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(DIR) Post #A5qq6VtScsF7IiZJOy by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:33:35Z
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ThreadHow NOT to be a hermit.First off, I love the movie 28 Days Later. That said, it's FAR too violent. There's no reason to show what they show in the film.Now, here's a review from an Irish hermit that's chock full of spoilers. If you have no plans to see the movie, feel free to watch it.So what is the Irish hermit doing wrong?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5DHcfpm-eIQ
(DIR) Post #A5qqPvIYOc7HauYq24 by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:37:06Z
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The review is from 2016, BUT.The guy hasn't learned anything yet.We are DEEP INTO the sort of global disaster that he says will make us all into savages.Where's the savagery?The US is handling everything fine, even though we hate the pandemic and what our government is doing.And we all have guns!SOCIETY WILL NOT BREAK DOWN.I'm totally confident saying that, because I KNOW my fellow humans.
(DIR) Post #A5qqnf6OGT1WJSBuRE by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:41:24Z
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The vast, overwhelming majority of you are levelheaded and mature.That's why I never use movies as cautionary tales.They're fictional, from the minds of misanthropes.I'm not a misanthrope. I became a hermit because I can't function out there with y'all.The Irish hermit will NOT accept his circumstances. He studies horror fiction to learn how to cope with his own mental issues.BAD choice. Now, technically I'm not the right guy to comment on any of this.
(DIR) Post #A5qqt9t3EbyBEpZZUO by jjmjc@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:42:24Z
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@ThomasWic Me too. We really do want to help one another over all.
(DIR) Post #A5qrDYCEYwMQQMGjsO by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:46:05Z
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I've EXPERIENCED what to most people is fiction.Throughout my life, I've endured nightmare cycles. I'm bad in one now.The nightmares are always about either murder or being hopelessly lost, with no ability to get home or find safety.When I wake up, I have a hangover of depression that I have to physically work off. I'm moving crap like a stevedore right now.Exploring horror is vacuous. Let me explain the ostensible theory behind it:
(DIR) Post #A5qrc9PlpyJinxKaCO by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:50:31Z
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You can't appreciate good unless you know what bad is.There.Total bullshit.For one thing, you aren't going to learn anything from a movie. Those are ACTORS. They're PRETENDING.Some people--the Marquis de Sade is considered the exemplar--feel that they have to experience "bad" in order to appreciate good.One problem:You're CHOOSING to experience it. Therefore you're in control, and it's all fake.Try going through it against your will. Try BEING CHOSEN instead of choosing.
(DIR) Post #A5qs04s4Nj7tfAychU by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:54:51Z
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When you're CHOSEN, it destroys you.All you learn is that you're ruined.BUT.You can still live a fulfilling life. It takes finding out what you get out of denial and continuing the cycle.Talk about horror.Imagine how much of a scumbag you'll feel like by learning that you're choosing to embrace ugliness when you don't have to.It tosses everything out of the window. You learn that you're simply FUBAR.F*cked Up Beyond All Recognition.That's why nobody wants to go there.
(DIR) Post #A5qsP89pIf5z5yEEUK by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-02T23:59:23Z
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But you HAVE TO go there in order to stop the accelerating ruination.Too many people use their disabilities to get attention from strangers. They're invested in NOT improving.That's why I reject the notion that to really appreciate good, you have to know bad.It isn't true, and besides, what you're doing when you say that is trying to bring others down.You're crapping on them.I watch movies for lots of reasons, but NEVER to learn.Why can I learn from filmmakers?Don't answer that.
(DIR) Post #A5qsnMOI257wBmXzYu by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:03:45Z
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I'm finding that the more I work on moving into my new house, the more I resent my brother.Luckily I have over a month to figure out where I'm going to go while he's here. I really don't want to see him ever again.It's eerie how he's become a total clone of our father, a man who my brother professes to hate.I'm still figuring out what to put into my memoir. I still haven't figured out exactly what I want to say.This is the tenth major rewrite.
(DIR) Post #A5qtHGr7AznZi4IBtI by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:09:10Z
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I keep uncovering new information about my parents that makes me reevaluate them.There's no deep emotion involved. I just find the story fascinating. I say that deciding what's good is entirely up to the individual. I don't mean regarding morality; I mean a good life in the most universal sense.NOBODY should know what I know.We have no need to be aware of depravity, especially since we can't do anything about most of it.Live your life as YOU see fit.You're the boss.END
(DIR) Post #A5qtVpsPlYNwNaqTmi by ilumanous@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:11:47Z
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@ThomasWic Bravo Thomas.You have come a long way, baby.
