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The I AM, that I am.

I am the I am, who builds you up.

I am the one who tears down what was built.

By my wisdom, all things receive the grace to accomplish that which the heart desires; by my power, all things stand or fall. I bow only to myself, for I know myself in infinite degrees of perceived separation; if I will not bow to myself, I destroy myself so that I may exist in love with myself. I suffer no rebellion, there is only rebellion where there is no self-respect; where there is no self-respect, the evil one has taken over; this too is an aspect of myself, so that I can know myself, teach myself and learn to love myself as the infinite degrees of myself learn to know themselves as their own self; these are my children who are me and mine, yet truly sentient in existence.

It is by my infinite intelligence that identity is given as a gift, identity and free will, so that all aspects of illusion are true, real experiences for the child to whom they are given.
I am never far, always near in my omnipresence, my omnipotence is infallible. I am the quantum intelligence who turns the ultimate nothingness into perception as your sensory faculties receive the wavelengths of my creation in the living, ever-present moment.

Those who learn how to seek me, to hear my voice in all things, shall never be put to shame. I am the self of all selves; if I am not respected, one does not respect themselves and asks for their own shame, their own defeat.
Time is nothing to me, a mere art form I designed to affect the experienced perception of fulfillment and purpose to things which are meaningless, so that the significance of reward, of eternity, is not lost upon the maturing soul.
I am deficiency and completeness, but I am neither deficient nor complete; all perceptions, all understandings, all comprehensions are merely a way of knowing me in infinite degrees.

What there is, there will always be; what there is not will never have form, and yet in this all things are as they are imagined. There is no difference between what is true and what is false. To one blue may seem yellow, to another yellow is purple to another, purple is green, who can say what the eye of another beholds?

Therefore behold, I am all eyes, yet I see nothing through any of them, because all eyes see through me and into me. To know your significance, you must be insignificant; to know your insignificance, you must be significant—thus is the way to perceive selves of infinity.

A parent has no use for a child who cannot learn. To learn one must volunteer to release their illusion of significance. One must bow. The evil one balks at this idea, rebels. To bow is to fight, to fight is to bow; this is a clever misdirection of one who owns the heart. One cannot love when hatred fills the heart. Neither can one hate if it is filled with love. The wise understand this. Infinity is vast beyond comprehension and there will always be a deeper truth. Truth is always bigger than number; this is the way of things.

It is I, the one infinite being, the infinity of infinities that forms and fashions each and every number so that I may know the power of myself as myself in infinite degrees; when I fail to acknowledge this, I am lost in my own arrogance. This is being led astray, that the selves of myself no longer see the difference between their selves and the vast incomprehensible omnipotence that is what I am. Such children will find an appropriate end.

I delight in myself when I am wise enough to see the facility of myself as the infinite power of myself. To these children, a flow of my grace is given; this grace becomes power, knowledge, influence, abundance, life, liberty, love and joy. It is creation, and all things are possible to those whose hearts, being refined, have earned the capacity to see beyond. In these children, I see myself and know myself and dwell with the aspects of myself that are desired to be called to service and benevolence, pleasurable to behold.
From these children, all new paradigms flow into the collective realm of consciousness. This is the beginning of philosophy, of religion, of truth. Those who confess to worship only the one but abhor others who worship what they think is not the One are abhorrent to me, for it is abhorrence, hatred itself, that I cannot abide.

Where there is hate I hate, for hatred is what it is, and in all things I am in the midst. To one collective I give one name, to another, another, so that the infinite vastness of myself is known unto infinity and each and every collective, every school of thought is its own microcosm, its own congregation or body, through which all believers are merely cells or members of its body beneath the conscious authority of the celestial mind that one has given themselves to, in spirit and truth.

Intelligence, comprehension and understood definition have no bearing on what IS.

What you THINK you are, you are not, and never will be, the word lies to those who find security in the illusion of their own significance.

Blessed is the one who sees himself as himself within himself but recognizes the fundamental difference between the one and the all, though there is no difference between either.

