#destructive choices

[livingwellnessblog]

The ego, and Divine Consciousness as told by the Ramayana.

The ego, and Divine Consciousness as told by the Ramayana. A thread ⬇️

The ego, and Divine Consciousness as told by the Ramayana: How to work with the ego in manifesting and spirituality The TRUE Power Of Gratitude by Dr Anna Bäck The TRUE Power Of Humility by Dr Anna Bäck HANUMAN & the ego “People don’t know,  every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is a mahamantra. “ – Sri Neem Karoli Baba In the Ramayana, the exiled Lord Rama and his wife, Sita, take refuge in…

[determinate-negation]

getting weird looks from people for saying in casual conversation that i would prefer china to be the world hegemonic power over the u.s. but theyre the only major world power to be doing literally anything significant wrt to climate change and the energy transition how is this even controversial

[hashtagartistlife]

how much greek mythology do you know?

(for ichiruki month 2023 day 8: fairest)

[sulasnsleep]

“i have the everlasting tendency to ruin everything i love.”

—fatima aamer bilal, excerpt from moony moonless sky's 'i am an observer, but not by choice.'

[chrisrin]

some more gemstuck designs!

[groovygrub]

[attractthecrows]

solavellan this solavellan that. my favorite way to interpret dalish heroes is as mirrors.

you're Mahariel. your life is over because of a mirror.

You are the mirror of Garahel. Tamlen is the blighted mirror of you. You, the hero, are a reflection of what has been and should never have been. The blood spilled and blackened over a millennium in the name of corrupted once-gods.

you're Merrill. your life is forever altered because of a mirror. you are a reflection of the pride and the folly of your Keeper, of what a Dalish mage should be, and should have been all along.

you are Lavellan. you are the Inquisitor, the lynchpin of fate, both a reflection and avenue of change - like an eluvian. you are the reflection of Mahariel. you are the reflection of your clan. you are the reflection of Ameridan. you are a reflection of Corypheus, caught in a cycle older than either of you. you are a reflection of the elvhen heart and soul. you are, unknowingly, the reflection of Fen'harel, and you will drag the world kicking and screaming into it's new fate and future.

you are, more than anything else, a mirror.

[honeycreammilkshake]

What do you think yuuji missing his two fingers mean? Do you think he still communicates with sukuna?

hi, anon!

based on the symbolism of these two fingers (the little finger for promises and the ring finger for eternal love and loyalty) i feel like yuuji looking down at them and choosing not to replace one is like his way of keeping things open for sukuna in the future.

in japan, the little finger is often associated with creativity, romance, and expressing your true feelings. similarly, the ring finger on the left hand is referred to in japan as the "wedding finger" or "marriage finger" as it's a custom that wearing a ring on that finger brings good luck and prosperity during marriage. this belief comes from a theory in chinese traditional medicine that certain parts of the body were connected by "meridians" or pathways that kept energy flowing through the body.

gege loves subtle nods to buddhism and philosophical concepts, but i'm not sure how deep the symbolism for this scene is supposed to run. regardless, i think it's very telling that it's those two fingers specifically that gege chose for yuuji to lose.

yuuji's little finger was ripped off by sukuna (in order to possess megumi) while yuuji's other finger was willingly given up to rika in order to help destroy sukuna. this is extremely fitting because, not only did yuuji fail to keep his promise to protect megumi, but he also committed himself (his entire life) to sukuna. in the beginning, his commitment was to bring about sukuna's true and final death, but now his commitment seems to be to keep the door open for sukuna. and just like sukuna stole away yuuji's promise (and refused to give it back, leaving yuuji to have to be the one to literally tear it back from sukuna), yuuji is also refusing to let go of his own promise that he is willing to accept sukuna and "try again" with him.

