“We are conditioned from birth to think and feel according to the psychological distortion of those before us, to take another’s word as our own without question, to follow the emotions of the masses. This shapes a narrow scope of the universe, squeezing life of passion and enthusiasm. The only way out of such an […]
“Do not rely on the rickety psychological scaffolding of regurgitated beliefs. The longest held belief does not make it the truest. Sift through your thoughts. Doubt. Question. Deconstruct what you think is true about the world and about you. Make yourself innocent again. Make your perspective fresh. Add your best to humanity.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com [The original […]
“I can only understand and find real meaning and insight into those bits of fact that I relate to emotionally. This is my knowledge base. Procured by experience and refined (ironically) by exposure to variety, my knowledge base determines what and how much I comprehend; and if I attach my identity to any of it, if […]
“Your greatest teacher is you, in silence, looking inward, finding all the answers you will ever need.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“To doubt, question, explore multiple paths of thought is a sacred privilege. And to give this up so readily, to need confirmation and seek out the sanction of another to validate our own individual thought is a tragedy and the greatest affliction of mankind.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeno.com
“‘Why’ is the cornerstone of all sound decisions. It is a dishonor to everything divine within you to decide any other way.” -Amy Larson, amyjalapeño.com
“It is better to question and doubt than to believe in something with absolute certainty and with incomplete evidence. You never can be certain of anything really, unless you rule out every question and every doubt. And without the adventure of that mystery creativity, discovery, and wonder would cease to exist. How fun a life […]
Intelligent Design = Intelligent Decline. To find man devoid of doubt is to discover our intellectual decline. Questions herald discovery. Discovery introduces new perspectives into our personal reality. And compounding perspectives are the precedent to more questions. There is nothing divine about dumbing down the human race. In his presentation “The Perimeter of Ignorance” Neil […]
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