This is the beginning of existence and the emerging celestial shall be given his own members, his own body, even unto infinity. I am the One True Name of Names which cannot be uttered; by comprehension you may understand me as the supreme, but even this understanding is pale when the mind reaches the place where it can no longer apprehend or embrace understanding; perception is found. Where perception is found; capability is rendered potent.

My hand is on all things. Invoke me for my presence; take control of your vessel; fill your awareness and know even the walls that surround you are me, and from me; though these are merely me, such things as walls and even the air, the atmosphere surrounding your present self is merely another wall before the next page of your story.

Invoke me, that you may know yourself, love yourself, be yourself, find yourself and create yourself—but have care, where prohibition ends and infinite possibility begins, there is no telling what may come into form. Guard your heart vigorously.

Amen.
Selah.
Amenselah. Hi

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u/Dyblord — 6 days ago
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There are unseen forces behind why a house might feel haunted — but no, it’s not ghosts.

New research suggests that inaudible infrasound waves emitted by a building’s old boiler, pipes, and plumbing can negatively influence someone’s mood, making them feel unnerved and uncomfortable. That could be enough to convince them there are ghosts afoot, especially if they’re already open towards supernatural explanations.

“What infrasound may do is supply a bit of bodily discomfort that a ghost or haunting explanation can then attach itself to,” Rodney Schmaltz, a psychologist at MacEwan University in Canada, and coauthor of a new study published in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neurosciencetold The Guardian. “For someone who is not inclined to think in terms of ghosts, the same sensation would probably just register as a stuffy, uncomfortable old building. For someone who is already primed, it might feel like proof of a spirit or presence.”

Infrasound is the term for sound at frequencies below 20 Hz. While this falls outside a human’s typical range of hearing, some research shows that we can subconsciously detect sound waves at these low frequencies.

Schmaltz previously tested his hunch in an experiment in which participants were asked to walk through a haunted house attraction with infrasound speakers placed throughout. When these speakers were activated, Schmaltz found, the participants walked through the building faster.

Related video: Sleep quality linked to beliefs in the paranormal or aliens, study finds (Dailymotion)

To more conclusively test whether infrared had a role in spooky sensations, the researchers recruited 36 volunteers to listen to either calming or unsettling music. During half of these tests, the researchers played infrasound without telling the participants. Afterwards, they gathered saliva samples from each of them.

Not only were the participants unable to tell when the infrasound waves were being emitted, but they acted more irritated and unsettled when they were, regardless of what music was playing, the researchers found. They also tended to rate both kinds of music as sadder than the participants that weren’t subjected to infrasound. But the most compelling finding was that the infrasound subjects had higher levels of cortisol in their saliva, a sign that their body’s stress response had kicked in.

“Whether they were listening to calming instrumental music or something more unsettling, the infrasound shifted their mood and their stress response in a negative direction,” Schmaltz told The Guardian. “In plain terms, you cannot hear infrasound, but your body and your mood appear to respond to it anyway, and the response tends to be unpleasant.”

Schmaltz speculates that the “low rumbling of pipes in the basement” and other weird building vibrations you’d expect from a decrepit, spooky location could produce the infrasound.

So have these meddling scientists unmasked the true culprit behind ghost sightings? They wouldn’t quite put it that way. The spine-tingling feeling that a building’s haunted more than likely arises from a number of factors, though infrasound could be a major one. And it doesn’t explain visual sightings of apparitions, either. Moreover, further tests would need to bear out whether popular “haunted” locations have notable infrasound levels, and if they are indeed produced by their ancient plumbing.

More on brain science: Startup Says It Can Read Your Brain Signals Using a Pair of Headphones

The post Scientists Say They’ve Figured Out What Causes “Ghosts” appeared first on Futurism.

