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By the demiurge?
This comment makes no sense to me.
Gnosticism, look it up.
The hypersane are among us, if only we are prepared to look
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#242I read Lang's bird of paradise when I was a kid and was thoroughly wowed by the fact it was so deep I couldn't understand it. When I grew up I realised long obscure words used to conceal self-indulgent ramblings wasn't a sign of anything good. I can't find an extract of meat of the book, can anyone else? As someone who also has had, and likely always will have mental health problems, anyone who glorifies that which i…
I believe that for some philosophical insight to be truly profound, you need to be able to state it in a manner that is completely unambiguous. It is easy to make yourself sound smart by allowing the listener to "fill in the gaps" with their own interpretation, but it doesn't really contribute anything meaningful.
Language does not allow for complete unambiguity. Any sort of communication requires context (eg. agreeing on a similar meaning to the words we write/speak). Any difference in context will derive in differences in meaning. We can never not "fill in the gaps". Listening or reading are exercises in translation and interpretation of meaning, which implies always having to fill in the gaps.
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I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). It's hard to put into words because it's a very personal shift from society. Everyone I've met who is like this has got their own path, approaches life differently, and seems to have shed some unique subset of society, while still carrying some of humanity's codependent ways. To me, rhe article seemed to be trying to introduce a ne…
> I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). I'm sorry, but this is self indulgence on a new near psychopathic level.
Would you be willing to go into more detail as to what you mean?
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> I identify as hypersane (though I've been using the term hypernormal for a few years). I'm sorry, but this is self indulgence on a new near psychopathic level.
Would you be willing to go into more detail as to what you mean?
And to clarify, I refer to it as hypernormal because I'm making perfectly normal choices others wouldn't today, but might in the future.
Example: I choose to abandon my taste preferences around things. Since doing this on accident, I enjoy everything I eat, drink, and listen to.
Most people I've talked to about this (everyone except for 1-5 people) have no desire to even try doing it. I have no idea why, but people seem really attached to their preferences.
And yet having such strong preferences limits aspects of the world one can enjoy. I suspect strong preferences is cultural programming gone amok, so I'm raising my child while only asking what their experience is like, instead of asking if they like or dislike something.
Being hypernormal here means choosing to allow myself to experience more things. I think it'll be normal to do these things in the future, but it's non-normative right now, so it's hypernormal compared to current times. Hypernormalcy is going to look weird compared to the status quo, by definition.
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Not everyone comes to this conclusion, one line of reasoning is: because there shouldn’t be a meaningless universe in the first place, it must actually have meaning.
The belief that the universe must have a purpose is a trap. It leads you down a particular line of reasoning that ends with you believing in a creator god (or gods), or that the universe itself is divine. You would likely also reason that you have a purpose in the universe that dictates your actions (adherence to religious dogma or doctrine). All of this is baseless and rationalized without objective evidence. Your o…
Yes, and everyone is free to make their purpose and choose that the universe does have meaning...
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Go outside. Find a tree. Sit under and observe it. How does it change over time? Consider where everything nourishing it is coming from. Don't have a tree available? Imagine one and start there. If you want to reconnect with nature, you can. You sound like you don't want to believe it's possible, but even the smallest amount of effort can make a load of difference. Have you done any googling to challenge your belief?…
I live on 80 acres of treed land with wildlife. I have a kitchen garden that feeds me. I'm doing fine thank you. But I'm hyper-aware of how my situation is utterly different from billions of humans on this planet, with little or no access to even a tree. Or opportunity to sit under it. Living in high-rise apartment blocks far, far from these imagined opportunities. The world out there is more like blade runner, than…
And, yet, it's still possible. Your stance denies the existence of people figuring out how to do it and people's ability to reconnect. I know they're out there because I've met some. It's that simple. Your perspective is hyperbolic and disempowering, so it can't possibly be true (unless someone chooses to believe it, in which case, they're disempowering themselves). I'll continue to tell people everywhere that it's possible to reconnect with nature, even if they live in the void of space.
The mind is a powerful tool and if people believe they can use it to reconnect, they're much more likely to find a way to. When it comes to subjective experiences, it's important to engage cognitive biases in the direction we want them to go. Beliefs are useful for that, so we need to choose them wisely. Telling people they're not capable of accomplishing things is only helpful if they're rebelling against you because then they'll take it as a challenge. For others who are already in a disempowered state, they could use your message as reinforcing their stuck perspective. I choose to view life in such a way as to promote change and well-being, not get me or anyone else who hears my perspective stuck in it.
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#248It's a canonical fact that one of The Joker's super powers is hypersanity.
You actually bring up what I think is an interesting point. People automatically attribute virtue and goodness to the idea of sanity. The more sane someone is, the more rational and, therefore, the better decisions they will make. But what if a higher level of "sanity" leads to actions that are ultimately bad for those who are less sane? They could perceive the world exactly how it is and conclude that destroying tha…
There's a book called "The Killing Star" where humanity is wiped out by an alien species because "Why take a risk?" That's a hyper rational position.
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I live on 80 acres of treed land with wildlife. I have a kitchen garden that feeds me. I'm doing fine thank you. But I'm hyper-aware of how my situation is utterly different from billions of humans on this planet, with little or no access to even a tree. Or opportunity to sit under it. Living in high-rise apartment blocks far, far from these imagined opportunities. The world out there is more like blade runner, than…
And, yet, it's still possible. Your stance denies the existence of people figuring out how to do it and people's ability to reconnect. I know they're out there because I've met some. It's that simple. Your perspective is hyperbolic and disempowering, so it can't possibly be true (unless someone chooses to believe it, in which case, they're disempowering themselves). I'll continue to tell people everywhere that it's p…
Not speaking in absolutes; I didn't inject that into this. Just point out the vast majority of apartment-dweller who ...
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#250Earlier quoted context omitted.
Would you be willing to go into more detail as to what you mean?
And to clarify, I refer to it as hypernormal because I'm making perfectly normal choices others wouldn't today, but might in the future. Example: I choose to abandon my taste preferences around things. Since doing this on accident, I enjoy everything I eat, drink, and listen to. Most people I've talked to about this (everyone except for 1-5 people) have no desire to even try doing it. I have no idea why, but people s…
I'm sorry, but this is just silly