Thinker, The InfoSec BuddhaFeb 22

The West made awe into an argument for human greatness. Taoism made it into an invitation to stop arguing.

New essay exploring what several philosophers do with the same four seconds of overwhelming experience.

https://open.substack.com/pub/tjbrewer/p/the-creature-that-cannot-bear-to

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The Creature That Cannot Bear to Be Small: Awe in the West and in the Tao

There is a moment most people have had and almost nobody talks about honestly.

Tim Brewer
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Ah
Now here we are
Our phones and cars
Our late night bars
Our hopes and fears
And all our tears
Once and a while we don’t recall
Just who we are
Made out of stars
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GramNov 27, 2022
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GrioghairNov 18, 2022

I hereby formally thank my dog for dragging me up mountainside at sunset in November

#TheSublime #BalkanMountains

Emer Pond FeeneyNov 11, 2022
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