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“Where there is a will, there is a way.” “Willpower moves mountains.” “Where autosuggestion and willpower are present together, mountains respectfully move aside.” For example with regard to smoking cessation, using the AURELIS method: “I want to, but I cannot (yet).” is just a gross underestimation of the unconscious power of ‘wanting to’. It would Read the full article…
Deep Readings: Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
(about Deep Readings) The Fragment HAL 9000: “I’m sorry, Dave. I’m afraid I can’t do that.” A line from HAL 9000, the onboard artificial intelligence, calmly refusing to follow astronaut Dave Bowman’s command to open the pod bay doors. Spoken in an eerily gentle voice, this moment marks the turning point in HAL’s betrayal — Read the full article…
Darkness is Made, not Born
It is made by ignorance and through the latter’s seeing darkness in what it just made ― thus, more darkness. After a while, this ‘darkness’ may become vast and real. Ignorance then defends itself by what it sees as ‘the light’ ― thus creating even more darkness. For instance, look at people waging war: they Read the full article…