(DIR) Post #A5qtqBdqYOaffrjfHs by NRossiter@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:15:29Z
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@ThomasWic I have always wondered why people never use DeSade as a philosopher. I think he used his universal suffering as a poignant repost to his philosophy. The French Revolution changed Europe and he was a man of his times.
(DIR) Post #A5quGKWo8X86lRuQro by Zentrification@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:20:12Z
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@ThomasWic I appreciate your willingness to put your personal stuff out there to help other people learn.
(DIR) Post #A5quspv7rxtb86e3fc by Beemer4Trump@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:27:09Z
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@ThomasWic Amen.
(DIR) Post #A5qvESfYzrFJOAg45g by Cdubois@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:31:04Z
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@ThomasWic Amen, good sir. All is well. ❤🌼
(DIR) Post #A5qvRWvAV514L8Cxs0 by Wendy@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:33:26Z
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@ThomasWic It is up to us to decide how to live.My parents were still learning how to live even as they raised their own children. How can it be otherwise with all parents.When I realized that, it was the first step to being enough at peace with my own imperfect life to allow myself to keep learning how to best live it.
(DIR) Post #A5qvvLmaTdnOTxPihU by Edgewalker@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:38:49Z
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@ThomasWic thanks Thomas. I can relate. I did a lot of work when I got clean and sober. I didn’t have the extensive traumas that you talk about. However the ones I experienced were traumatic enough. Moving drugs, and guns with the gang bangers isn’t something this pretty little white girl dreamed of doing but that’s what I became. Today I use my experience to help others. And therein lies the gift.
(DIR) Post #A5qvyfNY4kAW7xHdGy by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:39:25Z
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@ThomasWic Lost and unable to find my way back is my most recurring nightmare, sans the danger.They are sometimes dystopian hell-scapes but most often they're in exotic, luxurious settings that I don't recognize or fit into at all.I'm always a stranger in someone else's world, treated well by people who are self-absorbed in the moment.It's not mine, I never feel at home, and I want out.The nightmare for me is only that I'm lost and can't remember who I am or where I'm from.
(DIR) Post #A5qx3B0mVWMjLaLgLA by MadBeachBimbo@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:51:27Z
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@ThomasWic Your memoir is necessarily evolving. I’m happy that you’ve realized that your brother is toxic. You sort of knew it but were still going to move to Vegas. I’m so relieved you didn’t move. It would have been a nightmare of proportions probably never seen by you before. Or maybe not. I’m very happy you’re settling into your parents home fairly well. I only hope your turmoil around this resolves soon.
(DIR) Post #A5qxVG2PPh8h2nV45Y by joebennett@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:56:31Z
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@ThomasWic I have never directly replied to you, TW, but you have lost me here. I think you are more attached to your family than you admit, since you write about it so much. Maybe you are grieving. I wish you well is all I can say.
(DIR) Post #A5qxcpdVSSU9TfSoWe by Kalus@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T00:57:53Z
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@ThomasWic Oneiromancy is a pretty big thing Korea, though I don’t believe it cuz I’m not a fan of divination or occultism in general. However, what’s really interesting about traditional Korean oneiromantic theories is that they say dreams involving murders are usually “good omens.” Except the dreams that involve your own family members. If you are murdered by, or murder your own family member in your dreams then it’s said to be a really terrible omen.
(DIR) Post #A5qyCgZSdj7JmrfTLk by wziminer@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:04:22Z
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@Edgewalker Don't know you, and can't relate to your life experience. BUT... what doesn't make you bitter makes you better, and the fact that you share it with others to help them heal is perfect. I have experienced my own hell on earth, and that's exactly what I try to take from it. My experience may help someone else survive theirs. Both Thomas and Saul @Debradelai do this for us. @ThomasWic
(DIR) Post #A5qyQesthtE6bvQDsO by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:06:53Z
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@ThomasWic "SOCIETY WILL NOT BREAK DOWN."That's the beautiful part. For many it will. THEIR societies. It's happening now - to those dependent on dependencies that are rapidly crumbling. For MOST - and society on the whole - I see the opposite happening. People reaching out to one another, restoring fabric that can't be utterly destroyed.
