Tag Archives: suffering

Protected: The Villain’s Love Song

Posted on April 13, 2016 by facedownphilosophy

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Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Uncategorized, Writing | Tagged depression, Grief, guilt, loneliness, longing, loss, metaphor, prose, relationships, remorse, suffering, writing

My New Life

Posted on January 19, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

Most people haven’t yet read what I’m about to post, so I’m posting it here on the primary page of my blog. I didn’t think to post it here until this morning when a beautiful and intelligent writer friend of … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Writing | Tagged anguish, breaking up, Dagny, desire, divorce, longing, Love, regret, remorse, Samantha Owens, suffering, writing | Leave a comment

On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor

Posted on January 6, 2013 by facedownphilosophy

So I received some correspondence from a professor of mine who is vastly more enlightened than I am, and has powerful insight into very esoteric fields of study in philosophy and religion. The woman is a true master of minds, … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing | Tagged Dagny, Grief, hope, hopelessness, philosophy, Samantha Owens, suffering | Leave a comment

Suffering and The Self: What Buddhism Says About Both

Posted on December 1, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

This is a doozey, folks! Took me 10 hours, but I think it’s a coherent piece that is very informative, and certainly thought provoking. At any rate, it’s the most up-beat thing I’ve written , so enjoy it while it … Continue reading →

Posted in Language, Metaphysics, Personal Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Questions, Religion, Writing | Tagged anatta, anicca, Buddha, Buddhism, Buddhist Scritpures, Donald Lopez, drinking again, Drinking Again lyrics, dukkha, Edward Conze, enlightenment, Five Heaps, Four Noble Truths, Frank Sinatra, no-self, non-self, philosophy, religion, self, sickness until death, skandha, skandhas, suffering, The Noble Eightfold Path, Theraveda, Theraveda Buddhism, Three Marks of Existence | Leave a comment

Been gone a long time

Posted on October 14, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

Sorry for the really fucking long absence, everyone. Shit has been severely, severely fucked up for a while. It’s like a giant shit bomb went off, and every single thing in my life was covered in it. Yeah, I’ve been … Continue reading →

Posted in Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Religion | Tagged "Suffering by nature or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted upon us by the arbitrary will of another, Arthuer Schopenhauer, Dagny, fucked up shit, God, happiness, i'm drunk, Immanuel Kant, Kant, Kierkegaard, Life, Love, Samantha Owens, Schopenhauer, Soren Kierkegaard, sorrow, suffering | 2 Comments

Ultimate love

Posted on August 17, 2012 by facedownphilosophy

Let’s have a quick thought experiment. Think about love. What makes it profound? What makes it worthwhile? What makes one love more significant, or, dare I say, real, than other kinds of love? People often say, “You can’t love a … Continue reading →

Posted in Love, Musings and Prose, Personal Life, Philosophy, Questions, Writing | Tagged agape, eros, Love, phileo, philosophy, philosophy of love, suffering, thought experiment | 2 Comments

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Tag Archives: suffering

Protected: The Villain’s Love Song

My New Life

On Hope: Wisdom From My Beloved Professor

Suffering and The Self: What Buddhism Says About Both

Been gone a long time

Ultimate love

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