Love seeing the Sri Yantra on your forearm. @lukestokes had a post about that a year or two ago which encouraged me to learn about it as well as learn how to draw it.
Love to hear about your discovery of the power of walking too. As Thoreau wrote, “The moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow.” Or another favorite is from Nietzsche who said, “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.”
it's become imperative for me to actively seek out points of light, things that give me a shred of hope that humanity will pull itself out of this nosedive
I think critical to that is to ignore almost everything from the media or social media. Esp try to avoid politics. The brewing war between the moderate republicans and the MAGA republicans that Trump is encouraging, all the corruption, etc. Ignore it. Worrying about it, obsessing over it, neither can have any effect except a mental one on ourselves. Ignore it.
It's easy to lose track of the fact that there are fewer wars now than in any time of history up to this point and that health is better than it's ever been. Problems with people binging on fast food aside, we have never had it so good, with so many good medical options for nearly everything outside of cancer—and even that we are starting to get hints of a coming revolution in treatments. We, as a human society, are even making great progress on fusion energy, which I don't have to tell you would completely change everything. Japan and the EU just opened a joint reactor in Japan. It's using a different method than the one the US lab used last year to great success, but one which is even more promising.
There is every reason to me positive about the future. Taking a walk helps see that 😃
Thank you! The designs and the meaning behind them are fascinating. I've trended towards simplifying most things in my life/routine. I've noticed it frees up extra bandwidth for other things. I totally see why Steve Jobs wore the same outfit every day, decision fatigue is real.
I agree with what you say about MSM. They gaslight the public. The divisiveness the media encourages is the shortcut to loneliness, habitual anger, and mental illness. I've seen it happen all too often since 2020. Nearly every statistic shows the world as being a better place now than almost any other time in history. The real enemies are the MSM, politicians, and the people/entities who control them.
I think we're so lucky to live in this era. We're on the forefront of so many breakthroughs. AI, quantum computing, clean energy, the list goes on and on!