Pyry

“An old man says to his grandson: ‘There’s a fight going on inside me. It’s a terrible fight between two wolves. One is evil–angry, greedy, jealous, arrogant, and cowardly. The other is good–peaceful, loving, modest, generous, honest, and trustworthy. These two wolves are also fighting within you, and inside every other person too.’ After a moment, the boy asks, ‘Which wolf will win?’ The old man smiles. ‘The one you feed.’ 3”
― Rutger Bregman, Humankind: A Hopeful History

“Life is all about you and not at all about you
Now, that's two opposing thoughts and yet both of them are true.
How can you experience everything you choose to do
While observing the experience you're having from a higher view?
See, it's the question, not the answer, that's the higher view
Otherwise, you couldn't differentiate between the two.
Awareness? But of who?
You think you hurt me, but I promise I was letting you.
They say we're all one, but where have we been headed to?
I'd rather die free than have to live inside a petting zoo.
I am the journey that I'm getting to.

Gratitude is my destination
My destiny is perfectly aligned with this location.
I am the map, so I travel back in time
I have everything I want 'cause my imagination is mine.
But mind is not enough for me 'cause I am not my mind
I could see it all, but never get to see I'm truly blind.
I could be it all, but all identities intertwine
The moon is only bright 'cause it reflects the sun's shine”
― Adam Schmalholz

“Just as Chronos split the heavens from earth, time divided the universe, and destroyed the eternal, changeless being that was the ten-dimensional universe. After that, all civilizations had to exist within the limits of time and space. The universe became the infinite unknown. With time came hope, anticipation, surprise, remembrance, oblivion … and above all, freedom.” “These are meaningless,” said Sophon drily. “Eternity is the only existence.” “That wasn’t how the Lurker felt. It was suffocating under the ten-dimensional universe, with its perfect symmetry and eternal immutability. As the dimensions collapsed, more and more consciousnesses, separated from the unity of the Edenic Age, came to believe in the Lurker’s cause and joined its legion. Risking annihilation, they wanted to join time and to call for yet more time. This was the reason the Master failed, don’t you see? “They need time. Other than the Master, all living beings need time.”
― Baoshu, The Redemption of Time

“If we believe most people can't be trusted, that's how we'll treat each other, to everyone's detriment. Few ideas have as much power to shape the world as our view of other people. Because ultimately, you get what you expect to get.”
― Rutger Bregman, Humankind A Hopeful History / Utopia for Realists And How We Can Get There