one of my fave things about living in Algeria are the cleaning products ngl

RT @eraser0110: Muawiyah ibn Abi Sufyan remarked: “They [women] dominate noble/generous men, and base/ignoble men dominate them." https://t…

if i get locked out of WhatsApp for low storage again someone here is gonna catch a stray

my dream is to play Sims on an iMac

in the enneads (5.9.2), plotinus says the lover of beauty keeps seeking its source; only upon reaching it do the pangs of longing cease (ἔνθα καὶ ἐλθὼν ὠδῖνος παύσεται, πρότερον δὲ οὔ).

Tfw you need an authoritative citation for this

I feel like I have an ever-shifting intolerance (or skill of discernment and application) for either high or low level discussion and whatever mode someone is speaking to with me is at the mercy of my mood unfortunately

it’s a first, but the late night craving im enjoying rn: couscous, grapes and lben the moment i realized ive become my father

This book has been written for many reasons; such is the divine nuance hidden within every human being and their firmest commitments. In some ways, it was written in defence of a proposition that modern thought too often approaches with embarrassment: that the human being is capable of greatness. It was written from the conviction that it is your right to live the most connected, competent, soulful, noble and spiritually integrated life possible. When I say greatness, I do not speak of applause, rank, domination or exemption from ordinary law. My definition is subtler and more personal. Greatness should live in the heart as the desire for the conscious construction of a life in which perception becomes more truthful; our treatment of ourselves and others more graceful and noble; action more powerful; character more stable; and work expressed at the highest level of quality of which each individual is capable, so that something beautiful may be given to the world. Conditions are not equally merciful, and no philosophy can abolish biology, chance, history or the will of others. The limitations of life are evident, but I am tired of defeatist discourse. I am tired of hearing how impossible things are, how other people are destined to be masters while the rest of us are feathers in the wind. I am tired of living in a world where quality and achievement are reduced to an afterthought beside merely going through the motions of life. I am tired of pretending that modern constructions surrounding finances, relationships, order, beauty, knowledge, routine, awareness and potential represent the highest spiritual and emotional spheres a man can occupy. I am tired of merely inhabiting systems stamped into the world before our time: the education we received, the guidance we inherited and the limits affirmed to us. This book is an affirmation of the potential beyond those systems and limits. We do not enter life from nowhere. We stand downstream of decisions made before our birth, within bodies, families, languages, institutions, wounds, protections and standards we did not choose. Some inheritances carry wisdom. Others carry fear, disorder and limitations repeated for so long that they acquire the voice of reality. They begin to speak inside the individual as though history were destiny and inherited structure the final perimeter of human possibility. x.com/AvantPrince_/status/20…

Fluency in analogy and metaphor is a highly effective skill within the broader artistry of compelling perceptual and relational reframing, provided that the degree of abstraction is intuitively calibrated with precision, for that is what healing often entails - dynamic psychic divergence followed by metabolised somatic convergence.

it sort of astounds me that there’s people you have the same level of conversation with after years but in a way that suggests there’s been no cognitive or intellectual growth on their end and you can love them dearly but it’s at best mildly jarring and at worst terminally dull

Meaning-driven individuals naturally see the world through the same lens, it is the perceptual interface through which they interact with the world, with reality. Therefore, meaning becomes the underlying source, the anchor, the momentum, and the invisible thread connecting seemingly disparate decisions. It is also why they are natural weavers, storytellers, because narrative carries meaning. That is why the current transactional, utility and efficiency-oriented, banal world withers and corrodes their souls if they do not consciously cultivate an environment for the opposite, because such a world induces the erosion of beauty, the erosion of narrative, the erosion of meaning. Thus, for such individuals, meaning is also the litmus. The areas of life where the exploration of meaning has dried up, or where they have given up on seeking meaning or needing meaning, usually indicate a pending physical departure. Meaning is also an instrument of self-location, an internal compass. For example, in intimate connections, not only do they wish to generate meaning, they also wish to be of meaning. The question that often circles internally during and after a relationship is whether they meant something, because meaning is also an indicator of investment and attachment. It is when they have placed this question down - not entirely, as meaning is iterative and recursive, but when they comb through it less and less frequently, when meaning lands within, when they feel and trust that the meaning has settled where it should, regardless of the nature or texture of what was abstracted or distilled - that they know they are starting to shift towards a new horizon, a new incarnation. Not necessarily always an end to the connection itself, yet a death of the previous version has also occurred to make way for new meaning to be birthed.

it’s crazy how when you’re looking for a specific style shoe or bag it’s somehow impossible to find even if it’s basic

disgust is a very powerful motivator to get into shape you have to be appalled with not being in shape, to build freedom you must detest slavery, to find love you must bring hate to its conclusion

When you pose no physical threat to cat callers so you have to channel all your inner cosmic powers to have God strike calamity upon their lives

i want all the PR packages influencers get without being an influencer

Y por eso J. D. Salinger dijo:

— Mahmoud Darwish

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― Vladimir Nabokov, Letters to Véra