book: ruins of empires by count volney (c.f. volney)
For those who are religious or not religious, read this book. It is for everyone. It will allow people from around the world who believe in a particular system of things to get clarity around what they purport to believe.
It will agitate the sensibilities of some, but in the end, for those who are truth seekers, it will awaken you. Volney is a profound writer with incredible brilliance. He is one of the few writers I would recommend. He gives due to cultures who were the founders of certain ideas, albeit bastardized by numerous invaders.
As an avid reader, I was able to connect not only with the history he lays down, but with the sentiment he puts forth. He employs the Socratic method in uncovering truths. This method is used by many writers to dissect certain aspects of knowledge and understanding, while making it easy for the reader to follow and comprehend. Because the Socratic method is a discourse between two or more peoples, it gives an almost realtime feeling that the reader is there, discussing the issues with the “wise one.”
Grab a copy. Let this book teach you. It certainly taught me and added something amazing to my knowledge base.
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reading: survivor by octavia butler
today is a good day to read. the sun is shining and the sky here is cloudless. i am finishing up an anthology and will soon start on Survivor by Octavia Butler. the sister is a fierce writer with fierce ideas. she unfolds the social issues of our time in a way that speaks truth to power.
i can only hope to one day write as fiercly as her. may she rest in peace and continue to write in the realm where she now resides.
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poem: deeper
It is somewhere we’ve never been before
That vision many claim can never be ours
Yet, somehow we know it’s there, waiting for us to find it
It is somewhere within us, deeper than the ocean we hope to know
We thought if we came close to it
We would be able to catch its tail end; feel its power
Yet, somehow that was not enough to make us whole
It is somewhere outside of us, farther than the sky we hope to reach
As we cry about our losses and hope for a better tomorrow
Our emotions race, sometimes to the brink of insanity
Yet, somehow we know nothing else matters but this moment
It is somewhere in our spirit, deeper than the love we can’t seem to claim
We crave for the time when we can see the likes of tomorrow
That tomorrow that’s so far away, we didn’t know it existed
Yet, we wait for the inspiration that might come.
It’s here, stronger than all the lives we had before
Sweeter than all the dreams we thought would never come true,
Greater than all the past that has prepared us for tomorrow,
Deeper than all the thoughts that carry us through today.
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quote: truth
Truth is such a rare quality,
a stranger so seldom met in
this civilization of fraud,
that it is never received freely,
but must fight its way into the world.
- Professor Hilton Hotema
Historian and author of The Lost Wisdom of the Ancient Masters
and dozens of other books.
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