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On Life, Death, and Living the Dash

April 22, 2017December 8, 2019Posted in Life, OtherTagged Alan Watts, Career, Consume, Dreams, Job, Life, Live The Dash, Love, Money, Occupation, Paddy VipondLeave a comment

I can see why people turn to religion.

Not those who have been brought up religious, as I believe that is indoctrination, but those who were never religious in the first place and choose to follow one of the many Gods that have been created.

It is the desire for meaning. The wish to have,and to know, your life has a purpose.

You are here to do God’s work. Part of a greater plan. Momentarily passing through this plane on your way to something much greater.

It is a comfort. A white lie that allows you to wake each morning and go to bed each evening believing that these 80-years are not just an accident of biology and evolution.

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A Blueprint For A Merrier Christmas: Gifts That Defy Modern Consumerism

December 28, 2015December 8, 2019Posted in Capitalism, Celebration, Other, SocietyTagged Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Consumerist, Atheist, Charity, Christmas, Donate, Future, Gift, Life, Love, Paddy Vipond, Present, Volunteer1 Comment

Despite the criticisms, the greed, the gluttony, and the rampant expenditure on unwanted or short-lived items, Christmas in the 21st century can still serve a purpose.

Though there are many aspects of a modern Christmas which are unappealing, and at times even damaging, it does not appear to be going anywhere any time soon, and for that reason, rather than fighting the festive mood, it may be best to embrace and subvert it.

What we now see as Christmas, the stress and struggle of buying presents, the financial hardship that inevitably follows a busy December period, the feasting on food and alcohol, it is not how it always was, and thus is not how it always has to be.

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