Man's nature can be said to be like the wings of the Phoenix. The masculine the right; the feminine, the left. When the two become one they are ignited with the essence of life; warmth, light, and joyful pain. Even as they are consumed by flame they see the beauty of their fire reflected in the glow left on all those around them, and it is in this they can find peace and joy.
As the two are alone incomplete, to deny this fate is to deny nature, and to condemn oneself to a slow withering away; cold lonely, dark, and numb. Life is pain, death is oblivion, yet that which torments us is also that which fulfills us. For the joy and pride of mankind is to be a light in the darkness, no matter how brief, faint, or painful it may be.
Therefore, beloved, let us go to the altar of holocausts and offer up our love to God, that our prayer might be answered and our sacrifice be accepted. For the glow of the courageous sacrifice lives forever, and out of the ashes it births new life, a life that cannot be borne in any other way. For the courageous who persevere to the end shall live forever, while the cowardly waste away into nothingness. Let us pour out our bodies and souls, light them on fire, and never look back, for it is only in dying that we can truly live.
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The real core difference between classical society and modern society is that the classical tries to orient itself towards the heavens, while modernity is entirely herd-oriented. Education is the root of the problem here. Modern education is entirely herd-oriented, where teachers come and go, but the child is always surrounded by one's peers and thus learns to take his cues from them. Contrast this with the traditional apprenticeship model, where knowledge is passed from master to student over an extended period of time, forming an intimate personal bond between the two. Here the student learns by looking upward at one who is older and wiser, and more knowledgeable of not only one's craft, but of the transcendent truths of the world. The student is always striving upwards, to reach new heights, to catch up to and one day surpass the master, rather than learning to be a member of the crowd, always looking around to the mob for validation. Rethinking the structure of education is I think the first step towards revitalizing and forming a new truly human society.
Jesus loves you and wants you to stop sucking cock and repent so you don't burn in hell for all eternity.
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If you're feeling this way it's a sign that you're looking at life wrong. Life is supposed to be hard, but it's important to focus on and seek out the great joys that make all the suffering worth it. Moreover, you should look at yourself as an indispensable part of the great lineage of humanity, entrusted with the task of preserving and advancing the legacy of your family line. The atomized consoomer has no past to uphold or future to strive for, and thus sees life as a meaningless distraction between void and void, so of course it's gonna feel pointless if you don't understand your place in the cosmos, both in reference to God and to the rest of humanity.
I never knew Smogon used to be so based.
It's a mistake to merely reduce religion to the psychological, to think that religion only exists to soothe man's fears of death. Not all religions have the afterlife as a major focus, or even a focus at all. Religion is fundamentally about opening up yourself to the divine and transcendent in one way or another. Sometimes this may be done in order to alleviate some distress or attain some good, either materially or spiritually, but ultimately seeking out and coming to know God is its own reward and satisfaction.
Reading the Bible in general is useful and enlightening, but the Gospels are so in particular. Christ the King exudes an aura of mastery throughout, even though He is nevertheless fully human. He reigns without a need for armies or riches because the power of His presence is enough to make mountains bow before Him, and the seas to part. Christ's Being is a higher form of Being than that of ordinary men, He is more attuned, more aware, more present, more feeling than those around Him. This is how He, as a single man, could experience suffering sufficient to expiate the sins of billions over thousands of years, for Christ's existence is a fuller existence than we experience, so much so as to bridge that immense gap. And so Christ is truly the Prince of Peace, He exudes an aura of calm and mastery that transforms all around Him who are open to it, to lead them to a higher plane of existence.
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https://twitter.com/TheognisOMegara/status/1688961941929136143 Totally normal and healthy people who we should fundamentally reshape our language and society to cater to.
Dancing Dragon Dungeon in Oracle of Seasons is peak Zelda dungeon design.