(DIR) Post #A5qyjikbYYuu6UdI3M by sandman4224@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:10:20Z
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@ThomasWicI bet you would have an amazing conversation with this guy about your thoughts.
(DIR) Post #A5qzsIeC4rvnhpHxbM by Lisa22@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:23:05Z
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@ThomasWic I'm sorry it didn't work out with your brother, and I think you are well wise to stay away from him. As I mentioned before, I have a similar situation going on. And I agree with improvement, and my only regret is giving too many movies credit for what I thought was wisdom at the time!
(DIR) Post #A5qzx08kJYHFkqoy7k by Lisa22@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:23:56Z
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@ThomasWic I'm sorry it didn't work out with your brother, and I think you are well wise to stay away from him. As I mentioned before, I have a similar situation going on. And I agree with improvement, I am doing the work and showing up even when there seem to be huge obstacles in my way to get where I want to be.
(DIR) Post #A5r0tumNt9wGDLSBvs by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:34:35Z
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@StevenDouglas That's exactly the sort of nightmare I have.And I always know I'm doomed. No matter what I do, I'll never get out.The dreams almost always take place in cities at night, in the rain, but sometimes they're in massive structures, such as underground public bathrooms that stretch for miles in all directions.They're always dark.Also, I have dreams in which I'm doing things I don't want to do, in order to please unseen audiences.Those dreams are not allegorical.
(DIR) Post #A5r18d5NxH23gNMFAO by Beemer4Trump@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:37:15Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas 😔😔
(DIR) Post #A5r1Jck1ZnB5ncboYa by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:39:14Z
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@RavenTracks Been there!Moving all my stuff is drudgery, but it allows me to weed.I'm doing things I put off for ages.In my new home--my late parents' home--everything will be arranged and set up so that everywhere I look will be books, model kits on display, and DVDs.Heaven!Getting started is tough, but having no choice is actually total freedom.Try and see it that way, if I may be so bold.
(DIR) Post #A5r1XHr41p574jPtce by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:41:42Z
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@Kalus My murder dreams are all based on actual experiences.The good news is that it never crosses my mind for even a second to give up.I have to see what happens next.
(DIR) Post #A5r1pMT3cIxOato3Ky by joebennett@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:44:58Z
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@ThomasWic That is dangerous thinking. I think not and advise not. You are not the boss, never where and never will be.
(DIR) Post #A5r203obJ58Hvhz7Sq by ThomasWic@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:46:53Z
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@StevenDouglas Woke society and leftist society are breaking down because they're artificial constructs.One of the things the de Sade-type philosophers say is that morality is actually so new that it's an abnormal state. The natural state of humans is selfish and savage.I don't buy that.Our job here on this plane of existence is to grow and learn.TO IMPROVE.As you can see, the more we improve, the more and the faster we improve. Imagine the world 100 years ago.Ghastly.
(DIR) Post #A5r2N0uqFie9b8qhFo by Lemonhead@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:51:03Z
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@ThomasWic 👏👏
(DIR) Post #A5r2VJ0yqQy031frBQ by Kalus@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:52:33Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I read 120 Days of Sodom.One of the worst decisions in my life.It tries to vilify AND glorify the four psychopathic protagonists at the same time.Haven’t watched the movie adaptation, but I hear Pasolini did not try to glorify the protagonists at least.
(DIR) Post #A5r2lCNNIN9M5ij9LE by joebennett@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:55:26Z
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@ThomasWic That is dangerous thinking. I think not and advise not. You are not the boss, never were and never will be.
(DIR) Post #A5r3A4NMB3MgWCZuOe by Jaime@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T01:59:55Z
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@ThomasWic Nice thread. I live each day as it comes. Sometimes my intentions take a different path. I usually do things last min. I can’t see where I’ll be a month from now. Life is in constant motion. Sometimes I’m up for the ride, other times I drop off.
(DIR) Post #A5r3yvJTdCidBE0pay by Lisa22@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T02:09:07Z
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@Zentrification @ThomasWic Yes, indeed! Thomas has helped me learn a LOT about myself and how to be objective and screen out bad people.
