"Take a vacation from your problems"
prescribed advice from Dr. Leo Marvin to Bob Wiley --request
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platonic
a relationship that is purely spiritual and not physical. If a guy and a girl hang out all the time but aren't boyfriend and girlfriend, they'd describe their friendship as platonic --vocabulary.com
Olavo de Carvalho
Brazilian polemicist, self-proclaimed philosopher, political pundit, former astrologer, journalist... --wikipedia
prayers for those who committed suicide
Do they help?
ivory tower syndrome
insulation from empirical reality, especially in academia
Undone (Amazon Prime series)
depicts the life of a woman who may be mentally ill or may have amazing mental powers which are linked to shamanism, depending on the point of view. --request
Red World Green World, from Veritas Pub.
Diet book by Margaret K. Chaney with a forward by David R. Hawkins. It references John Diamond’s scientific work on muscle testing. --request
The Buddhist Catechism
compiled from the sacred writings of the southern Buddhists, in the form of questions and answers. It was written by Colonel Henry S. Olcott in 1881 and is still in use in Buddhist schools. --theosophy.wiki
Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing, by Jed McKenna
Book quote: “Buddhism is a classic bait-and-switch operation. We’re attracted by the enlightenment in the window, but as soon as we’re in the door they start steering us over to the compassion aisle. Buddhists could be honest and change their name to Compassionism, but who wants that?"
Entourage (TV series)
HBO fictional comedy-drama chronicles the acting career of Vincent Chase, a young A-list movie star, and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City, as they attempt to further their nascent careers in Los Angeles --wikipedia
catcalling & street harrassment
consists of unwanted sexualised comments, provocative gestures, honking, wolf-whistlings, indecent exposures, stalking, persistent sexual advances, and touching by strangers, in public areas such as streets, shopping malls and public transportation --wikipedia
colonization of Mars (good idea?)
Reasons for colonizing Mars include curiosity, the potential for humans to provide more in-depth observational research than uncrewed rovers, economic interest in its resources, and the possibility that the settlement of other planets could decrease the likelihood of human extinction --wikipedia
Pilates
"a mind-body exercise that requires core stability, strength, and flexibility, and attention to muscle control, posture, and breathing" --wikipedia
justice
rightfulness or lawfulness, as of a claim or title; justness of ground or reason --dictionary.com
Dinosaur Vocalization Study (2022) | Cretaceous Era
Using skull and olfactory cavity proportions, one can attempt to recreate the flow of sound, frequency, and volume of each animal --video