Meister Eckhart – d. 1328* – known for saying, inter alia, that a thank-you is enough*
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2024-03-03 / notes
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2024-03-03 is 2024-W09-7* / other notes for all posts in this series are under “▼” here
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“structure and associated routines, a sense of purpose, and a sense of community” (!gb)
/ these needs are met by a job if you have one, and if you don’t, it’s you must meet them
“Vitamin B12 is made by microorganisms found in the soil …” / Colin Campbell (!gb)*
the earliest known musical instrument: a 40,000-year-old bone flute (!*)*
four insatiable desires: acquisitiveness, rivalry, vanity, and love of power*
ignorance leads to extinction, ignorance of what we are not: “we are not this ego” (!g)
power depends on ego and as a social illness unaddressed is terminal: the end of us all*
former senior UN official* on “the global rule maker” and its military interventions*
Bill Astore: Airman sets himself on fire to protest genocide in Gaza* / Bill Astore (!?)*
“We each own our personal response … This is who we are.” / Caitlin Johnstone*
media: elsewhere, people know it’s all lies; here, we’re trained to believe it’s the truth*
the people now whining about their safety were then actively endangering Corbyn*
angst … ennui … weltschmerz* … dukkha (!?) / nothing is perfect, ideal, complete, …*
further notes are not appended to posts on fewer wurdz