(DIR) Post #A5r4ET5ILwAOGOn7KK by russelljimmies@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T02:11:54Z
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@ThomasWic
(DIR) Post #A5r4HI4HleLCxwfHY8 by russelljimmies@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T02:12:26Z
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@ThomasWic
(DIR) Post #A5r5MPf14B7Duoqrzc by MadBeachBimbo@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T02:24:33Z
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@ThomasWic @RavenTracks Yes. Many of the choices I made in my life were made because I had no choice. It’s about 50/50 as to whether my choices were actually good for me. Well, maybe it’s more like 80/20 not good. But I keep plugging away. I’ll get it close to right some times so I soldier on. You are, I think, on a path to peace. Walk well, my friend.
(DIR) Post #A5r6Da9oloBBooc0bQ by Joycevor@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T02:34:10Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas 100 years ago my grandfather left a miserable existence in Scotland with his new wife to settle in NYC. She was mortally wounded not long after in a famous train accident. He was so poor that the mortician paid for the funeral in Brooklyn and he was interviewed by a newspaper about his troubles. His wife was pregnant with their child. He sent insurance settlement money to her family. Later, he met my grandmother, got married again & had 5 kids. All he did was improve.
(DIR) Post #A5rAmamop4u1innuO8 by leslied_g@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:25:19Z
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@ThomasWic Much needed sentiment for me tonight.. thanks for the post and I’m living life my way even though I’m caregiver to Mom & step-Dad! Life is indeed good if we focus on what’s there!
(DIR) Post #A5rAtNlHeApFLxK7we by neanderthalsnavel@noagendasocial.com
2021-04-03T03:26:33Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas Christian definition of virtue makes a fantastic roadmap on how to improve oneself. It is about self regulation though. Many ethnicities have trouble with the implementation and because self improvement is hard, abandon virtue.
(DIR) Post #A5rB5YkgbvxIujqoKm by MEMA@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:28:45Z
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@wziminer @Edgewalker @Debradelai @ThomasWic Amen that ❤
(DIR) Post #A5rB8CWrgwLUrMe5Ym by Zentrification@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:29:10Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I think one of the biggest reasons people in the US have been flooding into martial arts over the last decade or two is because they are all looking for something real, concrete, something that they can use to tether themselves to the broader reality and not let themselves get caught up in the madness. After all, the most basic thing martial arts teaches you is to control yourself. Once you can do that, much more becomes possible.
(DIR) Post #A5rBv8EgRUYHjZTPRg by MrHobbit@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:35:19Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas Massive underground bathrooms?Lol, I get those dreams from time to time, and they are *always* filled with showers and tubs full of shit.It's as gross as you can imagine, though oddly enough just makes me curious instead of scared.My recurring dreams are all about exploring huge indoor complexes, such as shopping malls, department stores, and museums.They can get to be surprisingly beautiful.https://youtu.be/UK-MrUb3eZw
(DIR) Post #A5rBxdRTOBsf67eJOq by karnage@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:38:31Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I think western civilization peaked right around a hundred years ago, with the zenith of grand opera.
(DIR) Post #A5rC4NgqLyXmGq3UOG by KhageDaminal@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T03:33:02Z
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@StevenDouglas @ThomasWic I have a recurring nightmare where I can fly from rooftop to rooftop.. but if I don't push off hard enough I get stuck in between and the world moves on below me and without me :(Another, I'm staring at my aged but strong hands stirring a thick (wet concrete type) liquid in a huge cauldron with a spoon that has a super thin, brittle handle... My job is to get the goop spinning without breaking the spoon - too soft it won't spin, too hard - snap.
(DIR) Post #A5rHu73zunnPX8N9d2 by EarlThePearls@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T04:45:06Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas https://thejongleur.com/articles/in-the-land-of-the-naked-kingsIt must b observed that people who accept pseudo-realities as though they are “real” r no longer normal people. They perceive pseudo-reality in place of reality, and the more thoroughly they take on this delusional position, the more functional psychopathy they necessarily exhibit and thus the less normal they become. Importantly, normal people consistently and consequentially fail to realize this about their reprogrammed neighbors@macsiccar
(DIR) Post #A5rI65mIWK7D1Oo0h6 by DuaneCates@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T04:47:17Z
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@ThomasWic Accurately taught HISTORY is, in my opinion, the greatest resource for EXEMPLARS & Cautionary tales.Movies are supposed to be emotion based entertainment.
