Her konuşan kendi seviyesinden konuşur.

Huzurlu olan, huzurdan. Huzursuz olan huzursuzluktan. Gören, gördüğünden. Göremeyen, göremediğinden. Zanneden, zannettiğinden.

Emin olan, emin olduğundan.

İnsan'ın, Allah ile olan birlikteliğinin nasıl olduğunu merak ediyorsan, sinir hücreleri ile beyin arasında ki ilişkiyi tefekkür et..

Başımıza gelen sıkıntılar bizi Allah'a yaklaştırıyorsa imtihandır, Allah'tan uzaklaştırıyorsa cezadır.

Varlığının, O'nun varlığı olduğunu fark etmedikçe şirktesin.. İdrak; şartlara göre doğru anlamak değil, şartalara rağmen doğru anlamaktır.

Görünenler bir görüntü olabilir. Hissedilenler de, bir yanılgı olabilir. Fakat, gören ve hisseden gerçektir.

Görünenin ne olduğunu değil, görenin kim olduğunu araştır.

De SM Blues

Ik was echt al bijna geil toen deed je dat met de nagelvijl die iets te ver mijn oor in ging daarna verdween iedere opwinding.

Ik werd echt een beetje nat toen stak je dat sixpack in mijn gat een van die blikjes brak open en was die lust weer verlopen.

Ik werd net een beetje stijf toen sneed je de ballen van mijn lijf dipte ze in mayo, at ze op in een hap en ik werd meteen weer slap.

Ik liep net een beetje warm toen sneed je de hand van mijn arm haalde de spleet uit mijn billen en ik voelde de lust verkillen.

Ik kreeg al een beetje zin toen stak je die paal daar helemaal in en liet 500 volt door mij heen waardoor alle zin verdween.

"Endure boredom"

#100DaysToOffload #Negativity (61/100) P.S. This post is part of an experiment about negativity (read about it).

#000467 – 26 de Fevereiro de 2021

Cabeça zonza, farrapos de sonho, café, doce de tomate, sono.

So being old I get the choice. I don’t care to do both. It’s too taxing. Anyways I’m practicing sitting with music going and not doing anything. Kinda like my other days. Today I am using the WriteFreely iOS app on my toy. The iPhone toy. Next to me a young family shows up at the bench next. The boys wave and smile. The mom takes delight in seeing them wave and smile. It seems most times when I sit at the lake that I’m greeted by kids and young people. They are really active at the “hello” thing. Old people are more serene and will nod and wave. Amazing there was a war here once. You could come now and never see a memory of it besides in museums. The Vietnamese people love Americans I think. Some believe America is a dream for them. The place is the land of plenty. Dreams and wonders. Many have told me they fantasize about a life there. But always to come back. Because Vietnam needs them and their muscle and their brains. Witness this article about how a generation here is becoming lost due to Covid. Now America is not the next stop or any stop for their dreams. Many cannot go and fear losing so much.

To me sitting here the edge is a real thing. It balances on the head of geography, economics and politics. Meanwhile the young move in a direction. Sometimes not forward or back. Sometimes lost in the same place here.

My daughter in California fares no better. Her entire life disrupted. She went from adult to adult child by moving back home. Only one story amidst millions.

So I sit and determine not to think. Instead I watch the mom and dad play with their boys here. Only a moment. But they will grow up and it reminds me of the saying RWR would tell me,

nothing so constant as change

There is no permanence, no stability, no status quo. Give it a moment and it fades.

Just like life on this park bench.

There are still quite a few people out there who consider themselves “followers of Jesus”, in some sense. There's no coherent way to refer to them anymore, though.

In 2021, “Christian” can mean anything from “homophobic nazi and/or rapist” to “philanthropic social justice activist”, and it's not always obvious who is who. Just look at any of the countless high profile Christians who have been outed as utterly despicable human beings, despite leading lives that appeared to be outwardly good for humanity, on the whole. Or the rampant homophobia, racism, sexism, and anti-semitism among so many people who identify as Christian today.

Look at Theodore McCarrick, the highest-ranking member of the Catholic Church to be exposed as a pervert in recent years. Or Jean Vanier, who many followers saw as virtually a living saint. Or Jerry Falwell Jr., or Ravi Zacharias. Those are just the ones I can remember hearing about in the last few months. If you really want to see some horrible things people pull off in the name of Jesus start at /r/PastorArrested and follow the links. Beware the endless rabbit hole.

