nickunin
@nickunin.bsky.social
Gen X, cis straight white male, ADHD without the H, creative nerd, leftist (somewhere in the anarchist/socialist/communist section). I am just sharing thoughts I am NOT an authority on just about anything.
TAO TE CHING (Stephen Mitchell translation, first stanza)
3
If you overesteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.
(I love this translation of the Tao te Ching.)
3
If you overesteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.
(I love this translation of the Tao te Ching.)
February 25, 2025 at 1:19 PM
TAO TE CHING (Stephen Mitchell translation, first stanza)
3
If you overesteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.
(I love this translation of the Tao te Ching.)
3
If you overesteem great men,
people become powerless.
If you overvalue possessions, people begin to steal.
(I love this translation of the Tao te Ching.)
They are too afraid to risk the pain of betrayal… that they are unloved.
The only way to fix this is to share, to risk, to love. Not without borders or limits or caveats, but as a culture it is the only way forward.
The only way to fix this is to share, to risk, to love. Not without borders or limits or caveats, but as a culture it is the only way forward.
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
They are too afraid to risk the pain of betrayal… that they are unloved.
The only way to fix this is to share, to risk, to love. Not without borders or limits or caveats, but as a culture it is the only way forward.
The only way to fix this is to share, to risk, to love. Not without borders or limits or caveats, but as a culture it is the only way forward.
Peasant rebellions, democracy, and egalitarian movements are attempts to come out of that trauma. All hierarchies come from trauma. No one protected me in the past, I must protect myself. The only way to do that is to be on top. Violence, hoarding, manipulation because they cannot trust.
February 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Peasant rebellions, democracy, and egalitarian movements are attempts to come out of that trauma. All hierarchies come from trauma. No one protected me in the past, I must protect myself. The only way to do that is to be on top. Violence, hoarding, manipulation because they cannot trust.
Trauma is passed down in our genes; it’s no wonder we find it hard to utilize one of our greatest tools, culture, to rise out of it. Because it is a neutral tool, used to keep us traumatized as well as heal us. We have to see our cultures and make choices to change them or suffer in the same.
February 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Trauma is passed down in our genes; it’s no wonder we find it hard to utilize one of our greatest tools, culture, to rise out of it. Because it is a neutral tool, used to keep us traumatized as well as heal us. We have to see our cultures and make choices to change them or suffer in the same.
All of humanity is traumatized. We evolved on a world of constant kill or be killed, all of evolution is a trauma machine. Have you seen how terrified a squirrel is?
February 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
All of humanity is traumatized. We evolved on a world of constant kill or be killed, all of evolution is a trauma machine. Have you seen how terrified a squirrel is?
Hope counters despair. Hope is a choice not a thing you just have or don’t. I see the likelihood of the worst, in fact, I’m a freaking pessimist. But when I choose to hope DESPITE reality, I can stay motivated, connected, active even with setbacks. Which is a new experience for me.
February 7, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Hope counters despair. Hope is a choice not a thing you just have or don’t. I see the likelihood of the worst, in fact, I’m a freaking pessimist. But when I choose to hope DESPITE reality, I can stay motivated, connected, active even with setbacks. Which is a new experience for me.
MAGA is America’s suicide note. I don’t know what that means, not really, but it feels true.
February 3, 2025 at 4:50 PM
MAGA is America’s suicide note. I don’t know what that means, not really, but it feels true.
I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression my whole life without knowing it until my middle ages. Anxiety > Depression, but both. It was just normal for me. To me, anxiety = fear + despair + persistence; depression = sadness + despair + persistence. I think the despair + persistence is the real problem.
February 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’ve dealt with anxiety and depression my whole life without knowing it until my middle ages. Anxiety > Depression, but both. It was just normal for me. To me, anxiety = fear + despair + persistence; depression = sadness + despair + persistence. I think the despair + persistence is the real problem.
I’m not sure what blue sky will be for me. I haven’t invited my friends here yet. I think I just want to think out loud here. Just be… philosophical, pragmatic, stupid, whatever. I suppose this is my talking into the void place. I don’t really scream into public voids.
January 30, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I’m not sure what blue sky will be for me. I haven’t invited my friends here yet. I think I just want to think out loud here. Just be… philosophical, pragmatic, stupid, whatever. I suppose this is my talking into the void place. I don’t really scream into public voids.