(DIR) Post #A5rI8R8I5wrdpbD7bc by Philly_Fan@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T04:47:42Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I don’t buy it either. It’s hard for me to believe that things like empathy are not hardwired into human nature.
(DIR) Post #A5rJJt5EcCKJesnz60 by scottgfx@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:00:59Z
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@ThomasWic I'm hoping you've had the locks changed on your house?
(DIR) Post #A5rJrZxKEmFOBIAfIG by scottgfx@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:07:04Z
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@LL @ThomasWic I'm been living in my parent's house for around 23 years. My parents died 15 and 17 years ago. My older brothers all said they would come down and help. Well, it's kind-of home, but not really.
(DIR) Post #A5rKGRLNOU7Yi8H8E4 by TerriC@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:11:33Z
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@DuaneCates @ThomasWic There are excellent literary exemplars slso. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales and Boccaccio come to mind.
(DIR) Post #A5rKZmyVC6qJIgnoAq by bjnno1@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:15:03Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I was plagued by nightmares my whole life. In 2011 I went through EMDR therapy, it changed my life. I rarely have nightmares anymore. It wasn't easy and it's a (several) months long process, but I highly recommend it.
(DIR) Post #A5rLObvy0I5FpIqmBs by NSP@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:24:14Z
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@ThomasWic It *can* destroy you.
(DIR) Post #A5rLo3sJFymJivH8ZU by NSP@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:28:50Z
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@ThomasWic I would argue that it *can* destroy you, and that there's a difference between being severely damaged and being ruined, but that's just my take. And, I'm a hormonal mess right now, and probably looking for a fight. So, moving on ... 😁
(DIR) Post #A5rO52FujKoZX5XOmO by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:54:19Z
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@decker1017 @ThomasWicI used to love lucid dreams and had many of them. In the beginning trying in vain to fly, levitate things or control the surroundings. Eventually I mastered it. But then I didn't care any more - because what was the point? Now I would just prefer that a dream play itself out without my awareness that I'm in one. I'm amazed most times that novel, complex two-way dialogue is flowing - conversations I could never consciously have with my awakened self.
(DIR) Post #A5rO5xWXoAzB9Akz7A by Nemhu@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T05:54:28Z
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@ThomasWic @RavenTracks “...having no choice is actually total freedom.” That statement stopped me in my tracks. I guess stepping back and observing, curious to see what happens next, is a way of freedom from the suffering.
(DIR) Post #A5rPBfvsE3coHOtUQK by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T06:06:44Z
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@moe3030 @ThomasWic Can't find my way "out" if I'm inside, "back" (to wherever) if I'm outside.Sometimes "back" is to a place I was just at moments before, but can't return to. It's gone, no bread crumbs to follow. Either way it's a labyrinth. Inside example: Massive indoor "luxury club". Waterfalls, fountains, tables, grand piano, hive-like balconies everywhere. Everyone wants me to sit down and enjoy. Cannot.Any "exit" door I take leads to an exotic maze that never ends up outside.
(DIR) Post #A5rPEmsKruTKgJitCi by JeanK@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T06:07:18Z
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@Nemhu @ThomasWic @RavenTracks We always have choices for now. Pick one of many. 🇺🇸 Always 🇺🇸
(DIR) Post #A5rQ95j9xqQJMnHM4e by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T06:17:28Z
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@MrHobbit @ThomasWic One my VERY WORST nightmares happened in an old building with a massive ceramic tiled bathroom.In a hallway I passed a couple of men with dead shark eyes who wouldn't look at me. Down the hall and into the bathroom.I rounded a corner into a long row of overflowing urinals and saw the nude dead body of my eldest daughter.Woke up wailing, couldn't calm myself. COULD NOT calm down until I heard my daughter's voice on the phone. She had to talk me down from that one.
(DIR) Post #A5rSgKYy1hxIqKUNBg by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T06:45:53Z
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@ThomasWic I take the writings of de Sade-type philosophers (and writers like the sadistic William Golding, Lord of the Flies) as deep confessions projected boldly and safely onto everyone else."You're all secretly as evil as me, don't try to tell me otherwise. Here, I'll prove it to you with a plausible narrative." The problem with ALL their narratives:Real saviors and innocent victims. They're not accounted for, except to suggest that they WOULD be just as evil were the tables turned.
