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Visakan Veerasamy
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"Religions are, mostly, the rotting corpses of dead mystical schools. They're founded by people who have primary mystical experiences [..] & (for whatever reason) do not interpret the content of those experiences into the terms of the religious traditions available around them"
"That day I was reborn; from a skinny lame kid with a flute into a shaman and a vessel of the Goat-Foot God, the Piper at the Gates of Dawn, the Horned Lord. And the music was my first power, but not my last."

I know this feeling
seeing like a shaman + pretending I'm not home
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Visakan Veerasamy
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I never really understood the whole “empty your cup” and “unlearn what you have learned” thing until maybe a couple of years ago. Like, intellectually it sorta made sense, but... is it really that big a deal?

It actually is, IMO, and I’m wondering now how I learned to see it
I think it might‘ve been a consequence of being exposed to a much larger number of people and having lots of conversations - over time I noticed that some people were bringing all their baggage to every conversation, while others were listening intently
“never be looking so hard for something that you fail to see what is there” - there’s a quote like this and I’ve seen people retweet saying “ah it’s about journalism” and others saying “ah it’s about scientific discovery” and “ah it’s about parenting”

~~It’s about life~~
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Visakan Veerasamy
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old photos, a thread

I thought it was interesting how these birds seemed somewhat evenly distributed. Like, is there a minimum distance they keep apart, out of respect? But they like to be somewhat close-ish together? What are the dynamics of personal space in avian culture?
ayyy
wife and I were visiting someone who just moved into their flat – and the elevator was just plastered with ads. But... I guess these ads are hyper-relevant for the people who are all moving in? So they probably don't really mind it that much? Still, funny, kinda trippy experience
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Visakan Veerasamy
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Found some pics from my trip to Krabi, Thailand in 2015! This was from the airport + the bus ride to the hotel iirc
Took a pic of this at the hotel with the vague hope of investigating it later – it reminds me of Hindu iconography. Is it Vishnu? It looks like Vishnu. I've always been curious to investigate Hinduism's influence on Thai culture
As I mentioned before, I always make it a point to check out the local papers wherever I go. "City-state gets female president" that's my president! Who I didn't get to vote for, zzz
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