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spirituality

The search for meaning beyond the material — and the many ways that search goes wrong.

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I'm Calling BS on the Guru
Dialogues

I'm Calling BS on the Guru

Curve balls

Noah Blue · 9 min read

I'm rich, yes. I fucking worked hard for it. I deserve every penny. It's not easy sitting up here saying the same things endlessly and being bored to tears with meditating or pretending to meditate.

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Spirituality (or equivalent sign)
Wittering asides

Spirituality (or equivalent sign)

Notes from the field

Noah Blue · 7 min read

Here are some things I've learned about spirituality. I hope they can be of use to you.

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Jumping-bean aphorisms
Aphorisms

Jumping-bean aphorisms

Kinetic

Noah Blue · 2 min read

Being a parent reveals the schism between who you are and who you have to be.

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Wittering asides

Regarding so-called spirituality

Questions, not answers

Noah Blue · 3 min read

Is it possible that the mystics are all lunatics? Is it possible that their acolytes are fools? Is it possible, in other words, to go a whole lifetime believing in something that isn't real?

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Fiction

Other than my parents splitting up, nothing much has happened recently

A coming-of-age tale (mostly)

Noah Blue · 27 min read

My dad recently moved out of the family home and into a studio apartment in a rundown part of town known for illicit activities. Why that part of town, I have no idea. It’s not as if my dad is poor and has to live there. In fact, he could probably afford to live in the so-called salubrious part of town if he wanted to.

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