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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Good sermon. But let’s not kid ourselves. Sitting under a tree and speaking of love will be labeled "radical" because it is. The machine fears stillness more than slogans.

And for those tempted to read this and keep scrolling, thinking "Nice words," stop. Pick your tree. Sit. Mean it.

That is where the real firewall begins. Against the matrix. Against despair. Against your own temptation to turn this into just another dopamine hit.

Virgin Monk Boy

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Gabriel Lovemore's avatar

"The machine fears stillness more than slogans". Amen!

You know that joke attributed to Mark Twain " don't argue with an idiot"? Well, here we are, silence is the only way to argue with idiots.

(and if you've never heard the joke it goes on with "the'll drag you to their level of expertise and beat you with experience").

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Susan Kacvinsky's avatar

My tree is a jacaranda. They are all over LA. Blooming in purple defiance.

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Amma Li Grace's avatar

🔥🎯🔥

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Michael Wogenburg's avatar

Gabriel … soon we step out of this realm anyhow … and we will come back in a thousand years … then we will see … love you ❤️

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Julene Tegerstrand, Ph.D.'s avatar

I totally resonate with having the sense of call to not be in the streets but to be the monk who thinks deeply and helps people 'see' through what I do behind my screen.

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