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#enlightenment

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Erik L. Midtsveen 🌈🏳️‍⚧️
One happy Buddha here, celebrating pride and gender-fluidity 🌈.

Happy #BicycleDay to everyone! I’m enjoying the evening and the good vibes 🚴‍♂️.

Tomorrow is 4/20, the day for #Weed, but for me, it’s a time to reflect on my journey from 4/19, while others celebrate 420 🌿.

Wishing you all a fantastic Saturday evening! ✨

#GenderFluidity #GenderFluid #Bisexuality #Bisexual #LGBTQIA #LGBTQ #LGBT #Pride #SelfLove #LoveIsLove #buddhism #buddha #meditation #dharma #zen #mindfulness #spirituality #peace #compassion #enlightenment
Two flags, a rainbow flag and a gender-fluid flag, are displayed on a light wooden shelf, with a statue of a happy Buddha in the middle holding onto the flags!
Two flags, a rainbow flag and a gender-fluid flag, are displayed on a light wooden shelf, with a statue of a happy Buddha in the middle holding onto the flags!
Two flags, a rainbow flag and a gender-fluid flag, are displayed on a light wooden shelf, with a statue of a happy Buddha in the middle holding onto the flags!
Two flags, a rainbow flag and a gender-fluid flag, are displayed on a light wooden speaker, with a statue of a happy Buddha in the middle holding onto the flags!
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Dianora (Diane Bruce)

Now that I've had some sleep..🙂

Stanley outlines the striking parallels from other authoritarian regimes with the current situation in the U.S.
I have always felt uncomfortable with the US Nationalism of chants of "USA" and Stanley gives it a name. "Supremacist Nationalism". It's also why those of us in Canada were upset our flag has been used in the trucker convoy. Our brand of Nationalism has always been more quiet an not so much flag waving. I will also note Stanley has moved to Canada due to the fears of U.S. fascism (he himself notes criticisms of his use of that term) But a rose by any other name using the criteria from Umberto Eco.

This is a must read for those of us in Canada. Especially now during an election campaign.

#Canada#Philosophy#Books
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Dianora (Diane Bruce)

I just read Jason Stanley's book on *Erasing History*. tonight. I loved his term of a Anti-Colonist Nationalism as I had been struggling to put a name to that feeling that some Nationalism is bad (Supremacist) but Nationalism could be done right. eg. A caring society with empathy etc. This is a beautifully written book. He wrote about ideas I have had as well about the Enlightenment and that was helpful. Yes, the Enlightenment wasn't all roses.

A very approachable book, and I highly recommend reading it.

Sorry I am tired a bit rambling but I am off to bed!

#Philosophy#Books#Enlightenment
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SPQR

A nation of idiots.

Andreas Schleicher, the head of education and skills at the O.E.C.D., told The Financial Times, “Thirty percent of Americans read at a level that you would expect from a 10-year-old child.” He continued, “It is actually hard to imagine — that every third person you meet on the street has difficulties reading even simple things.”
#USpolitics #education #collapse #reasoning #enlightenment #USA
nytimes.com/2025/04/10/opinion

The New York Times · Opinion | The Stupidity of the Tariffs Are the Achievement of a LifetimeBy David Brooks
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SydneyJim

While #naked in #nature, there is a profound letting go of #societal constructs & an immersion in the true #nature of things, which #Zen master #Dōgen sees as essential to the practice of #ZenBuddhism. The removal of clothes is more than symbolic of shedding distractions, it allows one to experience the world & one’s own #body without the veil of #societal expectations or attachments. #Enlightenment is found in the simplicity & immediacy of direct #experience.

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Geriatric Gardener

“How Nazi Race Science Conquered the White House, and is Coming for Your Democracy”

by Nafeez Ahmed in Byline Times @BylineTimes

“One of the major ‘Dark Enlightenment’ influencers has stepped into the light, talking of the ‘negro problem’. [..] the Silicon Valley broligarchy has resurrected Nazi-inspired eugenics ideology”

bylinetimes.com/2025/04/04/how

Byline Times · How Nazi Race Science Conquered the White House, and is Coming for Your DemocracyOne of the major ‘Dark Enlightenment’ influencers has stepped into the light, talking of the 'negro problem'. Nafeez Ahmed explains how the Silicon Valley broligarchy has resurrected Nazi-inspired eugenics ideology and is already putting it into action
#Press#US#Nazi
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