So when I was at Capernwray I used to run because of the Shema Yisrael which states we are to love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength. It was this and the verse "physical exercise availeth much" in 1st Corinthians. So strangely the most exercise I ever did was religiously motivated rather than for health reasons really, though that was there too.So … [Read more...]
Who Should You Be?
I once watched a movie with the famed rapist and actor James Dean, it was called "Rebel Without A Cause". The plot revolved around a stylish high school rebel who ironically was not much of a rebel. He wore a leather jacket but was morally rather Puritanical. He semi-killed a guy and then wanted to confess to the police, but his parents said he shouldn't. His friend was … [Read more...]
Star Trek Thoughts
Last night a friend and I went to see the new Star Trek movie. At first I thought it was going to suck because I'd always associated the words Star Trek with all the things I hate about nerds/gaming community/ppl who are higher levels than me in Warcraft. But I was absolutely amazed at how good a movie it was, I highly recommend it. I think I liked it for entirely different … [Read more...]
Gratitude and Worry
Today was supposed to be a day of work, I'd spent Monday as a day of work, but Tuesday is normally my day of rest, my sabbath if you will. But tomorrow (starting in 40min/Wednesday) I have 2 mid-terms which I've studied for an incomplete manner. I've not read all I had to read, and am relying on my memory from lectures alot. I should've studied more, but I didn't and it's … [Read more...]
Dreams
There's a line in a movie I love that's "let them rest, for in dreams we enter a world entirely our own, let them climb the highest mountain and swim in the deepest ocean" (HP:POA). An apologist once said to me the in the post-modern era man is not content to survive in or conquer the world, but wishes to create a world of his own. I think dreams are a perfect anti-thesis to … [Read more...]
