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sighswoon comes off as very kind and earnest, i hate being mean to her. i knew this would be bad but i wasn't prepared for just HOW bad. it's rupi kaur meets divine feminine instagram - all "ether bodies" and "energy portals" - the whole thing reads like ig captions stretched into book form, each page more trite and derivative than the last. i understand where she's coming from but man, good intentions can only carry writing so far. my fault for reading this. maybe it's the expectations that come with the medium because i don't find her very objectionable on twitter whereas instagram is too much to take and well, this book should have stayed in the notes app i'm sorry.
pair this with shanin blake music for the full crystal mommy experience ✨
some lines to torture the rest of you:
"1. the body is a channel
2. that yearns to circulate
2. that yearns to connect
3. bodies in communication
seek connection, like radio towers
hunting for a clear signal
4. when connection is achieved between
channels, it may feel like:
understanding,
freedom, harmony, trust
a sixth sense
satisfied"
"i wake up alone and i
mix the arugula and the spinach and the apples alone
and strands of hair split my face into sections
alone
and i wonder when to wash my sheets and my pillow cases
and my towels, alone and i consider the future
alone,
and i worry about if i brush my teeth well enough, alone
and i light the candles and feel 20% holier now
alone
i continue existing with the knowledge that love dies like the power goes out"
pair this with shanin blake music for the full crystal mommy experience ✨
some lines to torture the rest of you:
"1. the body is a channel
2. that yearns to circulate
2. that yearns to connect
3. bodies in communication
seek connection, like radio towers
hunting for a clear signal
4. when connection is achieved between
channels, it may feel like:
understanding,
freedom, harmony, trust
a sixth sense
satisfied"
"i wake up alone and i
mix the arugula and the spinach and the apples alone
and strands of hair split my face into sections
alone
and i wonder when to wash my sheets and my pillow cases
and my towels, alone and i consider the future
alone,
and i worry about if i brush my teeth well enough, alone
and i light the candles and feel 20% holier now
alone
i continue existing with the knowledge that love dies like the power goes out"
How does one review Letters to Milena when fragments of it have lived in our collective memory for years? I remember seeing an excerpt from Letters to Milena the first time I opened Tumblr, posted along with Le Lit, and since then, I kept finding Kafka on every corner of the internet. Reading this felt like reconnecting with an old friend again. I find myself unable to rate this - partly because how does one rate letters, but mainly because it's Kafka. Kafka's words stay with me in ways I don't fully realize until I reread him. His expressions have become my own - when I feel deeply, his words surface in my mind as if they were always mine. Although I suppose it's a universal feeling. With Milena's letters lost, Kafka's feverish yearning feels so intense that it hurts even though we know she wrote back.
"Moreover, perhaps it isn't love when I say you are what I love the most—you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love." Thanks man, I'll never recover from this one.
"Moreover, perhaps it isn't love when I say you are what I love the most—you are the knife I turn inside myself, this is love." Thanks man, I'll never recover from this one.
My first introduction to Kashmir Shaivism was through Swami Sarvapriyananda in a discussion with a Shaivism scholar about its differences from Advaita Vedanta. I picked this up because, while I understand that both traditions are similar and effective in their paths toward realization and their metaphysics differ only slightly, I wanted to see if one tradition could be considered superior to the other. I think there's nothing more counterproductive than getting caught up in these distinctions because all paths lead to the same Truth and are just different ways of saying the same thing. So it's really just a preference at the end of the day. Advaita focuses more on jnana and negation, while I found Kashmir Shaivism to be more life-affirming (though I believe the logical conclusion of Advaita is also life-affirming, not renunciatory at all) and focuses more on kriya, tantra, along with jnana, making it more experiential and potentially more appealing.
Most of my understanding of Advaita comes from metaphors and parables like the Ashtavakra Gita, which I found easier to grasp. However, this proved to be very helpful in understanding both traditions. It builds its metaphysical framework systematically, with each chapter logically leading to the next in a straightforward way. It's an excellent starting point.
Most of my understanding of Advaita comes from metaphors and parables like the Ashtavakra Gita, which I found easier to grasp. However, this proved to be very helpful in understanding both traditions. It builds its metaphysical framework systematically, with each chapter logically leading to the next in a straightforward way. It's an excellent starting point.
