Sunday 31 July 2016

Thought 280: Thinking Is Thankless


Take it from me:
thinking is thankless.

Saturday 30 July 2016

Thought 279: Angels and Demons


Angels preserve whereas
demons pervert.

Friday 29 July 2016

Thought 278: Why Dark Actions Prevail


Nature rewards
evil, which is to
say power.

Thursday 28 July 2016

Wednesday 27 July 2016

Thought 277: Spelling


Spelling words is to cast spells.

Tuesday 26 July 2016

Thought 276: The Meaning of Patience


Patience measures wilful endurance.

Monday 25 July 2016

Thought 275: Two Definitions of Truth


(1)

'Truth is that which is, i.e. 
that which has occurred in the past 
and is occurring in the present.'

—Mark Passio,
What On Earth 
Is Happening

(2)

'Truth is that which makes meaning possible
and is suggested by the possible 
meaning of a word.'

—Tom Romer,
ScruffyOwlet's Tree

Sunday 24 July 2016

Thought 274: Wiseman's Response


A psychological test for evaluating core beliefs and levels of self-esteem demands that one complete the following sentences:

People are...
I am...
The world is...

It seems to have escaped the notice of the test-makers that a wise(wo)man would simply leave the dots blank and write:

People are...
I am...
The world is...

and thereby keep himself from making a value judgement about these three things. 

Saturday 23 July 2016

Thought 273: The Meaning of Concept


Grasping intellectually.

Friday 22 July 2016

Thought 272: Life Missions Anyone?


The privilege of
owning oneself.

Thursday 21 July 2016

Thought 271: Natural Law as Thing


Natural Law is the suprahuman realm;
for we did not create ourselves.

Wednesday 20 July 2016

Thought 270: One Simply Does Not Know


My Thoughts 
are my will
to power but
the worth of
my will to power
is unknown to me.

Tuesday 19 July 2016

Thought 269: Academia


Academia is career
-intellectualism.

Monday 18 July 2016

Thought 268: Language Is No Tool


If we think language is a tool,
then we are its tools.

Sunday 17 July 2016

Thought 267: To Know that One Does Not Know


To know includes knowing that one does not know.

Saturday 16 July 2016

Thought 266: The Meaning of Action


To act is to initiate
and follow-through.

Friday 15 July 2016

Thought 265: Is the Universe Conscious?


Does the universe
mirror us intelligently
and purposefully?

The accuracy
of the tarot 
suggests
as much.

Thursday 14 July 2016

Thought 264: Accounts and Accountability


We are held accountable
by the trust others give
or refuse us.

Wednesday 13 July 2016

Thought 263: Last Man v Super Man


Last Man:
I'm it.

v

Super Man:
I'm not it.

Tuesday 12 July 2016

Thought 262: Truth and Falsehood


Truths in some contexts can 
be falsehoods in others.

Monday 11 July 2016

Thought 261: The New World (Dis)Order


My order is your disorder.

Sunday 10 July 2016

Thought 260: Simple In(ner)sights


Simple in(ner)sights 
bear repeating.

And what is simple is not easy,
nor does it equate to 
what is familiar.

Saturday 9 July 2016

Thought 259: The Continuing Story of Cassandra


Does Hannah Arendt's dark insight
make her a modern-day
Cassandra reviled by
her countrymen
for predicting
their downfall?

Friday 8 July 2016

Thursday 7 July 2016

Thought 258: Self-Punishment Is Not Enlightenment


Self-punishment falls short
of the self-care of enlightenment
that enables care for others.

We cannot care
if we are in need
of care.

Wednesday 6 July 2016

Thought 257: The Rarity of Intellectual Conscience


Those who seek to understand
their own thinking are rare
indeed.

Tuesday 5 July 2016

Monday 4 July 2016

Thought 256: Mediocrity as a Privilege


To be mediocre is to be relieved
of the pressures and burdens
of excellence.

Sunday 3 July 2016

Thought 255: Thinkers as Exceptional


Thinkers are exceptional
in so far as they are
the exception.

Exceptions
get bullied.

Saturday 2 July 2016

Thought 254: Conscious Breasts


Breasts seem as 
conscious to 
me as penis.

Friday 1 July 2016

Thought 253: Taking Care


Taking care is 
what generates 
our outcomes.