“Wholeness is not achieved by cutting off a portion of one’s being but by the integration of the contraries”
Jung
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“We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our excrement, our most undesirable parts. We have to see them. That is the foundation of warriorship and the basis of conquering fear. Whatever is there, we have to face it, we have to look at it, study it, work with it, and practice meditation with it.”— Chögyam Trungpa, Smile at Fear
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There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.
- Ernest Hemingway
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I was tagged by @dreaming-during-dystopia :-]
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Name/nickname: Alan / phlud (online handle). My nicknames as a kid were AJ and Alley Cat (thanks Mom :).
Sun sign: Virgo
Moon Sign: Aries (Asc/Rising Sign: Pieces)
Height: 6’
Time: 6:19 PM
Birthday: September 15th
Favorite bands/groups: Type O-Negative, The Smiths, Tiamat, Sleepthief, Seabound, Blind Guardian, Dream Theater, Fear Factory, NIN, A Perfect Circle, Dismember, VNV Nation, Front Line Assembly, Front 242, Assemblage 23, God Module, Grendel …. gosh, too many things to name, but I love industrial music, drum n’ bass, goth rock, most 90’s rock, 80’s pop/rock, old school hip-hop, synthwave, plus whatever else I’m forgetting and will remember the moment after I post this.
Favorite solo artists: Billy Joel, Imogen Heap
Song stuck in my head: This is the Song That Doesn’t End (no, seriously, please, someone help me…)
Last movie: Honestly can’t recall, but I’m watching Coming 2 America tomorrow, but will probably watch the original Coming to America first since it’s been a while.
Last show: The Expanse
When did I create this blog: 2007
What do I post: Cyberpunk, scifi, science, space, vintage stuff, retro games and computers, comics, hacker and counter/sub culture stuff, weird surreal stuff, fantasy, nature, witchy pagan stuff and other mystical, mythical and miscellaneous things.
Last thing I googled: [REDACTED]
Other blogs: oldhacker.org (old-hacker.tumblr.com)
Why did I choose this URL: I chose ‘hackr’ to mimic “tumblr” and because it was short, kinda cool, and I was too lazy to spend much time on it.
I used to have the domain astraldouble.com for hackr.tumblr.com (“astral double” is a theosophical term), but some time ago I let the domain registration fee lapse and it got snatched up so I registered the domain name astraldeath.com
Following: 1,009
Followers: 2,983
Average hours of sleep: 6 to 8hrs
Lucky number: 13
Instruments: Played drums for a short while in the early 2000’s, and had a keyboard in the 90s. I don’t currently play anything.
What I am wearing: Black t-shirt with raven, black jeans, barefoot.
Dream job: To sit in the back of an old, smokey tavern, spinning tales of ye olden tymes for a few coins and a tankard of dark ale with plentiful refills.
Dream trip: Egypt, Ireland/Scotland
Favorite food: Pizza or Enchiladas.
Nationality: American (Irish/Scottish, Scandinavian heritage).
Favorite song: Love you to death by Type O-Negative (fav song changes according to mood)
Last book I read: Man and His Symbols, Carl Jung
Three fictional universe you’d like to live in: Three universes? Hmm… Star Trek (TNG era), Lewis Carrol’s Wonderland (but instead of being “Alice” I’m one of the strange creatures there and the Cheshire Cat is my best friend), and Deverry.
I’m tagging @paganbuddha @sclr @astralsailor @omar-mancilla @thevaultoftheatomicspaceage @third-nature @divinethixx @weirddreams @y0urmaj3sty @radwolf76 @quiet-nymph @shikadisoda @kreuzaderny @vdoc @mmmmmeeeeeehhhhhhh and anyone else who would like to. Don’t feel obligated to do it either if I @’d you, totally up to you!
"I warn you, whoever you are, Oh, you who wish to probe the arcanes of nature, if you do not find within yourself that which you seek, neither shall you be able to find it outside. If you ignore the excellencies of your own house, how do you intend to find other excellencies? In you is hidden the treasure of treasures. Oh, man, know thyself and you shall know the Universe and its Gods!"- Inscribed on the Temple at Delphi (via thatwhichdoesnotsuffer)
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"Rather than climbing up a ladder seeking perfection, we are unfolding into wholeness. We are not trying to transcend or vanquish the difficult energies that we consider wrong—the fear, shame, jealousy, anger. This only creates a shadow that fuels our sense of deficiency. Rather, we are learning to turn around and embrace life in all its realness—broken, messy, vivid, alive."- Carl Jung (via the-red-lotus-blog)
"The mass state has no intention of promoting mutual understanding and the relationship of man to man; it strives, rather, for atomization, for the psychic isolation of the individual. The more unrelated individuals are, the more consolidated the State becomes, and vice versa."- Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self
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"The only real “you’ is the one that comes and goes, manifests and withdraws itself eternally in and as every conscious being. For “you” is the universe looking at itself from billions of points of view, points that come and go so that the vision is forever new. What we see as death, empty space, or nothingness is only the trough between the crests of this endlessly waving ocean. It is all part of the illusion that there should seem to be something to be gained in the future, and that there is an urgent necessity to go on and on until we get it. Yet just as there is no time but the present, and no one except the all-and-everything, there is never anything to be gained—through the zest of the game is to pretend there is."- The Book On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are - Alan Watts
(via subcognition)
"Millions of people never analyze themselves. Mentally they are mechanical products of the factory of their environment, preoccupied with breakfast, lunch, and dinner, working and sleeping, and going here and there to be entertained. They don’t know what or why they are seeking, nor why they never realize complete happiness and lasting satisfaction. By evading self-analysis, people go on being robots, conditioned by their environment. True self-analysis is the greatest art of progress."- Paramahansa Yogananda (via spiritsprinkles)
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was tagged by @ha3virus
rules: using song titles from one artist, answer these questions. tag ten people! (tag any number)
artist that I am selecting: Fear Factory
what is your gender?
protomech
describe yourself:
soul hacker
how do you feel?
anxiety
if you could go anywhere, where would you go?
battle for utopia
favorite mode of transportation?
mind travel
your best friend?
the industrialist
favorite time of day?
dog day sunrise
if life was a tv show, what would it be called?
contagion empire
what is life to you?
self immolation
relationship status?
blush response
your fear?
spinal compression
If interested, no pressure: @o-blivia @cybercorpse @paganbuddha @commodorez @corpsewraith @astralsailor @bobbybrains-k @coredumpproject @astranemus @deadwicked