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Once the lotus can no longer be, cessation starts.

Once cessation ceases, the lotus ceases to be, but not what it did to others in its bloom.

#zen
#Buddhism
#Hegel

I am also not surprised if what I wrote summarizes Zen Buddhism.

The budding of the lotus requires seed, nutrients, and growth, but also a discarding of growth and associated parts, to start being, which can neither be called growth, nor a lack of it.

Thanks for sharing this gem.

My Hero Academia is very meta about going ultra - what heroisim looks like, where the lines are drawn, and how something as simple as being good is so complicated.

Deku's / Ochaco's character arcs culminating in a boring, long term focus on planting good seeds, was both satisfying and grounded.

I liked the animation, how I got attached to the cast - lot of their triumphs, whether internal or external, was very cathartic.

Some things genuinely took me by surprise, and always in a good way.

I liked the games in #MyHeroAcademia (for the students).

I really liked Bakugo, Todoroki, some villains, and the quirks of Star & Stripes, and Mirio's adaptation to his quirk.

I liked how Deku and All for One combined quirks internally and externally to give themselves a lot of versatility.

Spoilers ahead.

I liked how All Might looked like Superman in the beginning, and looked more like Batman towards the end.

His light literally became an ember for others, requiring him to use support items, in contrast to his earlier beliefs.