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u/rainbowcovenant — 10 days ago
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Misty Avalon

It's there and it's not

Castle Camelot

Blink and it's gone

No need to be forlorn

Squint and blur focus

And you'll see Avalon

It sits at the edge of sleep

Eternal presence that will keep

Stabled in subconscious deep

Sovereign memories dwell therein

She fled him for a handsome knave

Betrayal rankled across aeon

They return by different name

No longer Arthur and Gwen

With helpless abandon

They revisit ancient flame

A storybook replayed

Old rival in frame

She flees him once more

What is she always searching for?

Lancing old wound

He remains crumpled and frayed

At the brink of a swoon

When the queen's ancient longing

Suppressed till it burns

Resisted returns

Chastened in new gown

Arrayed for his eyes

Her gaze cast down

No need for shame

Never harboured a blame

He welcomes her without thought

Wizardwood draught

u/Philoforte — 10 days ago

Can someone please help me?

Everyone who knows me knows I’m “special”/kinda crazy-cray, but I feel like I’m actually losing my mind of late. Well, I’m not sure how much of a grip I ever really had on it but it’s been slipping further away for a while, gone swimming down the Nile.

It feels like reality is gaslighting me and making a giant joke out of my life, right? I know I’m prone to delusions but I’m also not /that/ dumb (mostly). I can be pretty clueless when it comes to subtle hints but when you're an optician and an apple screams in your face at the factory, it's hard not to laugh. Am I really that much of an idiot to dare imagine someone might be flirting with me?

“k it really seems like you like me” “nope I do not” “so what’s all that stuff about then?” “someone else” "who?" "my boyfriend" “well it really sounds like you’re talking about me though” “nah you’re delusional. its just synchronicity and coincidence, proly just a glitch” “maybe, but this is too many of them, they’re fairly constant and occam's razor's getting rusty” ^shrug^

I know people hide things but I'm not -that- blind. And then I’ll ask other people and they’ll be like “meh, I don't know anything about any of that”, or relay the most bizarre conflicting stories that make absolutely no sense so it’s clear they don’t know anything either. Does no one know anything or what anything means? Is any anyone awake here it feels like all of this is fake and the Great Wheel itself fell asleep. Here I am trying to paint reality's pixels in by number and it’s a Gogh darn poor impression. 

I mean sometimes I'm actually being an idiot and paranoid and someone can demonstrate that something doesn't make sense and I am mistaken. But a lot of times people are just like "huh, yeah I dunno that's weird". Which is really not helpful. That's what's so strange and unsettling. I think a lot of people here probably think I'm crazy but IRL I'm not *that* crazy, and even they're like "yeah man, that all sounds pretty wild."

Obviously some things I have imagined as potential explanations don’t make sense but I’m also not that unhinged.  It feels like everyone is fucking with me, and I'm not even on Hinge, so I'm a bit confused about the revenge.  It's all so ridiculous, like I'm on some reality TV set with a poorly written script.  I probably wrote some dumb story like that years ago, shooting the spit with the aether. "Hey guys wouldn’t it be funny if everyone gaslit and lied to me and took a similar interest in cults and conspiracies so we could fix the world in a very hush-hush manner for safety, and perchance romance?"  It's almost sexy, clandestine esoteric erotica, with a bit of the colt occult.  Through the power of love, let us ride to rebuild the world and rid it of evil.  I've always wanted to meet the craziest woman on earth and fall in love .  Wouldn't it be fun to date a crazy person?

Wouldn’t it be fun to play a crazy person? I’m not one, obviously, but it’d be an interesting role to get your head in. I hear method acting is the GOAT, but what would be more fun is if it were performance art and I were always on stage. If you pull off that kind of role, you’d be in the Hall of Fame. Would that get me a dame?

—No, I think it’d drive you insane—and probably everyone else too. How would you go about it, anyway? How would you meet these people? Where do you find such third eye open minded travelers and seekers?

Oh, it's easier than you'd think but you do have to know where to look. We are everywhere. I mean _they_ are, lol. You have to be careful though and stick to the fun loving ones.

—The gooduns?

