Maciolekism

religion

  • Never Stop Working

    There are people who feel a calling that pulls them away from the community, from other people. They are adventurers and artists. Sometimes the art and adventure is out in the world, and sometimes it is only in the mind.… Continue reading

  • Technology’s Religion

    If I were king, I would have at least one hour a year where everyone in the nation would unplug their routers and computers, and turn off their phones. All at the same time. It would be for security at… Continue reading

  • Everyone Writes Fiction

    An individual mind must continuously rewrite memories to gain a better understanding of current circumstances. The goal is confidence and survival in the current environment, not the accuracy of past memories. This is no different at every level of the… Continue reading

  • Contemplating Ataraxia and Pleasure

    Recently the concept of Ataraxia was brought up in a rather disjointed way. (I am a big fan of how certain ideas or concepts can simply arrive at specific times.) It came in reference to the Buddhist belief that desire… Continue reading

  • The Modern Apocalypse

    We celebrate wealth and opulence.We belittle humility and stability.Flying to and fro,buying more and more.Never noticing that the workers serving this decadence are organizing into the oldest of unions. Delivery drivers case homes and neighborhoods, bank tellers and doctor receptionists… Continue reading

  • The Full Cycle

    We have the power to use our focus and intent to make the environment around us as we imagine it should be, but we do not have the power to stop time or arrest our own maturation process. Either our… Continue reading