By request

T/F: holding someone as lovable raises their level of consciousness

Priority request: Doc said this about the komodo dragon, he said it's cute and its bite is impressive and then said viewing it this way has an effect on its calibration. I wonder if that's true for people as well.

"The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy"

Elon Musk on the Joe Rogan podcast.

toxic

“very harmful or unpleasant in a pervasive or insidious way” - Oxford dictionary. Request: Often used in the context of relationships, e.g. a ‘toxic relationship.’

Your Body Doesn't Lie, by John Diamond

A simple muscle test can tell you what stimuli can strengthen or weaken you--how your body responds to stress, posture, specific foods, emotions, and your entire social and physical environments -- goodreads.

integrity is keeping your word

"We can honour our word in one of two ways: first, by keeping our word, and on time as promised; or second, as soon as we know that we won’t keep our word, we inform all parties involved and clean up any mess that we’ve caused in their lives."

gardening

"active participation in the growing of plants, and tends to be labor-intensive" -- wikipedia.

jack of all trades

"a person who can do many different types of work" -- Google dictionary.

all answers to "why" are inherently wrong

“We have already seen that there is in fact no 'why' about anything, and in fact you cannot answer any 'why' and still be in reality" -- I: Reality & Subjectivity.

statement: this is as good as it gets

Request: acceptance or apathy? Answer: neutrality...

Awaken The Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins

Request: Tony Robbins was the trigger of my spiritual journey, but now, 5 years later, I wonder the LoC of his teachings.

calories in/calories out

Request: Weight loss method where you eat less calories than you burn. Is it serving the highest good?

Alex Soros

US billionaire philanthropist George Soros has handed over the running of his $25bn (£19.9bn) financial and charitable empire to his son Alex -- bbc.

cuteness

The source of cuteness.

Traditional Latin Mass

The priest faces the altar with the people, offering a sacrifice to God, present in the Blessed Sacrament reserved in the tabernacle. With the exception of the sermon to the people, the Mass is sung, chanted, or spoken entirely in Latin -- stmarylatinmass.com

"I exist, therefore I'm loved"

Calibration of the statement.