"In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." ~ Douglas Adams
Scientists Discovered Something Kinda Alarming: The Universe Shouldn't Actually Exist –Popular Mechanics
Astronaut, looking at Earth: "Remember all ye that existence is pure joy"?
Thelemic astronaut, holding a gun: Always has been
#existence : actual possession of being
- French: existence
- German: die Existenz/das Dasein
- Italian: esistenza
- Portuguese: existencia
- Spanish: existencia
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"Subtle alterations to some existing and established thought elements have been suggested, i’m perusing aspects of this new exercise but my mind grudgingly attempts conformation..."
read 'considering change' an opinion piece by for much deliberation published on write.as...
#writing #fmdnetwork #opinions #ProsePoetry #dailylife #individualism #society #existence
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This right here is the very impetus of what started this runaway train of #selfishness and #justification which has #decimated our very #existence.
Thrust into life without my own consent,
Thrust back to death, with who knows what intent?
Arise, bright saki, fill the cup with wine
And drown the burden of my discontent.
Omar Khayyám (1048-1123) Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher, astronomer [عمر خیام]
Rubáiyát [رباعیات], Bod. # 21 [tr. Roe (1906), # 44]
Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/omar-khayyam/75907/
Struggle For Existence, Charles Robert Darwin, 1809–1882
#CharlesRobertDarwin, #Evolution, #Existence, #Nature, #Quotations, #Quotes, #Science
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Only Atoms & Space, Democritus, c. 460–370 B.C.E.
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I Think, Therefore I Am, René Descartes, 1596–1650
#Awareness, #CogitoErgoSum, #Existence, #Philosophy, #Quotations, #Quotes, #RenéDescartes, #Science
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The Same River, Heraclitus c. 540–c. 480 B.C.E
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I Am Human, Publius Terentius Afer c. 190–159 B.C.E.
#Existence, #Humanity, #Perspective, #Philosophy, #PubliusTerentiusAfer
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That which is seen has roots that reach into depths beyond sight. Such is Yggdrasil, such is creation; sourced within the deep wells of becoming, where the Norns spin the budding and flourishing and demise of all things.
#pagan #paganism #norsepagan #writer #writing #creation #existence #life #heathen #druid
“Every child is a Sphinx; none knoweth its secret but itself; presumeth Ignorance to initiate Isis? Let the Sphinx brood on its secret, until its hour; one can assist only by leaving it to contemplate existence. Let it behold all things in Earth and Heaven.”
“If a bomb fell on your house and obliterated it. If a few minutes later another bomb fell that rebuilt it. Then you would probably end up standing there for a minute, reflecting on the incomprehensible nature of existence.”
The Heart Sūtra is one of the most famous & important texts in #Mahāyāna #Buddhism. It’s quite short but very profound. At its core, it teaches about #emptiness (śūnyatā), which means that all things lack an independent, fixed #existence.
般若心経（はんにゃしんぎょう）は、大乗仏教における最も有名で重要な経典の一つです。とても短いですが、非常に深遠です。その核心には「空」（しゅうにゃたー）という教えがあり、これはすべてのものが独立した固定的な存在を持たないことを意味します。 (1/5)
The Heart Sūtra is the most chanted sūtra in #ZenBuddhism to remind practitioners to let go of rigid thinking & realise the fluid, #interconnected #nature of #existence.
禅仏教（禅仏教）では、修行者が固執した考えを手放し、存在の流動的で相互に関連する本質を理解するために、般若心経を唱えることがよくあります。 (5/5)
