“To write is, moreover, to withdraw language from the world, to detach it from what makes it a power according to which, when I speak, it is the world that declares itself, the clear light of day that develops through tasks undertaken, through action and time.” — Maurice Blanchot
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Suli Qyre
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“Awareness might be thought of as a kind of memory we have formed. But unlike the memories we can directly recall and explore, awareness only reaches us through intuitions that arise from it.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/experi...
387. Experiencing AwarenessAwareness is the amalgam of everything we have seen in all of our experiences throughout life. In this way, awareness might be thought of as a kind of memory we have formed. But unlike the memories we...suliqyre.com“You have too much power and you don't know how to use it. You can see more than an animal is supposed to see. You can reflect on your past actions and plan your future actions, which causes you to develop all sorts of intentions.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/a-bett...
386. A Better HumanYou’re bad at being human. There’s no point in denying it because it’s obviously true. Anyone with a brain can see you aren’t doing it right. The only reason they don’t call you out is because they’re...suliqyre.com“This isn't your fault. You didn't ask for this power, you had it thrust upon you. But you have to work with the lot you've been given. You have to learn to live in a way that doesn't produce so much pain and suffering.” Read more: suliqyre.substack.com/p/a-better-h...
“A text never has the completeness or finality that it might seem to possess. There is always something beyond it — a kind of truth that it can point to but never contain.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/texts-...
385. Texts As StoriesEvery text is a story and every writer is a storyteller. Even the most conceptual, theory-laden, abstract text is still a narrative. For every text weaves together disparate elements into a cohesive s...suliqyre.com“The experience of beauty is always joyful. It seems to meet some profound need that lives inside me. At the same time, the beautiful transcends whatever pleasure it brings. It seems to indicate a greater truth about the world or the being that I am.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/the-jo...
384. The Joy In BeautyWhen I see something beautiful, I’m stopped in my tracks. It’s the shock of beauty itself that causes this arrest. Sometimes it’s something I’ve literally seen, so I stop to look at it more carefully....suliqyre.com“She feels there isn't any purpose in forming relationships where there's anything less than total honesty. Complete openness and unrelenting sincerity is what makes her life exciting. For living like this means she's always taking risks.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/never-...
383. Never Hold BackWhatever happens, she never holds back. She always speaks everything she feels as sincerely as she can. She doesn’t see any point in doing less. She could try to pretend to be something she’s not — ma...suliqyre.com“In this universe, past events are remembered and recalled, which means the present is always contextualized by the past. In the other universe, little is remembered but the present never feels out of place.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/the-un...
382. The Universe Of DreamsIn this universe, you are a substantial self that relates to a separate world using knowledge and language. In the other universe, you are completely empty of content and the world is also you. In thi...suliqyre.com“Seeing everything does not mean seeing every last detail of it. Details can easily become distractions, especially if you become preoccupied with tracking every last change when the changes are insignificant.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/anxiou...
381. Anxious AttentionYou see a flash of movement somewhere in your field of vision. It’s quickly followed by another flash and then another. Something is happening and it has grabbed your attention. Rapid movements sugges...suliqyre.com“Instead of being distracted by trivialities, you need to allow your focus to return to those creative and compassionate actions that are the solutions to the real problems you face.” Read more: suliqyre.substack.com/p/anxious-at...
“The problem of awareness — and the problem of suffering itself — is solved through nothing other than attention. If I allow myself to keep looking at everything, the conditions for freedom from suffering will begin to establish themselves in me.” Read more: suliqyre.com/posts/lookin...
380. Looking For FreedomWhen I see something disturbing, I immediately want to look away. Sometimes I want to look away because it’s too painful to see what I’m seeing. Sometimes I don’t want to look because I don’t like wha...suliqyre.com