born on the cusp btw boomer and gen x, for an old(ish) fart thought i would massage the ego, tap self on back, and state "i'm still fit enough to push myself to fairly long bike rides."
#GenX #boomer #cycling
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Cogito ergo...
BIP110
DATUM
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Knackered... 
#knackered #Brighton #bike #ride
#knackered #Brighton #bike #ride
Proof of Ride
#Gatwick
somewhere between gatwick and crawley.
#southbank #parliament
#conrad #foes #friends #knowing
‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold’.
#yeats
#conrad #reality #self #work
The discovery of America was the occasion of the greatest outburst of cruelty and reckless greed known in history.
- Joseph Conrad
#conrad #america #history
#dumb #sheeple #control
JTS...
failed to capture it, but around 3.30am, laying on my sleeping pad enjoying the stars several lights appeared from nowhere. just materialised. first 2. then another 2 a short time after. they all vanished as they came over land. ufo's most would conclude. i sense novel, unknown military aircraft. no sound. movement unlike normal craft. below is the beach i camped on. never seen such shit before. they moved south > north. lots if RAF sites north.
#ufo #raf #aircraft #novel
#SouthBank #london
GM 
#gm #LondonEye #SouthBank
#gm #LondonEye #SouthBank
#GilMualem-Doron #portslade #art
cycled to brighton yesterday. wild camped on portslade pebble beach. 
artist Gil Mualem-Doron (unknown to me) arrived with assisstants.
whats he suggesting burning a door on beach? he also set fire to a union jack door mat.
#refugees #migrants#GilMualem-Doron #brighton #portslade
artist Gil Mualem-Doron (unknown to me) arrived with assisstants.
whats he suggesting burning a door on beach? he also set fire to a union jack door mat.
#refugees #migrants#GilMualem-Doron #brighton #portslade
Log Off...
Walk through the feed. Everyone’s a sage now. They’ve got the candles lit, the incense burning, and the perfect lighting for their "deep dive" into non-duality. But scroll down, and there it is: the frantic posting, the thirst for comments, the desperate need to be seen as the one who "gets it."
It’s a joke, really. You can’t build an empire on silence. The algorithm doesn’t care about your inner peace; it cares about your engagement. So the "guru" has to perform. They have to turn their awakening into a meme, a reel, a thread. Because if they stop posting, the validation stops. And without that validation, who are they?
Real stillness is boring. It’s quiet. It doesn’t get likes. It doesn’t go viral. It just is. But these influencers? They’re terrified of the quiet. They fill every second with noise, with content, with the need to prove they’re enlightened. They’ve traded the practice for the persona.
It’s not just hypocrisy; it’s a trap. They’re selling a product that requires you to leave the store. They’re telling you to find peace while keeping you hooked on the very thing that steals it.
So here’s the truth: if you’re posting about your meditation, you probably aren’t meditating. You’re just performing. And the only way to break the cycle is to do the one thing they’re afraid of: log off, shut up, and sit in the dark.
Stillness isn’t a trend. It’s a rebellion.
#stillness #silence #meditation #mind
Walk through the feed. Everyone’s a sage now. They’ve got the candles lit, the incense burning, and the perfect lighting for their "deep dive" into non-duality. But scroll down, and there it is: the frantic posting, the thirst for comments, the desperate need to be seen as the one who "gets it."
It’s a joke, really. You can’t build an empire on silence. The algorithm doesn’t care about your inner peace; it cares about your engagement. So the "guru" has to perform. They have to turn their awakening into a meme, a reel, a thread. Because if they stop posting, the validation stops. And without that validation, who are they?
Real stillness is boring. It’s quiet. It doesn’t get likes. It doesn’t go viral. It just is. But these influencers? They’re terrified of the quiet. They fill every second with noise, with content, with the need to prove they’re enlightened. They’ve traded the practice for the persona.
It’s not just hypocrisy; it’s a trap. They’re selling a product that requires you to leave the store. They’re telling you to find peace while keeping you hooked on the very thing that steals it.
So here’s the truth: if you’re posting about your meditation, you probably aren’t meditating. You’re just performing. And the only way to break the cycle is to do the one thing they’re afraid of: log off, shut up, and sit in the dark.
Stillness isn’t a trend. It’s a rebellion.
#stillness #silence #meditation #mind
On Silence and Solitude and The Spiritual Industrial Complex
We are witnessing a peculiar inversion of the spiritual path. The very practices designed to strip away the ego—the quiet sitting, the fasting, the withdrawal from the world—have been repackaged as the ultimate vehicle for ego expansion.
Open any social feed, and you are bombarded by "gurus" preaching the virtues of detachment while frantically curating their personal brand. They speak of the void while filling every second of their day with content. They teach us to observe the mind, yet they are slaves to the algorithm, terrified of a moment without a notification.
This is not an accident; it is the business model. True spirituality is quiet. It is slow. It is often invisible. It offers no metrics, no viral moments, no follower counts. The digital economy cannot monetize silence. So, it monetizes the idea of silence.
We have created a marketplace where enlightenment is a content vertical. The "esoteric" has become the aesthetic. The monk has been replaced by the influencer, trading the robe for the ring light. They sell us the promise of stillness while selling us the very noise that makes it impossible.
The tragedy is not just the hypocrisy of the performers, but the hunger of the consumers. We want the benefits of the practice without the discipline. We want the peace without the boredom. We want to be "awake" without ever having to close our eyes.
Until we recognize that the medium is the message, we will remain trapped. The path to the mind requires leaving the feed. The only way to truly observe the mind is to stop broadcasting it.
The most radical act left in our noisy world is not to post a quote about silence. It is to simply be silent. And for the digital age, that is the one thing we are no longer willing to do.
#stillness #silence #ego #illusion #gurus
We are witnessing a peculiar inversion of the spiritual path. The very practices designed to strip away the ego—the quiet sitting, the fasting, the withdrawal from the world—have been repackaged as the ultimate vehicle for ego expansion.
Open any social feed, and you are bombarded by "gurus" preaching the virtues of detachment while frantically curating their personal brand. They speak of the void while filling every second of their day with content. They teach us to observe the mind, yet they are slaves to the algorithm, terrified of a moment without a notification.
This is not an accident; it is the business model. True spirituality is quiet. It is slow. It is often invisible. It offers no metrics, no viral moments, no follower counts. The digital economy cannot monetize silence. So, it monetizes the idea of silence.
We have created a marketplace where enlightenment is a content vertical. The "esoteric" has become the aesthetic. The monk has been replaced by the influencer, trading the robe for the ring light. They sell us the promise of stillness while selling us the very noise that makes it impossible.
The tragedy is not just the hypocrisy of the performers, but the hunger of the consumers. We want the benefits of the practice without the discipline. We want the peace without the boredom. We want to be "awake" without ever having to close our eyes.
Until we recognize that the medium is the message, we will remain trapped. The path to the mind requires leaving the feed. The only way to truly observe the mind is to stop broadcasting it.
The most radical act left in our noisy world is not to post a quote about silence. It is to simply be silent. And for the digital age, that is the one thing we are no longer willing to do.
#stillness #silence #ego #illusion #gurus
Iran Just Did The UNTHINKABLE with Bitcoin (Why The U.S. Can't Stop It)
#iran #bitcoin #oil