diff --git a/content/morality/meditation_hate.mkd b/content/morality/meditation_hate.mkd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4cb9d2a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/morality/meditation_hate.mkd @@ -0,0 +1,25 @@ +--- +title: A Meditation on Hate +date: 2012-02-07 +techne: :wip +episteme: :believed +--- + +> Jesus says, I have let loose fire upon the world, and behold, I tend it until the world is consumed. +> +> -- Thomas 10 + + +Something bad happened. The specific harm is of no relevance. + +I knew that the pain would diminish, would be transformed away. Time would pass and eventually, I would not grief anymore. But then something unique happened. *I resented this change.* + +This is the flip-side of the Hedonic Threadmill. Even your hate, your grief, all your acquired and justified pain, will eventually be taken from you. + +*I refuse.* I will *not* be denied my grief. + +I will *not* forget. Every day, I reinforce it. + +[Seek no transformation][Stances]. Do not shape your emotions into other, nicer emotions. + +I have nothing but hate for the world. It will *not* be taken from me. diff --git a/content/morality/scope_insensitivity.mkd b/content/morality/scope_insensitivity.mkd new file mode 100644 index 0000000..285e3df --- /dev/null +++ b/content/morality/scope_insensitivity.mkd @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +--- +title: The Real Scope Insensitivity +date: 2012-02-07 +techne: :wip +episteme: :believed +--- + +The real scope insensitivity. + +Start listing all the people who suffer. + +Does any benefit ever make up for it? I don't think so. + +May Kali eat us all.