It's not surprising that people are horrible. Everyone learns that eventually. It's definitely not surprising that an organization selecting for charismatic, enthusiastic public speakers as leaders is a literal cesspool of perverts. What is surprising, though, is that the rank and file stick around. The average church goers. “Pew sitters”.

It's probably fair to say that the average church goer doesn't know much about the exploits of their leaders. A lot of pastors are worshipped as demigods, their words held up as divine ordinance, authoritative and true. Suggestions of impropriety are brushed aside, and people who know too much to ignore are threatened to stay quiet.

But there's too much evidence, now. Turning a blind eye has turned into willfully enabling it to go on. Every single one of the movements led by these disgraced perverts still has thousands of followers, if not more. They are exempt from the normal standards of decency we expect from secular society and permitted to continue existing, despite their indifference to the egregious obscenity they enable.

How have we not learned that the way we do church is fundamentally broken. We literally lift up the most odious individuals in society to positions of leadership, then let them exploit and abuse their power for decades with no accountability, no consequence except for a tarnished legacy. How did this emerge from a movement started by a desert peasant who just wanted to help the poor?

And where does that leave us? People who are actually interested in that pursuit, in the wisdom of the Jesus stories? Back in the desert, I guess.

Mia Khalifa is more concerned about the Indian Farmers than their fascist government.

Confirming I have in fact regained consciousness, and would like to thank you for your concern, albeit unnecessary. Still standing with the farmers, though ♥️ pic.twitter.com/ttZnYeVLRP

— Mia K. (@miakhalifa) February 4, 2021

Live Long & Prosper, Mia Khalifa!

#Journal #100DaysToOffload

Day 1 of #100DaysToOffload Challenge. Find out more at 100daystooffload.com and join the community.

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As mentioned before in previous posts, I think I have done a relatively good job of shaking all social media over the past year. Whether that's been to save time, avoid targeted advertising, or to stop feeding large corporations my data. I seem to have also managed this without some other social media fad or distracting website on my phone taking over. That being said though, I still struggle with youtube.

My youtube watch time hasn't increased on this time a year ago, my social media usage has disappeared though, so overall phone time has reduced. Youtube is like going to that one friends house who seemed to have all the TV channels ever, they could watch whatever they want whenever they wanted. That's what we have now, available on any browser you can get your hands on. Fortunately I mainly watch from my PC with an ad blocker running so don't have to sit through the infinitely annoying ads.

I do think that sharing your youtube watch history or list of subscriptions can be quite telling. It's not something we usually share openly and can be quite personal (in my opinion). With this in mind, I thought I would share three of my favourite youtube channels that I watch almost religiously. It was quite difficult to cut it down to three! See below.

Sailing La Vagabonde

I have been watching this channel since their first year making videos on the platform and cannot recommend them enough! The Australian pair of Riley and Elayna slowly travelling around the world on their boat, visiting remote places, running into pirates, spearfishing and completing Atlantic crossing with Greta Thunberg never ceases to stir the vagabond and nomad in me. Their weekly videos provide a great escape from the day to day.

Nikolai Schirmer

I have mentioned this channel in a previous post on ethical businesses. Nikolai is a bit of an adventuring skier and acts as a bit of 'skiing goals' for me. This Norwegian's videos are always set in some of the most jaw-dropping mountains and his low-carbon approach to skiing is one most skier should aspire to. As a carbon fuelled snow-based hobby is a bit of an oxymoron.

Beau Miles

With such titles as “A Mile an Hour: Running a different kind of marathon” and “The Human Bean: 40 days on a tin-bean diet”, Beau Miles has a pretty unique approach to youtube. Usually in the form of some sort of challenge for himself. But as much as he challenges himself, he also challenges the audience in a light-hearted but still though provoking way. Often offering a 'deep and meaningful' take on way eating only tinned beans for 40days is a good thing. Beau always has an upbeat and optimistic outlook on life which translates very well through his videos. Although he doesn't post very often, I always look forward to watching his videos.

#100daywritingchallenge

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