monkhood / monasticism
By request: "a religious way of life in which one renounces worldly pursuits to devote oneself fully to spiritual work."
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The Notebook (2004)
Priority request. The film stars Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams as a young couple who fall in love in the 1940s. Their story is read from a notebook in the modern day by an elderly man, telling the tale to a fellow nursing home resident -- wikipedia.
Eastern Orthodox Christianity
Mainstream Eastern Orthodoxy holds that the Holy Spirit proceeds only from the Father and rejects the Filioque clause ("and the Son") added to the Nicene Creed by the Latin Church, on the grounds that no council was called for the addition -- wikipedia.
suppression
"the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness" -- scientificamerican.
Magnus Carlsen
"He has held the No. 1 position in the FIDE world chess rankings since 1 July 2011 and trails only Garry Kasparov in time spent as the highest-rated player in the world, while holding the record for longest consecutive reign" -- wikipedia.
The Problem with Feminising Society - Helen Andrews
A Triggernometry episode. Video embedded. "The channeling of so many women of childbearing age into the workforce has had two really big potentially civilization ending consequences. One is... the feminization of institutions. The other is declining birth rates."
Essentia Foundation
"we aim to create intellectual space and legitimacy for the notion that, at its most fundamental level, all reality unfolds in an extended field of mentation" -- essentiafoundation.org
Pope John Paul II
Priority request: "(1920-2005) head of church from 1978-2005." cal. 570 (awareness) in Truth vs. Falsehood.
"I give the mind permission to stop thinking"
Addressing the mind's involuntary nature.
statement: all attachments must be surrendered
Request: Useful to remember when you losing things— that everything has to be surrendered at some point. Either willingly or with resistance.
speaking your mind / being blunt / “no filter”
Not a matter of appropriateness or consideration.
hikikomori
A form of severe social withdrawal, called hikikomori, has been frequently described in Japan and is characterized by adolescents and young adults who become recluses in their parents’ homes, unable to work or go to school for months or years — PubMed Central.
T/F: China intends to invade Taiwan
The deputy director of the United States’ (US) Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), David Cohen, said that Chinese President Xi Jinping wants the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) to be prepared to invade Taiwan by 2027 --statecraft.co.in
Taize community
Today, the Taizé Community is made up of about hundred brothers, Catholics and from various Protestant backgrounds, coming from around thirty nations --taize.fr/en
Coca-Cola
Priority request. In 2013, Coke products were sold in over 200 countries and territories worldwide, with consumers drinking more than 1.8 billion company beverage servings each day -- wikipedia.