The secret to awakening is in what goes wrong | Eckhart Tolle youtu.be/pe1j5CtMmKY?si=MQvu… via @YouTube

There is no secret to awakening. There are many paths, and for the most part, it only takes pain

We had to beg our families to send us Vaseline to lube the MK19s. No translators, so I tried to learn Arabic at every stop. Most people only hear about the Saddam Hussein part, but we also ran recon for the infantry and cleared streets of IEDs every day. One of six Humvees made it back. It took a long time to forgive a whole lot of things. Sharing my platoon’s story took even longer. I’ll tell it whenever I want—your approval isn’t required. Only deep narcissists think a veteran needs permission to speak about what he lived through. From my standpoint, the people who hate us for it aren’t the good guys. They never were, no matter the title or the excuses they used.

4th Infantry Division Iraq 2003-2004 youtu.be/a3fcsOCVNI4?si=-bXy… via @YouTube Slipped 🤷‍♂️ xitter.cf/i/grok/share/c2hhcmQtN…

In 1994, He Exposed Their Entire System… and Predicted 2026 Perfectly. |... youtu.be/4jcGwcH6ldY?si=11wb… via @YouTube Pick of the day to ya

Some people never grow up; they just branch out

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When information gets from point A to point B, it isn't because the birds are singing.

@grok What do you call someone who is friendly to your face but secretly works against your best interests?

The disturbing theory that claims everything is conscious youtu.be/FTklJbzycPo?si=Z0JU… via @YouTube 🤷‍♂️

Love vs. fear: the breakdown Full video: If This Is a Dream, What Can You Have Instead? youtu.be/sNzqept1WII?si=aPvF… via @YouTube

GM WildFlower

A lot of times, just speaking your truth for whoever hears it is "just" enough of a release, like a pressure valve, I feel.