statement: truth needs no defense
"Truth needs no defense and therefore is not defensive; truth has nothing to prove and is not vulnerable to being questioned for an answer" -- I:RS.
By request
Everybody Is Wrong About God, by James Lindsay
"He demonstrates that whenever people say they believe in 'God,' they are really telling us that they have certain psychological and social needs that they do not know how to meet. Lindsay then provides more productive avenues of discussion and action" -- amazon.
Bashar al-Assad
Syrian politician and military officer who served as the 19th president of Syria from 2000 until his government was overthrown in 2024 -- wikipedia.
choosing silence and peace constantly as a spiritual practice
Request: A Spiritual Practice recommended in DPG.
Abu Mohammad al-Julani
Request: Leader [of] the rebel group that took power in Syria. He tries to look more moderate. Is he a improvement on Assad? Or just another dictator?
video advertising billboards
Request: Very bright, flickering, sometimes with sound. Whenever one gets installed, the area around it becomes uncomfortable to be in.
Bible study groups
Request: Been asked to participate in this a few times at campus and I wonder what the field of it might be.
Cherish - Kool & the Gang
Priority request: I’ve always loved this song…it has a good meaning and was just curious as to the calibration.
"Gratitude don't pay the bills"
Request: Something my dad said. Seems kind of anti-spiritual but also kind of true?
Wicked (2024)
Request: Very famous musical movie right now based on the Broadway musical. A prequel to the wizard of Oz classic film.
Notre Dame cathedral
on Sunday hosted its first Mass since the catastrophic fire of 2019.
suppression
"the conscious process of pushing unwanted, anxiety-provoking thoughts, memories, emotions, fantasies and desires out of awareness" -- scientificamerican.
restraint
"a way of limiting, controlling, or stopping something" -- britannica.
demigod
a person who is part mortal and part divine -- vocabulary.com.
unwillingness to undo negative karma
Priority request: I saw this on a slide during a Doc video. It sounds like a pretty important spiritual error to be aware of... negative karma will certainly need to be paid at some point and resisting it would seem to only compound the issue.