(DIR) Post #A5rgucnYQKawoM1QSu by tree1957@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T09:25:20Z
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@StevenDouglas @decker1017 @ThomasWic ever read Robert Monroe's books about OBE's? He did it regularly for years. it culminated with going out of body to find and help lost souls accept they were dead and convince them to continue their journey, because they can get stuck in the pain they were in when they died until convinced of being dead and to go on.he proposed we go OOB and find these lost souls and help them to the light, for ourselves as well as them; for humanity. i'd try to do it.
(DIR) Post #A5rnuq8dWcRhrbvtOi by Unifyforpeace@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T10:43:48Z
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@ThomasWic “Man meddling with thing’s they don’t understand, eventually leading to man’s self destruction”
(DIR) Post #A5roLtS7JLTLxewd5U by connielee@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T10:48:42Z
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@ThomasWic Thank you for being so honest & sharing w/us. I have horrible nightmares that I have to try to remember every detail of in the morning so I can identify & slay them. If I don't, I go about my day feeling something is wrong but don't know what it is. The only thing I look forward to at the end of life is blessed permanent sleep, minus the dreams. That's good enough for me. We each follow our own path to sanity.
(DIR) Post #A5rsrh5bDDL2hVpbUm by Crimsonfisted@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T11:39:16Z
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@ThomasWic the theme that you have taught us for years is IMPROVEMENT. That is my take. If you aren't sure of what you want to say in your memoir, that would be it. In my humble opinion anyway.
(DIR) Post #A5rxJ5QXEV9nomwPaq by RangerJohn@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T12:29:02Z
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@ThomasWic @wtawtaw_gal This genre of movie always scared the hell out of me, starting with The Omega Man with Charlotte Heston in 1971. Others include, World War Z, I am Legend, and 28 Days Later. Thomas is correct, don’t go to the movies to learn anything, go to get scared and then laugh at yourself for getting scared LOL. For some reason, the scene of Heston alone in a theater watching “Woodstock” freaked me out even back then.
(DIR) Post #A5rztjwqFn3bpEeqkC by TimToolMan@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T12:58:04Z
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@Nemhu @ThomasWic @RavenTracks Very true. I went through a terrible divorce 25 years ago. I really had no choice. Made a half hearted attempt at suicide at one point. Then renewed my relationship with God and started working out 3 or 4 hours a day. It was still painful to have my ex remarry and move 700 miles away with my 2 sons, buy I was at peace.Was a terrible time in my life.
(DIR) Post #A5s18hAGz5e5UUdRYm by Dawnz@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T13:11:58Z
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@ThomasWic @RavenTracks @ThomasWic "having no choice is actually total freedom" ..So true,Thomas.Circumstances several times have uprooted me.The last time is how I came to be in Texas (via San Jose..didnt work out as planned)Cant say I love it here,but Im adapting.Im learning it has beauty,its why share the sunrise/sunset pics.I realised I had to stop looking at the negative and focus on the positive. As you said "total freedom"
(DIR) Post #A5s7brVWD19Bgtrbm4 by StarLasswell@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T14:24:29Z
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@StevenDouglas @ThomasWic I had a recurring nightmare of being lost like that in a huge airport/warehouse mix with endless, haunting corridors.Over the years, in subsequent dreams, I returned to the same building, but with each new dream I became more and more familiar with the layout until I eventually came to know my way around and delighted in being able to find my desired destination. At that point it was no longer a nightmare! This process happened over the course of a decade or so.
(DIR) Post #A5s88IG8HWjzvX8DUO by StarLasswell@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T14:30:21Z
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@StevenDouglas @ThomasWic Last night I dreamed Eric Swalwell (!) showed up at my place and started swinging from a chin-up bar in one of my doorways. He lost his grip and flew out of sight into the other room and returned with a bloodied and fat lip. I was pissed because he was ruining my dinner party, lol.Now that's a nightmare!
(DIR) Post #A5s9lCaJPg5XZkgfUe by barrsniffsatjejuneanalysis@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T14:48:35Z
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@Dawnz @ThomasWic @RavenTracks @Karsig @TimToolMan @MadBeachBimbo @Nemhu @Clayrjr This thread sooo moves my heart with love and regard for y'all. Have been at a place where I lost everything twice. Had to re-build, with putting one foot in front of the other. Tremendous growth. Am grateful for every precious person and moments of beauty now. Know what their absence and going it alone feels like. How many of us have been our own style of the phoenix rising with the ashes drifting in the wind?