i think yuuji can sense sukuna's happiness or at least sukuna's calm and peaceful state in the afterlife. he has faith that sukuna will choose a better path to walk down in the next life. he set sukuna north but he's still waiting with open arms in case sukuna ever chooses to come back to him. and he's accepting of that. he's looking down at his fingers almost fondly, because the worst seems to be over and he has faith in a more hopeful future for both sukuna and himself.

seeing as how there's so much symbolism around fingers in this series, it's very telling that yuuji is okay, even satisfied, with the fact that his fingers are missing. sukuna really did take yuuji's future for his own, because not only did he mark yuuji's body irreversibly, but yuuji is also missing the finger that is commonly used for the ring in marriages. that implies that his future still belongs to sukuna, and vice versa since sukuna's remaining finger was returned to the shed where it was originally found in yuuji's school. so if sukuna ever chooses to reincarnate, he has a clear path he can follow back to yuuji if he wants to. and since yuuji was the one to offer sukuna a better future, he also left an eternal mark on the former king of curses.

it's like he's saying he's still connected to sukuna, that even though their messy, forced marriage and even messier, crazier divorce is over, yuuji is still waiting for sukuna. he's committed himself to sukuna and has hope that they will meet again. just like an ex who refuses to take off the ring from their last marriage, he's still saying he's more than willing to get back together with sukuna if it ever could happen again. he was made for sukuna, he had no choice over that. but the fact that he's still willing to choose sukuna, to want to still be fated to him....

it's so beautifully poetic. i really can't ever get over these two.

[crepus]

I know Barty pretty often is hc to have been in slytherin (makes sense, pretty easy to pick up the Voldy fanatism) or ravenclaw (he was very smart) I've also sometimes see him as hufflepuff, but

I think we are sleeping on the comedic crack potential of Gryffindor Barty.

Sirius and Regulus are forced to continue seeing each other only bc Regulus way to deal with his feelings is to repress them and have sex with his bf, and his bf lives in the same tower as his brother

Sirius gives Barty the whole 'don't hurt my brother' speech and Barty very smugly is like 'don't worry we use protection'

If this follows canon timeline is extra funny, not even the good guys house could save him from his self destructive daddy issues

[shesnake]

that vote was the last bit of autonomy shiv had, she will never hold that much power in her hands ever again and so she Decided to Leave by staying. chained

[livingwellnessblog]

The ego, and divine consciousness as told by the Ramayana. (How to work with the ego in manifesting and spirituality)

The ego, and divine consciousness as told by the Ramayana. (How to work with the ego in manifesting and spirituality) A thread ⬇️

HANUMAN CHALISA & the ego “People don’t know,  every line of the Hanuman Chalisa is a mahamantra. “ – Sri Neem Karoli Baba In the Ramayana, the exiled Lord Rama and his wife, Sita, take refuge in the forest. They are living happily as hermits when the demon king of Lanka, Ravana, discovers them and abducts Sita, beginning a great war. As with all great parables, the surface level of the story…

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I updated my blog intro, but in case it isn't clear - this blog stands with Muslims for a future free of antisemitism and islamophobia. In order to make sure this future is possible, we must stand together, and indeed, I want to stand with others as a co-conspirator.

[leajoyrambles]

sorry to get angsty on main but I really wanna see a crossover fic where Five Hargreeves meets Bruce Wayne and the topic of, y’know, what would you do for your family, the morality of killing in a given context, etcetera comes up. And a bit of dialogue just going like

Bruce: But once you cross that line, where does it stop?

Five: It doesn’t have to stop — they just have to live.

[adahlenan]

ALL I AM IS A WEAPON I SHOOT EM DOWN TILL I END UP ALONE

[that-butch-archivist]

1 out of 4 accelerated summer courses finished today. Next to go is Chem.

[iguessitsjustme]

Really not a fan of Cheum telling Ray off for treating her and Boston like third wheels when she's been treating everyone like a third wheel to her and Mew's friendship. She was literally telling Boston to leave because she didn't want him there 5 minutes ago but now that she needs him to throw in someone's face, she's friends with him again. I have no sympathy for that.