All memos tagged #notecard

To be cogent is to be clear, logical, and convincing. Appealing to the mind or reason; power to compel. “It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.” ~ Friedrich Nietzsc...

A miracle is a shift in perspective. ~ A Course in Miracles #notecard

Subjective language is that which has the characteristic of or belonging to reality as perceived rather than as independent of mind. The Subject speaking is identified by the use of declarative langua...

The sense of agency, or sense of control, is the subjective awareness of initiating, executing, and controlling one's own volitional actions in the world. It is the pre-reflective awareness or implici...

"Suffering is the necessary condition for spiritual and physical growth." "Today, we have economies that need to grow whether or not they make us thrive. What we need are economies that make us thriv...

"Real intimacy comes not from telling about yourself—your childhood, your relationships, your health problems, etc.—but from joint creativity, which brings out your true qualities, invites you to show...

"Do not hide anything from other people when they ask you, but do not boast about bad things if you are not asked about them." ~ Luke 8:17 This is why MythOS is mostly explorable, but not entirely se...

The self, with a capital T and a lowercase s, is to mean oneself; the Skin Encapsulated Ego that is a disguise of the true nature of self, the royal Self. "It’s not that we shouldn’t be selfish, it’s...

authenticity is the act of being true to one's own personality, spirit, or character.

Agency is the capacity, condition, or state of acting or exerting power. It refers to an individual's ability to make choices and take actions that influence their environment, circumstances, or outco...

Misery is lost on the miserable

Compersion is a feeling of joy when a loved one invests in and takes pleasure from another romantic or sexual relationship. I was introduced to the term by Gavin Doughtie as a reflection of me seeing,...

Truth is most often used to mean being in accord with fact or reality, or fidelity to an original or standard. [1] Truth is also sometimes defined in modern contexts as an idea of "truth to self", or...

Contemporary social gatherings are largely based on 📝consumption—of food, drink, drugs, sports, or other entertainment. Joint consumption only passes the time painlessly by covering up a lack, and le...

Play is time spent without purpose. [1] If entertainment is the consumption of fun, play is its production. [2] To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence ...

Comparisons are odious because they presume all things are equal, which is rarely the case.

The future can give you anything you want. If you wait long enough the future will create it. Maybe through technology or maybe by making you not want it anymore. Either way, the answer is in the futu...

A symborg, the conjunction of 'symbiotic' and 'organism', is a new kind of organism that emerges from the symbiosis of two or more organisms.

fear | noun | (1) an unpleasant emotion caused by anticipation or awareness of danger; an instance of this emotion or a state marked by this emotion (2) anxious concern, (3) reason for alarm. [1]

satire | noun | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. [1] Satire's goal is not to abuse so much at to provoke a response, ideally with some kind of reform. [2] https...