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there is no protection from death

in fact, the thought of a final termination point seems more and more comforting as time goes on

this thought came to me last night- death as the cosmic escape hatch.

perhaps the lad (or lady) would have perished had it not been for that ritual? if not, why not? do tell. is it not possible? why do protection spells exist at all if they have no worth and/or are designed to protect things of no worth whatsoever? and who decides worth?, i might ask, or others might. and what is worth, anyway? and what is a 'true essence'? what, by the way, is protection itself? and does the fear of a lion or wild dog or bear causing the body physical pain also come from dishonesty? did our preliterate and pre-linguistic ancestors, being fearful of starving in the winter and torn apart by predators in the summer live in a state of perpetual dishonesty? did we actually have preliterate and pre-linguistic ancestors? who decided all of this?

and why do you believe them?
why do you believe any of it?

sounds like your neighbor went loony

belief isn't part of it. just telling you what little I do know; fear as a response to an external reality, though still to a degree limited (consciousness only fears death if identified with the body), is different from fear of some internally imagined possibility.



Why do mechanized egg crackers or tricycle helmets exist? We are a strange species.

"we know you're useless, like cops at the scene of a crime"-the sky is a landfill

mechanized egg crackers exist because people are both lazy and aware of the general laziness of the masses (but we might characterize it in different words internally) and some slightly clever minds are perfectly willing to profit off of and exploit that laziness, and also because people have a fondness for chicken menstruation.

tricycle helmets exist because babies and toddlers have heads that are easily cracked, and cracked heads can lead to mental retardation, coma and death, or maybe just a few boo-boos. mothers, who are hard wired to protect infants from retardation, coma and death, and even boo-boos, and fathers (also hard wired though perhaps slightly less so) combined like voltron and eventually created something that would lessen the impact of any fall thereby preserving their bloodline for another day.

baby heads are, to mothers everywhere, quite worth protecting.

what do those have to do with spells though?, they might ask one day. they are far removed bastard descendants of spells and rituals. but still distant relatives. no? as are all things we say and do related to spells and rituals. no?

what temple do we worship in today?

the temple of the worthless self. then why bring yourself into attendance? to better it, perhaps? to make it illuminated? to make it shine. but you can't polish a turd, as they say.

so maybe everyone should just stop talking and typing for a while.

there is nothing beyond the personal self because the personal self is the source of all things. it is only through a personal self that our personal selves have ever apprehended anything whatsoever.

no?