US Social Security system
How well is it being run?
By request
Ponzi scheme
Request: A form of fraud wherein earlier “investors” are paid out with money from later “investors”, despite no actual business being conducted or value being created. This scam relies on a steady supply of new victims and money to continue.
mantra: let all things be exactly as they are
Request: ACIM lesson 268, brings great peace and acceptance.
The Virtues Project
To make the timeless knowledge of the world’s great wisdom traditions accessible in our individual and collective lives -- virtuesproject.com.
Goodfellas (1990)
Request: Ray Liotta becomes a mobster and falls in love with the life of a gangster.
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.