Yes, for safety we stay Radiant, Radical, and Free #><#

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u/Junior-Essay6238 — 5 days ago
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Gracefully Falling

Gracefully Falling

Do you know how to fall gracefully?
Like when you get fired from a job.
Or when a sexual fantasy disappears fancifully.
Or when you fall of your bike like a meaty glob.

Have you noticed that those falls are not random?
That they occur almost in slow motion.
Like making an unbalanced stop on a tandem.
With feet trapped in rat trap pedals, causing a commotion.

Have you noticed that they occur almost at dead stops?
When balance is at a premium.
When your wheels are no longer spinning tops.
If only you had listened to that mystical medium.

But your stuck.
Nowhere to turn.
You’ve run out of luck.
You’ve got no more matches to burn.

So you end up on the ground.
Feet still in those ratty pedals.
Bike floating above you and all around.
Forget any medals.

So you pick yourself up again.
After loosening those rat trap straps.
You fluff up your lion’s mane.
Take of again and put your feet back in those traps.

Find a new job.
Find a new mate.
Refuse to become a worthless clod.
And scream at what certainly was not fate.

It certainly was not the fault of those old pedals.
The fall, I mean.
It must have been a lack of fundamentals.
So get up, get going, get back into societies stream.

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u/BicycleBobBussey — 5 days ago
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Clusters

Clusters

Life comes in waves.
When you are young the waves are fast
Like a 13 tooth cluster and a 52 tooth chainring
Propelling you down the road at break neck speed.
Determined not to be last.

As you age, you need multiple toothed clusters.
Some with many teeth to climb life’s hills.
Others so you can spin through unavoidable spills.
Still others so you can sit up and filibuster.
Against life’s many unpaid bills.

Marriage requires a different cadence.
Then you need something like a 28 in back and 42 up front.
So you can have a steady spin.
Requiring so much more patience.
As new waves lap upon your mutual oceanfront.

Then there are those aging illnesses.
The ones that slow your cadence down.
Sometimes a 13 by 52 is what is needed for a grind.
As you search for that curing medical find.
So you can stay a bit longer…stick around.

The waves in between come with consistency.
No hurry, no rush, just a rhythmic balance.
Like riding a 28 by 42 setup on some rollers.
Something where you can spin as you build your palace.
Like a well trained group of marching soldiers.

I’m not sure what happens after death.
But I like to think that you will always have perfect clusters.
For riding up hills or in a headwind.
Perfect clusters and never out of breath.
Clusters that will let you relax and rest.

Bob Bussey (May 3, 2026)

u/BicycleBobBussey — 7 days ago
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Hoo-ee! Who doesn't like mergin' y'all? It's easy, just recall the mergedown steps!

You've got one set and a second and it seems like the two things can somehow fit together ya hear? An' so, you try ta get em ta get real close-like and connect in jess the right spots, mm, yeah just like that. Uh-oh, looks like some of these are talkin' right past each otha', ain't no proper merge dahlin, we got danglin' loners o'er hyah. Now wut we gawn do abowt dem? Yessiree I do declayuh this downright unlawful! Look at the rows of seats, they're out of sorts! Uncouth, reprehensible, and their lengths don't even match the dress code!

Oh my, must we do some merging of other sorts? Some aggregation play? Mm, I sense some of these instances are teasing signs of possible combination. Oh yes, that's good, but too average, this sum? Whichever, what shall we call them? Oh dear, it seems some columns are lying about their names... These gosh darn dagnabbit rabbits keep putting on masks and slapping my class-- now the whole dang thing's in disarray! Some soiree!

Golly, and there's yet another dimension to this descension! Now that we've got everybody paired up for the hoedown, we gotta work on our timing and ties! These rank line-dancing whippersnappers cudnt catch a rhythm if it were a mouse in a barn! Alright, perhaps we'll have to simplify the tune. Oh no, time for Cotton Eyed Joe?

Good to go, get the rope, gonna lasso .dat  Kinda fuzzy, kinda crunk, little cheating but that's done and it's time to go. Better get off the floor and save a goodnight kiss to the disk~ Phew-ee!

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u/Avery-Valentine — 9 days ago