It's like there's an invisible war happening just below up the conscious threshold, and only those they "waste time" building and creating with AI and engaging in platforms like this one can see it.
I've been trying to push boundaries a long time before AI became a thing, but yeah, I think it's making a lot of people realize potentials that weren't available to them previously and that changes perspectives a lot.
The religious organization that sent you an email giving you an "end of the world coupon" kills me! I don't know if you saw anything about the last time the rapture was supposed to happen. I think it was in October. I saw videos on TikTok of people selling their cars, telling their kids goodbye (for some reason, their kids weren't getting raptured??), and generally being nutcases. Of course, the date passed, and nothing happened. As usual.
I love the whole section on chaos magic. Do you think it's similar to manifesting? It sounds the same, but people in the manifesting community seem more chill. I never see anyone trying to curse another person. They're usually just trying to manifest more money or a mate.
Super interesting about talking to your future self. Even though you knew the dog bite was coming, you weren't able to stop it? Or did you forget about it?
The fear thing is interesting, too. I've never seen its power used more than during 2020. I can't believe what it did to people...
I did see the whole end of the world crazy in October! The interesting thing is that happens all the time, and it's not a modern crazy. There are a multitude of historical incidences of the same kind in the past going all the way back at least the 1st century A.D. and probably before.
Chaos magic leans much more towards older esoteric practices that definitely set the stage for the more modern manifestation practices. I would definitely put things like The Secret and online manifestation groups clearly into a New Age sort of practice, without meaning it derogatorily. It's just a different way of doing the same things that have been done for centuries. And modern practice is much more aligned with positivity while ignoring the downside.
The future self thing was definitely weird. I never forgot about it, but I just figured it was probably some weird metaphor at first. In the drug induced world, it was given to me in flashes of the actual action happening with not a lot of context as to where or when. As soon as it happened, my first thought was, "Holy shit... that was all real."
I think fear is probably the thing that drives human beings the most. It makes us completely irrational and it's hardwired into us since our earliest ancestors were running from animals that wanted to eat them.
Sorry I didn't answer this earlier. I missed it somehow!
The future self thing was interesting to me. I had a vivid dream once where my current self (at that time) went to my teenage self, who was standing in the buffet line at Ponderosa. (I don't know if you have those, but it's one of those terrible buffets people in small-town Ohio love.)
My current self grabbed her by the shoulders and told her everything would be OK. Man, I needed that message during those times. I don't remember receiving it when I was a teenager, but maybe it landed through the cosmos in some way and helped me get through that rough patch.
Wow, thanks for the article shout out, I appreciate it! And I love the religion piece, honestly surprised that "anti-eternal damnation insurance policies" aren't a thing (I guess the subscriptions are an informal version).
I wish all those Halo games and other "Republican Space Ranger" stuff actually described the war economy like this newsletter does. And added chaos magic, too!
I actually love a lot of military SF, from books to games to movies, but they rarely touch on the cost of war and what it leaves behind. Some do, but not many.
It's like there's an invisible war happening just below up the conscious threshold, and only those they "waste time" building and creating with AI and engaging in platforms like this one can see it.
I've been trying to push boundaries a long time before AI became a thing, but yeah, I think it's making a lot of people realize potentials that weren't available to them previously and that changes perspectives a lot.
Yes. It feels like we're in the beginning of something big. A collective shift.
I love and will use for years to come the slashpage
Thank you for sharing it.🙏
You bet. Doing my best to find things like that worth sharing.
The religious organization that sent you an email giving you an "end of the world coupon" kills me! I don't know if you saw anything about the last time the rapture was supposed to happen. I think it was in October. I saw videos on TikTok of people selling their cars, telling their kids goodbye (for some reason, their kids weren't getting raptured??), and generally being nutcases. Of course, the date passed, and nothing happened. As usual.
I love the whole section on chaos magic. Do you think it's similar to manifesting? It sounds the same, but people in the manifesting community seem more chill. I never see anyone trying to curse another person. They're usually just trying to manifest more money or a mate.
Super interesting about talking to your future self. Even though you knew the dog bite was coming, you weren't able to stop it? Or did you forget about it?
The fear thing is interesting, too. I've never seen its power used more than during 2020. I can't believe what it did to people...
I did see the whole end of the world crazy in October! The interesting thing is that happens all the time, and it's not a modern crazy. There are a multitude of historical incidences of the same kind in the past going all the way back at least the 1st century A.D. and probably before.
Chaos magic leans much more towards older esoteric practices that definitely set the stage for the more modern manifestation practices. I would definitely put things like The Secret and online manifestation groups clearly into a New Age sort of practice, without meaning it derogatorily. It's just a different way of doing the same things that have been done for centuries. And modern practice is much more aligned with positivity while ignoring the downside.
The future self thing was definitely weird. I never forgot about it, but I just figured it was probably some weird metaphor at first. In the drug induced world, it was given to me in flashes of the actual action happening with not a lot of context as to where or when. As soon as it happened, my first thought was, "Holy shit... that was all real."
I think fear is probably the thing that drives human beings the most. It makes us completely irrational and it's hardwired into us since our earliest ancestors were running from animals that wanted to eat them.
Sorry I didn't answer this earlier. I missed it somehow!
The future self thing was interesting to me. I had a vivid dream once where my current self (at that time) went to my teenage self, who was standing in the buffet line at Ponderosa. (I don't know if you have those, but it's one of those terrible buffets people in small-town Ohio love.)
My current self grabbed her by the shoulders and told her everything would be OK. Man, I needed that message during those times. I don't remember receiving it when I was a teenager, but maybe it landed through the cosmos in some way and helped me get through that rough patch.
I know Ponderosa, although they don't exist down here anymore.
I've had a few weird instances with dreams in my life. There's a lot more to them than we can really grasp, I think.
Wow, thanks for the article shout out, I appreciate it! And I love the religion piece, honestly surprised that "anti-eternal damnation insurance policies" aren't a thing (I guess the subscriptions are an informal version).
You bet, Christine!
And yeah, I'm thinking maybe organized religion needs to work on it's marketing a bit.
I wish all those Halo games and other "Republican Space Ranger" stuff actually described the war economy like this newsletter does. And added chaos magic, too!
I actually love a lot of military SF, from books to games to movies, but they rarely touch on the cost of war and what it leaves behind. Some do, but not many.
That's true. I'd buy that, though. As long as I'm lucky enough not to be part of a war. As long as Putin is stuck where he is :D
You are an inspiration, I'll tell you that!
Everything about this post goes so spectacularly hard. I love it.
I was engrossed the second I read, "The Machine Elves Knew My Name."
Let's hope the upcoming issue is as good.
Easily done