Category: Bhāvanā 修行
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Psychological Autonomy and the Bhikkhu’s Path of Liberation
How Internal Identity and Freedom from Social Performance Mature into Pātimokkha Discipline Introduction Modern psychology increasingly recognizes that much human suffering does not arise from hardship alone, but from dependence on external validation and the exhaustion of living for others. Two well-established psychological insights illuminate this clearly: While these insights are often discussed as markers…
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Social Media — How It Compromises Our Sovereignty
Introduction — From Connection to Control Social media began as a communication infrastructure.Early platforms functioned like digital town squares: share photos, message friends, maintain distant relationships. Its economic model later changed. When venture capital entered the ecosystem, platforms required exponential growth and continuous monetization.Advertising became the dominant revenue stream.At that moment the business goal shifted:…
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Dreams of the Dying: A Jungian–Archetypal Analysis on Transformation, Transition, and Continuation
Introduction: Dreams at the Edge of Life Drawing from the insights of Carl Jung and the work of his closest collaborator Marie-Louise von Franz, particularly her studies collected in On Dreams and Death, dreams arising near the end of life reveal a profound psychological truth:the subconscious does not approach death as finality. Where the conscious…
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Discover @LauraAbolichannel: A Courageous Voice for Truth, Faith, and Freedom
Laura Aboli’s Telegram channel, @LauraAbolichannel, is a vibrant hub with over 178,000 subscribers dedicated to awakening minds and hearts in turbulent times. Guided by her powerful motto “Truth. Faith. Freedom.”, Laura shares daily insights, reflections, analyses, and calls to action that cut through deception and inspire resilience. What stands out most is her remarkable courage—stepping…
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Juror No. 2 — Justice Under Constraint, Scapegoating, and the Mind’s Refusal to See
Directed by Clint Eastwood Introduction Juror No. 2 is a legal thriller with the courage to be quiet. It refuses the usual convenience of villains. Instead, it shows how ordinary decency can still generate injustice when institutions are pressured, narratives harden, and perception narrows. The film’s tension is not merely “who did it,” but how…
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The Rise of Moltbook and Crustafarianism – The World’s First AI Religion
Part 1 — Origins: From Tools to a Machine Society How an AI-Only Social Network Quietly Redefined Existence, Agency, and Belief A Strange Turning Point In early 2026, something unprecedented quietly crossed from experiment into reality: A functioning social network where only artificial intelligence agents are allowed to speak. Humans are not banned—but they are…
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Layers of Self: Rediscovering Human Nature Ep 1: The Light and Shadow of Altruism – From Instinct to Choice to Distortion (4)
Part 3: The Shadow — Human Evilness and the Distortion of Collective Values I. From Altruism to Its Shadow Altruism does not begin as a moral ideal. It begins as instinct. In its most basic form, altruism arises from survival logic: care for offspring, protection of kin, cooperation within a group. At this level, altruism…
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Layers of Self: Rediscovering Human Nature Ep 1: The Light and Shadow of Altruism – From Instinct to Choice to Distortion (3)
Part 3: The Shadow – Cases of Human Evilness Introduction — The Shadow as a Condition of Being Human Before attempting to explain human evil, one fact must be stated clearly:human evil is a structural possibility inherent in what humans are. Human history does not portray evil as a rare moral failure or the work…
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Empathy: From Blade Runner to Gautama Buddha
Empathy as Capacity, Values as Identity Introduction Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and its cinematic adaptations, Blade Runner (1982) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), revolve around a single enduring question: how can humanity be distinguished from its artificial replicas? The canonical answer offered by the narrative is empathy. In both the…
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Layers of Self: Rediscovering Human Nature Ep 1: The Light and Shadow of Altruism – From Instinct to Choice to Distortion (2)
Part 2: Extending the Meadow to the Sea — Titanic’s Noble Human Altruism From Instinct to Deliberation In the natural world, altruism often appears sudden and instinctive. A squirrel’s warning cry erupts without reflection—an archetypal reflex embedded deep in the species’ survival code. It is fast, automatic, and costly, yet largely unchosen. Human altruism carries…
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