Forwarded from Snark Shark's Shit (:･*Fᴡᴇᴇʙʟɪᴇs*:･ @ Eepy)
wahdat al wujūd
On Temperance as cultivation of self
On Temperance: a rebuttal of emotional restriction as virtue
It is, I think, utterly unconscionable to attempt to limit the spectrum of emotions one is willing to use just because they are unpleasant or abrasive.
Anger and compassion may play off eachother, this much is true, but one can hardly be a substitute for the other. It may be compassion for oneself that drives someone to feel they should be treated better, but so often it is anger that enabled them to see they were treated poorly in the first place. Compassion is far from pointless, but it is far from pointed as well, it lacks the sharp edge of anger that one can use to carve clear lines between right and wrong, or between is and ought.
If compassion should be the cloak that shields you from the cold and harshness of the world then let anger be the dagger you brandish at the dangers in the night. If compassion should be your soothing balm to heal from what has harmed you then let anger be the scalpel that cuts away all that which is still harming you. Neither can do the job of the other, both must be used wisely.
True temperance is not to be found in dulling your dagger until it is a cloak, but in the responsibility of knowing when it must be wielded, and when it must be sheathed.
It is, I think, utterly unconscionable to attempt to limit the spectrum of emotions one is willing to use just because they are unpleasant or abrasive.
Anger and compassion may play off eachother, this much is true, but one can hardly be a substitute for the other. It may be compassion for oneself that drives someone to feel they should be treated better, but so often it is anger that enabled them to see they were treated poorly in the first place. Compassion is far from pointless, but it is far from pointed as well, it lacks the sharp edge of anger that one can use to carve clear lines between right and wrong, or between is and ought.
If compassion should be the cloak that shields you from the cold and harshness of the world then let anger be the dagger you brandish at the dangers in the night. If compassion should be your soothing balm to heal from what has harmed you then let anger be the scalpel that cuts away all that which is still harming you. Neither can do the job of the other, both must be used wisely.
True temperance is not to be found in dulling your dagger until it is a cloak, but in the responsibility of knowing when it must be wielded, and when it must be sheathed.
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Forwarded from Radical Graffiti
“Freedom cannot be given… It must be Taken…”
“Create your own freedom!”
Seen in Portland, Oregon
“Create your own freedom!”
Seen in Portland, Oregon
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Forwarded from /r/fuckcars
kid rock looks like if the concept of methamphetamine had a stand
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