Sci-fi]

Arisu finds himself in a desolate Tokyo where he must compete in dangerous games to survive. 

9) Sweet Home {South Korea} (1 season, 10 episodes) [Drama, Horror]

As humans are turning into dangerous monsters, an apartment complex’s tenants fight to survive together. 

10) Mr. Heart {South Korea} (1 season, 8 episodes) [Romance]

A pacemaker and marathon runner find themselves falling in love despite a rocky start. 

[thestrawberraebunn]

[namtanlovesfilm]

progress of gmmtv 2023 series

aired:

midnight museum

a boss and a babe

double savage

umg

our skyy 2

loneliness society

enigma

home school

be my favorite

the jungle

hidden agenda

only friends

dangerous romance

wednesday club

faceless love

last twilight

cooking crush

find yourself

cherry magic

beauty newbie

23.5

the interest (love you to debt)

currently airing:

a love so beautiful

updated: 14/06/2024