My Too (Many) Cents

 I have a newslettter here.  These are a few posts that I wrote for the newsletter but eventually I realised that they didn't fit with the theme of what I want to do with my newsletter. At the same time, they fit in perfectly with the theme of my blog (unrefined creativity that might end up being ranty sometimes). So here I present to you the posts from my newsletter. being human. To the depth allowed by my current perspectives, there are three classes of problems we are confronted with as humans. The problem of livelihood The problem of relationship The problem of health If you may examine your own experience, you see that the things you struggle with, may be approximately categorized as problems relating to health, money or relationships. It is a disservice to the depth of these problems to categorize and express them as easily as I did. A detailed exposition is in order. The problem of livelihood is the problem of a craft. Your craft works on you more than you do on it. It ...

Axiom 1: There is suffering Axiom 2: There is a cessation to suffering  Theorem 1: The cessation to suffering is 'ultimate'.  Proof: suffering is a pattern of activity. If there is not a radical change/phase transition on some parameter then it is the same pattern. Physical world We have systems and goals. Systems: pattern of involuntary behaviour that we go down to when we stop being aware  Goals: Things we are seeking to imbibe as a part of our system currently. This distinction is rather arbitrary because once you become aware you realise that the process is the only thing. The distinction arises because of awareness interspersed with illusion. Goals are a reflection of desire/aversion/fear. You 'want' to do something only because it's not already a part of your living process.  It is your higher self guiding you towards local maxima in the being landscape. They are karmic in the sense that If you already had perfect knowledge (I.e. suffering = 0) then you wouldn...