Archive for category Philosophy
Letter to the world, and myself
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on June 24, 2010
The just always try to conquer inner space, the self. The unjust, opposite, they attempt to conquer outer space, the universe. So now tell me, which would you rather want; To own yourself and be happy, Or to own others but never your own soul? I think we’re all criminally insane in our own way, [...]
Ode to the Coffee Machine
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on June 24, 2010
You were always there to perk me up, A welcome cup when the day’s got rough, No more will I hear your cheerful burble, Your strength helping me over the hurdle, The time has come to say good bye, Coffee machines come and go, But they never die.
On Pyromania
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on June 24, 2010
Pyromania does not need to be seen as evil, in a way its a spiritual liberating experience, its the near worship of one of the most powerful natural forces in existence, the very reason for our ascension to the top of the food chain. Pyromania is not an act. Nor is it a sickness. Pyromania [...]
A strange, yet comfortable idea.
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on June 24, 2010
To quote a good friend of mine directly: A couple of months ago I thought of starting a sort of hoax political party aiming at hijacking people’s consciousness by using mindfuck tactics, guerilla ontology, weird images, sourcery, chapel perilous, etc, etc. Primarily the aim would be to change consciousness, destroy reality tunnels, maybe a little [...]
Individuality
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on June 18, 2010
Individuality. The word got caught like a fly against fly paper. I got to thinking. What is individuality? Where does it come from? Where does it lead? And how exactly do you define something as individualistic? Is it the essence of randomness lent into any given situation? No I don’t believe so, as given the [...]
Hyperreality (NOT Written by Dan Bandi)
Posted by stephen in Philosophy on July 3, 2009
The ancient sages tried to free us from what is now modernly called hyperreality, the real world we think we live in is the way consciousness defines what is actually “real”. Our minds are the map, and when the map fades into the landscape and there is neither the representation nor the real remaining – [...]