Progress Is In Many Ways Overrated

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Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:23:52 +0000

gabs-magical-abs replied to your post: ok now that i have finished hp there’s books to… Mort...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:52:12 +0000

gabs-magical-abs replied to your post: ok now that i have finished hp there’s books to…
Mort is a fantastic book! One of my favourites!

oooh good to hear that! :)

"If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give..."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:40:34 +0000

““If we can’t write diversity into sci-fi, then what’s the point? You don’t create new worlds to give them all the same limits of the old ones.””

- Jane Espenson (from interview with Advocate.com)\

I dunno how many which ways this needs to be said

(via aragingquiet)

ok now that i have finished hp there’s books to finish: -the fellowship of the ring -mort, by...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:36:54 +0000

ok now that i have finished hp there’s

books to finish:

-the fellowship of the ring

-mort, by Terry Pratchett

-a dance with dragons, but id have to reread the whole series

books to start:

-the black cauldron

theladydedlock: [breathes heavily] older women

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:23:41 +0000

theladydedlock:

[breathes heavily] older women

fourlittlehobbits: when it comes to reading i’m either reading 400 pages a day or taking a month to...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:06:07 +0000

fourlittlehobbits:

when it comes to reading i’m either reading 400 pages a day or taking a month to read 200 there is no inbetween

kingkongoncocaine: You were on your way home when you died. It...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:01:26 +0000

kingkongoncocaine:

You were on your way home when you died.

It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.

And that’s when you met me.

“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”

“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point in mincing words.

“There was a… a truck and it was skidding…”

“Yup,” I said.

“I… I died?”

“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies,” I said.

You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”

“More or less,” I said.

“Are you god?” You asked.

“Yup,” I replied. “I’m God.”

“My kids… my wife,” you said.

“What about them?”

“Will they be all right?”

“That’s what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”

You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Or possibly a woman. Some vague authority figure, maybe. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.

“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”

“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”

“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”

“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right,”

“All religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”

You followed along as we strode through the void. “Where are we going?”

“Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”

“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”

“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”

I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part of yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had.

“You’ve been in a human for the last 48 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for long enough, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point to doing that between each life.”

“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”

“Oh lots. Lots and lots. An in to lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around, you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 AD.”

“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”

“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”

“Where you come from?” You said.

“Oh sure,” I explained “I come from somewhere. Somewhere else. And there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there, but honestly you wouldn’t understand.”

“Oh,” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If I get reincarnated to other places in time, I could have interacted with myself at some point.”

“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own lifespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”

“So what’s the point of it all?”

“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? You’re asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”

“Well it’s a reasonable question,” you persisted.

I looked you in the eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”

“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”

“No, just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature and become a larger and greater intellect.”

“Just me? What about everyone else?”

“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you and me.”

You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”

“All you. Different incarnations of you.”

“Wait. I’m everyone!?”

“Now you’re getting it,” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.

“I’m every human being who ever lived?”

“Or who will ever live, yes.”

“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”

“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too,” I added.

“I’m Hitler?” You said, appalled.

“And you’re the millions he killed.”

“I’m Jesus?”

“And you’re everyone who followed him.”

You fell silent.

“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “you were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”

You thought for a long time.

“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”

“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”

“Whoa,” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”

“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”

“So the whole universe,” you said, “it’s just…”

“An egg.” I answered. “Now it’s time for you to move on to your next life.”

theamericankid: “Today I’m going to be magnificent.” That’s the...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:09 +0000

theamericankid:

“Today I’m going to be magnificent.” That’s the spirit, dog.

walkeresque:

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:07:05 +0000

walkeresque:

Share 10 facts about yourself then pass this onto your 10 favorite followers. :) (jejeje :=B)

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:03:26 +0000

-it takes me an incredible amount of time to peel an apple

-i watched the l word and read the millennium chronicles when i was 13

-today im gonna finish the deathly hallows for the first time, wish me luck

-after that im gonna read the fourth book of the discworld series

-and the second of the prydain chronicles

-i’ve lost my ebook help

-one chapter left of hp now

-im going to the beach tomorrow

-mechanical sounds irritate me

-im too lazy to continue the chain sorry

the-star-stuff: Planetary Anatomy A series of free...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 23:03:35 +0000

the-star-stuff:

Planetary Anatomy

A series of free illustrations showing a surrealistic twist on the physical anatomy of our solar system planets. We are disclosing secrets of the inside of our planets, revealing a strange and visionary world.

Credit: FOREAL™

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:56:37 +0000

artissimo: Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:54:39 +0000

artissimo:

Spectrum 15: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art

i-love-being-female-hawke: Hawke and Isabela by *hikachuuu

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:50:36 +0000

i-love-being-female-hawke:

Hawke and Isabela by *hikachuuu

tastefullyoffensive: The cat who sits like a dude. [d3ftone]

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:47:06 +0000

tastefullyoffensive:

The cat who sits like a dude. [d3ftone]

Reblog if it's okay to start talking to you.

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:45:49 +0000

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:45:08 +0000

gabs-magical-abs: I think one of the best things about Xena is...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:31:50 +0000

gabs-magical-abs:

I think one of the best things about Xena is that

none

of

these

scenes

are

manips

Share 10 facts about yourself then pass this onto your 10 favorite followers. :)

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:30:08 +0000

-i will judge you for your morals and ideals

-i like being alone

-when i was little i spent every summer vacation on the country

-i hate cities

-i dont want to go to school next year and i have good reasons but my mother will kill me and yell at me a lot

-i dont believe in the greater good because we should achieve happiness without having to rely on (or trespassing on) other’s rights and if we all did this we would all be happy and not in servitude like most of the world is

-i started watching dr who from the first doctor some days ago and wow its really good

-i wish i was good at writing

-if i ever spell anything wrong or its grammatically incorrect please tell me im here to learn

-ive got a philosophy exam tomorrow at eight

drislesinplacessheshouldntbe: Spiderman requested by...

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:42:25 +0000

drislesinplacessheshouldntbe:

Spiderman requested by rizzy-and-izzy