boredom
Boredom
"The gods were bored, and so they created man. Adam was bored because he was alone, and so Eve was created. Thus boredom entered the world, and increased in proportion to the increase of population. Adam was bored alone, then Adam and Eve were bored together; then Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel [...]
Curiousity
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity." - Ellen Parr
"The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if [...]
Over & Over
"It is not true that life is one damn thing after another. It is the same damn thing over and over." - Edna St. Vincent Millay
"To do the same thing over and over is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do." - Herakleitos, saying 89, [...]
Robots
"Recent history is the record of a vast conspiracy to impose one level of mechanical consciousness on mankind." - Allen Ginsberg
"You can only begin to de-robotize yourself to the extent that you know how totally you’re automated. The more you understand your robothood, the freer you are from it. I sometimes ask [...]
The Mind Parasites
More later, this is just a quick link:
“In the last chapter of Castaneda’s last book involving his relationship with Don Juan, a chapter entitled ‘The Mud Shadows,’ Don Juan takes Castaneda out into the desert and helps him to shift into the second attention. From the second attention Castaneda can see what Don Juan [...]
Sacrilegious garbage
"I was just wondering if you can actually PROVE the things your "religion" stands for or if someone got really bored one night and decided to write slandering and sacrilegious garbage with the intent to lead people astray? I feel sorry for all of you that actually believe this stuff, because by the time you [...]