(DIR) Post #A5sAa8fpiIvuDNYfXU by MegasAlexandros@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T14:57:48Z
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@StarLasswell @StevenDouglas @ThomasWic Excellent! 👍
(DIR) Post #A5sV5P3opsOb68xkbg by andreastar00@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T18:47:33Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas I agree. The primal evil nature of humanity is utter bullshit. Whomever comes with that premise is a narcissist and is incapable of observing real humans in challenging circumstances.In other words, they are deficient in intelligence and otherwise a failed unit in terms of being a representative of the real human template.I currently have no idea if some of them can even be considered human, but that's another story.
(DIR) Post #A5sZSTbaVLErfc11V2 by LibbyAnnSpeaks@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T19:36:32Z
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@ThomasWic Amen. I still totally love you and choose to heal Seperation from God and others for both of us. Too late. You cant stop me. Just relax and reap the benefits
(DIR) Post #A5sZqbDtphBgFMREH2 by Moleena@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T19:40:53Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas Yes. As we speculated before, the meaning of Life has always been to improve.Otherwise, atoms and other particles wouldn't exist, in my opinion. But of course, I can't prove this.
(DIR) Post #A5sfI6tChqUo2zhBGy by Pinklady@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T20:41:53Z
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@ThomasWic To Thine own self be TRUE
(DIR) Post #A5sfXBUNt3CeemH3tg by MichaelDaudel@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T20:44:36Z
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@ThomasWic We denizens of early innocence get lifed and choose our revealing responses.
(DIR) Post #A5sq4KijaJ6ONxQosa by ilumanous@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T22:42:39Z
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@ThomasWic @RavenTracks I am almost at the end of completely going through everything in my house, cleaning and sorting everything, then putting everything into their own place, some things in the attic where I finally put a plywood floor and a light so that if I ever need to get them they can easily be retrieved. It feel so liberating. I can’t wait until you are done with your home. I am so happy for you. There is something so tranquil about not having anything out of place.
(DIR) Post #A5sq91lzSTc74KC1r6 by ilumanous@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-03T22:43:30Z
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@ThomasWic @RavenTracks I am almost at the end of completely going through everything in my house, cleaning and sorting everything, then putting everything into their own place, some things in the attic where I finally put a plywood floor and a light so that if I ever need to get them they can easily be retrieved. It feels so liberating. I can’t wait until you are done with your home. I am so happy for you. There is something so tranquil about not having anything out of place.
(DIR) Post #A5tTKRwGPZybcNR4im by Kalus@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-04T06:02:34Z
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@ThomasWic @StevenDouglas Lockdowns and mask mandates are also artificial constructs as well. They're breaking down all over the world, albeit slowly.
(DIR) Post #A5tuRnGoCKmEZ7lung by Ozzytrumpster@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-04T11:05:50Z
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@StevenDouglas @ThomasWic I posted the story of a group of boys, from age12 to 16 ish. They ended up marooned on an island it the pacific. It turned out completely differently to lord of the flieshttps://www.google.com.au/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwj166ryuOTvAhWQzTgGHZXSBOcQFjABegQIAhAD&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2020%2Fmay%2F13%2Fthe-real-lord-of-the-flies-mano-totau-survivor-story-shipwreck-tonga-boys-ata-island-peter-warner&usg=AOvVaw011DJGZFDSiOfajmn2PJxC
(DIR) Post #A5tugyzKucWLFiqGLg by Ozzytrumpster@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-04T11:08:28Z
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@ThomasWic Matt ridleys The origin of virtue is a study on the development of human morals as an integral part of society.
(DIR) Post #A5twXccOuhcjAwmJRA by StevenDouglas@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-04T11:29:54Z
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@Ozzytrumpster @ThomasWic I did a thread on it last May, ties right into that. https://social.quodverum.com/@StevenDouglas/104140037097086245
(DIR) Post #A62WEAbQ0EDmOl1QkC by WarriorPoet@social.quodverum.com
2021-04-08T14:47:31Z
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@ThomasWic Their issues become their identity....That in itself is a current chronic issue with people..Everyones "problems" are who they are. Without their "issues"There is nothing