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Thanks for writing! I finished the transcription for your post.

Hang in there :)

Hello Gary, please never let your pen fall silent. Your writing is a wonderful gift from God. Thank you so much, for providing internet knowledge for those who want to help others and educate themselves about the business world. I am sending a special prayer you hear from your family. Hang in there! God's got your back.😻

Yeah it is dangerous indeed Son. Unless to Temper it with fire and Ice.

Ya gno I have a problem I need some HELP. I'm a dislocated didsomniac (so) I have suddenly realized that I don't need to dip but once or twice and still it can be the same as if I ripped a hundred times. I believe that it is a realization of understanding what you really believe.
SIG

Are you talking to me WILLis!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’m planning to at least begin a letter this week (today is the 8th) - hopefully nothing will come up. I was in Alabama last week so didn’t write. Went to a funeral - no one I knew well, but sad, nonetheless..
I’m not scared of being dead - I know it’s inevitable - but thoughts of the method frighten me. I’m such a baby about pain
I love you Steve - for my entire adult life. What fools we were - and how much we wasted.

You know - I’ve always liked your poetry better than your paintings and I think I’ve finally realized why - it’s because I love words - love to create paintings in my mind based on the words I read.
It’s not (never has been) that I think you can’t draw or paint - some of your art I like a great deal - it’s just that I prefer the words.
I love you

Meant to say I hope you had a good pride month. Did you have the festival this year?
Take care,
-Becca

As a quick side note, I’ve been getting very interested lately by music theory. It’s fascinating to learn how music is made, and what makes it sound so good. It seems to me that composing music takes real talent and genius. I think our greatest musical intuitions come from letting the soul speak. It’s very relaxing and meditative, or so I’ve heard from musicians. I’ve been particularly interested in the story of Brian Wilson. As you may know, he was the lead composer behind The Beach Boys. He struggled for years with serious mental illness. He would (and still does) hear voices in his head. These voices make fun of him and put him down. I think he even spent two or three years straight cooped up in his house, never leaving it, back in the 70s. He’s doing well now, and touring across America. In fact, they recently made a movie about his struggling with mental health, as well as his making the musical masterpiece Pet Sounds. The movie is titled “Love and Mercy”. I’d love to see it one day.
Anyway, that’s all for now. Keep up the good thoughts and aesthetic transmissions! Take care.

Peace,
Calhoun25

P.S. Thanks for teaching me the word “hierophant”. It’s a very neat one.

Anyway, your self-description reminds me of Socrates and Jesus. It’s important to lovingly, though firmly, engage others with sincere questions and conversation. We’re all engaged in a spiritual journey, whether we recognize it or not. Constructive dialectic puts wings on our feet; it’s a way—not the only way—to help one another make progress on our spiritual journey. You are spot on that recognizing others is “the greatest confirmation that Homo Sapiens still has sapience within their grasp”. (Clever line, by the way.) In a weird way, asking tough questions of others, including those in authority, can be a way of recognizing them as equally human. It can be a way of lovingly encouraging them to seek the truth, and to turn away from their current injustices. It should be mentioned that tact is important here. When people are open to conversation, it is important to seize the opportunity. When people are not open to conversation, then it may or may not be the wisest option to nevertheless engage with questions. It all depends on the circumstances. Unfortunately, I don’t yet know which circumstances require which. Perhaps you have better insight.

I think you pose an interesting critique of Kierkegaard. If truth truly is subjectivity, then from what angle can one criticize another for their injustice or ill-thinking? For example, from what angle could one criticize mediocrity, as you are saying? It seems you want to say that truth is objectivity. There is an objective moral and spiritual truth out there. This objective truth is what we appeal to in criticizing, say, mediocrity in society. I think this objectivity is grounded in God, but I know people have different views about this.

I think the article you shared, titled “The Evolution Game”, offers a unique method for building optimism. I don’t think I’ve heard of it before. It reminds me of the following, which you might find interesting. Apparently, studies have shown that a certain method can help individuals with PTSD. The method consists in having them follow a light with their eyes, while asking them deep questions about their suffering and trauma. Perhaps there is something relaxing about following the light. It brings down the psychological barrier, allowing the deep questions to penetrate through and heal the spiritual injury. Your “Stages of Spiritual Growth” looks very interesting as well. I’ll have to ponder these articles more deeply.