I am so beyond blackpilled I feel like I've transcended into a completely different mindset. I will occasionally prod my friends and family with ideas, but they are so locked into the status quo I don't really bother. It is also increasingly hard to relate to people because I essentially consume no pop culture.
I don't know what exactly will come next. However, I believe that a spiritual revival and a rediscovery of value is not only necessary but inevitable, for me and the society at large.
Funny that, I've been seriously mulling over rejoining the church because of everything that's happened these past couple years. Not in a devout way mind you, more for the community, values and structure that it tends to bring. Trouble is most of the Protestant denominations around here are hitched to the woke wagon.
I cannot in good faith call myself Christian. I admire the devout, but I also have found every church I've attended insufferably woke.
Instead, I've turned towards exploring spirituality on my own. Reading the older texts, including the bible and the analects. It's been challenging since of course, these texts require traditional interpretation, however much of the tradition has been corrupted.
I've also found creativity to be an avenue of spiritual exploration. Artistic creation is constrained by aesthetics and is therefore a means to discover the nature of reality. I think this is a very good balance to books which tend to be measured against pure reason which can just as easily lead to insanity.
You know when people quest for "pure reason" by unreasonably disregarding everything their emotions consider unreasonable? You end up becoming a LessWrong cultist.
I am so beyond blackpilled I feel like I've transcended into a completely different mindset. I will occasionally prod my friends and family with ideas, but they are so locked into the status quo I don't really bother. It is also increasingly hard to relate to people because I essentially consume no pop culture.
I don't know what exactly will come next. However, I believe that a spiritual revival and a rediscovery of value is not only necessary but inevitable, for me and the society at large.
Funny that, I've been seriously mulling over rejoining the church because of everything that's happened these past couple years. Not in a devout way mind you, more for the community, values and structure that it tends to bring. Trouble is most of the Protestant denominations around here are hitched to the woke wagon.
I cannot in good faith call myself Christian. I admire the devout, but I also have found every church I've attended insufferably woke.
Instead, I've turned towards exploring spirituality on my own. Reading the older texts, including the bible and the analects. It's been challenging since of course, these texts require traditional interpretation, however much of the tradition has been corrupted.
I've also found creativity to be an avenue of spiritual exploration. Artistic creation is constrained by aesthetics and is therefore a means to discover the nature of reality. I think this is a very good balance to books which tend to be measured against pure reason which can just as easily lead to insanity.
If you don't mind, could you expand on your last point there?
You know when people quest for "pure reason" by unreasonably disregarding everything their emotions consider unreasonable? You end up becoming a LessWrong cultist.