THE ZERO-SUM TOTAL of Self Denial

A close-up view of handwritten notes in a notebook discussing Buddhist concepts, focusing on the journey of the soul as a wheel, with reflections on Preta and themes of self-denial and capitalism.

A sage told me through time & space
That the Buddhists mapped the journey of the soul to a wheel.
At the top are the Deva, the bottom the Preta, and every state between an ascention or descention.
I’ve been thinking about the Preta.
I’ve been fascinated by these hungry ghosts stricken with an insatiable fire in their bellies unable to slake the conflagration…

THE ZERO-SUM TOTAL
of Self-Denial


The scarcity of loathing It is the perfect picture of late-stage capitalism painted years before capitalism itself was invisibly handed to Adam from the tree of Knowledge to forge in such a manner to be wrought into a prison.

An abstract drawing representing Buddhist themes, featuring various stylized figures, symbols, and colors that evoke the concepts of Preta and the journey of the soul.

A sage told me through time & space
That the Buddhists mapped the journey of the soul to a wheel.
At the top are the Deva, the bottom the Preta, and every state between an ascention or descention.
I've been thinking about the Preta.
I've been fascinated by these hungry ghosts stricken with an insatiable fire in their bellies unable to slake the conflagration...

THE ZERO-SUM TOTAL
of Self Denial


The scarcity of loathing It is the perfect picture of late-stage capitalism painted years before capitalism itself was invisibly handed to Adam from the tree of Knowledge to forge in such a manner to be wrought into a prison.


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