PinnedOverlapping Re-IncarnationsThe Self as Symphonic Palimpsest — “I am a part of all that I have met” — Ulysses, Alfred Lord Tennyson “The nature of our immortal lives is in the consequences of our words and deeds, which go on pushing themselves throughout all time. ” — Cloud Atlas, 2012 Who am I? I have written in…Reincarnation9 min readReincarnation9 min read
PinnedSexual Self-TranscendenceThe profound spiritual urges behind masculine and feminine sexuality — My love settles on top of me, his arms cradling my head. We kiss, and I feel him enter me. Both of us gasp at our joining, at how right it feels to be connected like this. He starts to move, and we are more than our mortal selves: we…Sacred Sexuality6 min readSacred Sexuality6 min read
PinnedFeeling Inner Peace While the World BurnsIt doesn’t conflict with the movement for justice and equality — I’ve seen a spate of articles lately on how meditation, mindfulness and self-help are supposedly toxic and anti-progressive. According to Jessica Wildfire’s recent article (which inspired this article as a response), self-help represents a temporary band-aid for social ailments at best, and a privileged denial of reality at worst. While…Social Justice7 min readSocial Justice7 min read
PinnedHow I Recovered from My Eating DisorderFeeling fully alive and at peace after ten years of suffering — From the age of seventeen to twenty-seven I suffered from an eating disorder that ruled my life. During that time it was a constant background static in my mind, that was playing over and between all my thoughts — an acute self-consciousness and self-criticism. …Eating Disorder Recovery2 min readEating Disorder Recovery2 min read
Sep 11, 2022Joy in the Shadow of Climate DoomThe freedom in facing the inevitability of our personal apocalypse — Climate despair is mounting. In an article that I read last week, scientists and climate activists, not to mention the younger generation as a whole, are increasingly feeling as though humanity is already on an unstoppable course for climate apocalypse, and that it’s too late to stop it. Natural disasters…Climate Change6 min readClimate Change6 min read
Sep 3, 2022The Simple Contains the ComplexWhy we should flip our mental model of dimensions — In high school mathematics, I was taught that the zero dimension was infinitesimally small. A point. Smaller than the tiniest dot I could make with my pen. The first dimension was a line, thinner than the width of a hair, connecting two of these vanishing points. …Dimensions5 min readDimensions5 min read
May 28, 2022Mass Shootings ARE a Mental Health ProblemAnd saying so isn’t stigmatising the mentally ill or excusing violence — The culture war on gun violence has a depressing rhythm to it. …Mass Shootings9 min readMass Shootings9 min read
Apr 3, 2022Thinking About Myself in the Third PersonHow ego-death cured my eating disorder for good — This is the final chapter of my series on my eating disorder recovery. See Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3 here. “We therefore develop this curious thing: we develop a thing which is called an ego(…) what we call our ego is something abstract, which is to say it…Eating Disorder Recovery7 min readEating Disorder Recovery7 min read
Feb 19, 2022there is no voidinsights from a mystical experience — There is no void The cold embrace of otherness is right with us Nestled against us The energy that moves in me Dissolving into new forms, new fractal eddies We become more isolated The further we march into entropy As time tips itself towards the asymptote Of total dualism Of…Mysticism1 min readMysticism1 min read
Jan 1, 2022Idealism’s ResurrectionLove transcends control in the Matrix’s latest reincarnation — This article contains spoilers for the film The Matrix Resurrections. The Matrix Resurrections is the best film of 2021. If you haven’t seen it yet, you might be surprised that I would give such unqualified high praise, given that it’s currently being review-bombed by a seemingly coordinated group of haters…The Matrix Resurrections12 min readThe Matrix Resurrections12 min read
