The Based Life

1.18. All warfare is based on deception 1.19. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.  1.24. Attack him where he is unprepared; appear where you are not expected.  2.19. In war, let your great object be victory, not lengthy campaigns.  3.2. To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.  3.18. Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every vistory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.  4.1. The good fighters of old first put themselves beyond the possibility of defeat, and then waited for an opportunity ...

  Innocence, life, joy, care, empathy, compassion, love, kindness, humility, seflessness, nurture, trust, vulnerability, sensuality, emotion, feeling, instinct, passion, being, acceptance of unconditional happiness, collaboration, opposite of egocentrism/narcissism, community, superficiality, aesthetics, pleasure, fun, joy, laughter, naivety, purity, love, association (vs dissasociation), enthrallment, wonder, presence, gratitude, excitement, superfluosness, self love, outwards love, gidiness, beauty, leisure, curiosity, vibes, non-rational perception/reasoning, dance, art, creativity, yoga, health, acceptance of feelings without concern of value judgements, serenity, calmness, peace, relaxation, flow, acceptance, appreciation, fertility, manifestation, positivity, indulgence, sensuality, sensation, harmony, magic, fantasy, ego-death, exist from love and trust of process (if the sails have been set up in the righteous direction then trust that the wind will carry where you chartere...

When the Value which provided life hitherto, now slowly strangles out the last breath of air; when the Value which provided fertility to once previously barren dirt, now crowds out all other sources of nutrition, starving everything which seeks to grow. That Value no longer serves life and seeks only to preserve its own existence at the expense of life itself.  Oh Masculinity, how far a back we go, and how much I owe you. But you cannot keep holding that against me as leverage! Lost and directionless, spineless and cowardly, oh Masculinity, you swooped in and caught me before into the abyss I fell into. And for that I am truly very grateful, you showed me how to stand up straight, to take responsibility, to take control. And delivered I have, Masculinity, delivered I have! I have control, I have control! Everything which exists thus, I have my grip tighlty around it, firmly, under my control. I have control! And for what? To fear everything which I don't? And the more I fear, the m...