Category: Philosophy [snippets of]

  • The importance of being objectively critical

    Judgement of others will typically come from a place of comparing one’s self-actions to those of others’. It should be noted that no one-person is the barometer, which is why it is important to be objectively critical of both yourself and others – if you must.

    Dickste.in

  • Just because

    Just because you don’t think much of someone, it doesn’t mean they aren’t much.

    Dickste.in

  • Peace is the reward for laying down your arms

    Violence for peace? You have got to be kidding me. We do have souls who have never experienced peace, therefore they don’t understand it’s not something you fight for – it is the converse; peace is the reward for laying down your arms.

    Dickste.in

  • A good soul

    A good soul is hard to find.

    Edit 10/29/20: And even harder to hold.

    Dickste.in

  • Restrictive expression

    Restrictive expression begs the question of whether it will ever again be considered a “decent / appropriate time” to express one’s mind without worrying about being held responsible for unintentionally entering another’s.

    Dickste.in

  • Expressive writing

    Expressive writing is a pleasant side effect of the people, events, and emotions that have presented as our teacher.

    Dickste.in

  • Something about loyalty & the “loyalty super hero” mentality

    Most people think that loyalty is only about their ultimate actions; interestingly many personalities see themselves as a sort of “loyalty super hero” – where they are vehemently disloyal in their verbal actions until the end, and then ultimately loyal in their final actions. It’s an ego-power game being played, whereas the ego-mentality is aware that they hold power over the person that assumes, desires and depends on loyalty being forthright. Uncontendentely (yes, I realize that isn’t a word) the acts of a loyalty super hero are in-fact, with much adu to the emotional consequences to the loyalty seeker, a gross display of disloyal behavior.

    Dickste.in

  • If you don’t like who you are

    If you don’t like who you are…re-invent yourself as a better person.

    Dickste.in

  • Stop trying to change people

    Stop trying to change people and instead make it easier to facilitate ways for them to better themselves.

    Dickste.in

  • What you have

    Realize how important it is to focus on what you have, because when you focus on what you don’t have there is sure to be a day when you will open your eyes to see that you have lost everything you had.

    Dickste.in

  • Congratulations

    Congratulations to those whose situations could not get any worse – you have moved up a notch. Things may have been pretty dire for you, but dire is the new normal, and your neighbor needs that $1200 stimulus payment as much as you do. Better than a stimulus check, many people have been released from prison due to coronavirus-related health risks – how freaking lucky is that? California Governor Gavin Newsom has stated that over 7000 homeless have been taken off of the streets and placed into hotels and motels – it took a virus, but I could not imagine a better stroke of fortune for someone on the streets without a glimmer of hope or light. It should be noted that it would be completely inhumane to put the newly-housed homeless back on to the streets, which created a natural opportunity to create a sustainable re-integration to society, for those who are willing and able.

    You can’t complain about people’s head-starts. You’re a baby now. A baby with a conscious, experienced soul. Shine now or forever hold your peace.

    You can coast now, or you can take this opportunity to recognize that you have just as much chance of succeeding as your neighbor.

    Dickstein.in

  • What you want to

    It isn’t about what you want to do, but it is about what you are going to do to get what you want.

    Dickste.in

  • The past

    Everything in our past was on our path to where we are today.

    Dickste.in

  • Material definition – lost

    It is fear that causes the concern with the virus. It is fear that keeps them awake. It is not fear of contraction, but it is fear of the naked self. The worried are consumed. Consumed with insecurity, because they defined themselves by materialism, a material that can no longer cloak their soles, and can no longer define their being. All that is left is a path to choose; to realize that in being stripped of material definition, we have shed the weight that has been defeating a gravity, a weight that has held us down and prevented flight.

    Dickste.in

  • No limits

    We are limited only by the limits we place unto ourselves.

    Dickste.in