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5 months ago

Mid-October

Mantra meditation focuses on a saying, or “mantra”, that one says to themself in repetition to help them focus. As I started meditating for the first time, the mantra I used was “Ah, So”. “Ah” as I inhaled, “So” as I exhaled. It was a little rocky for the first 15-20 minutes, as my mind is used to being loud.

As I went deeper into the meditative state, I remembered something I had read in the Gospel of Matthew an hour earlier. The Apostles were aboard a ship, and a storm came as Christ was sleeping. They woke him, and he calmed the storm. He said something to the effect of “you of little faith, what are you so afraid of?”

So this became my new mantra. I said it slightly differently each time. I focused on the words. And although I only meditated with this mantra for about 5 minutes, this mantra brought me peace and focus.

“What are you so afraid of?”

It’s a strongly rhetorical question. Any answer to the question would seem trivial in comparison to the strength of the words themself. It doesn’t feel like much of a question at all, it’s almost a statement.

“What are you so afraid of?”

I’d like to think that these words came to me in a sudden moment of divine revelation. I’d like to say that they struck me like a bolt of lightning from heaven.

But they didn’t.

The words came slowly, from a place within. As if I’ve known for a long time. As if God had spoken these words to me long ago, and I had been too afraid to listen.

And I really do know, even if doubt and fear cloud the truth that is in my heart. Deep down, I know.

I know I don’t have to be afraid. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

Agape is a Greek word for selfless, unconditional, sacrificial love.

Agape is often used to describe God’s love for humanity; without expectation, without reciprocation.

A love that persists eternally, regardless of circumstance.

People ask why I believe in God. I ask myself why I believe in God. At the end of the day, it’s all just an idea. A feeling. A choice.

At the end of the day, maybe whether or not God is real doesn’t matter.

You’re real. And although I fail every day, I long to love you as God loves you. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

End of Summer 2/2 -

Outside the void of my mind is an entire world. A world with sunsets and music and you.

Somehow the bricks of a life have built itself around me, bricks that I now can’t imagine not having. Somehow you let me be a part of your life too.

I fail this world every day, and every day I despise myself for it.

I allow futures that will never be and a past that never was to terrify me to my core.

The Star-Wounded King screams through the walls “there was never any point” and I listen to his sermons intently.

The Nothingstar, The Oblivious Oblivion, sings sweet songs of non-existence, and some dark nights, I listen to the music.

In time I saw that you listen as well.

And in your mirrored eyes I finally see that the greatest acts of hatred are perpetrated against our own selves.

But how can I not love myself when I see myself in your face?

When, in the morning, for an instant, I mistake my image in the mirror for you?

Why must I despise myself for my failures when I love you more fully for yours?

The whole world is worth living for because the whole world reflects your perfect broken soul.

Alternate song choices:

Pretend - Alex G
Kiss You All Over - Exile
M.E. - Gary Numan
West End Girls - Pet Shop Boys
Blue Dress - Depeche Mode
I Wouldn’t Want To Be Like You - The Alan Parsons Project
Grin - The Gerbils
Beautiful Blue Sky - Ought
It’s Days Like This… - Everyone Asked About You
Other Men’s Girls - Baxter Dury by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

End of Summer 1/2 -

Our lives are Space and Time.

In Space, I long to be near to you.

In Time, I wish to stay there. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

My latest romance/cosmic horror production. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

Fever Dreams, Home Movies and the Return of the Tiny Pink Camera - Love In A Different Shape

A solid fever gives you fever-brain, an excellent excuse to say weird sh*t to your friends. Here’s the highlights:

1. The modern American Christian environment is hostile and antithetical to the core of Christ’s teachings. Also the God of the Bible loves women.

2. I’m allegedly not a psychopath, and true love will find me in the end. The journey may hurt, but it is good to be vulnerable to love, as true love is worth the pain of heartbreak. This is true strength.

3. There is an unseen, non-intellectual force that connects all living beings - bugs are a part of this force and have feelings. There’s a strong case for bug rights.

4. Don’t sleep with a wet towel over your mouth or you’ll waterboard yourself.

5. The sun will rise and set trillions of times but each of us will only be able to see it a few thousand times. So look out for it. Get out there and enjoy the colors. Cry with joy at the coming darkness. It is a privilege to be a witness. taken in Home by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

Late-August 3/3

I woke up today sad.

I think I’m ashamed of being sad. I don’t want you to know that I’m sad, because I want you to be happy. I want to make you happy.

And I am afraid. I am afraid of losing what I love. And I am ashamed of being afraid because I want to be strong for you.

Really, I’ve had an incredible past few days. My friends are more than I deserve. They encourage me to be worthy of them. But I miss them when I am not with them.

I am ashamed to say that I do not like being alone. I am not good at it.

But I know that I’m never really alone. I know that your love for me doesn’t die when we’re apart, just as mine doesn’t for you.

We are sailors on an ocean of tears of tenderness and laughter.

Maybe it’s okay to be afraid, because we’re all afraid.

I will be brave with you without shame.

Maybe it’s okay to be sad, because we’re all sad.

I will cry with you without shame.

Maybe it’s okay to want to be loved.

Deep down, I know that I am.

And know that I love you too.

The scariest thing in this world is to say “I love you”.

But I will say that I love you without shame.

Cause we’re sailing this ocean together, baby. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

Late-August 2/3

Spoilers for the movie Heretic!

The other night I saw a picture of Sophie Thatcher and was reminded of when I watched the movie Heretic with @ceydarwaldorf. Ceydar asked me what I thought of the story when it was over, and I wasn’t sure what I’d felt at the time.

But I remember Sophie Thatcher’s character, at the end of the movie, horribly wounded and barely alive, using her final seconds and last ounces of energy to save Sister Paxton, her friend, from dying as well. And so now, I would say that my main takeaway from Heretic is the undying love that we have for those we care about.

Love is what brings us back from the edge of darkness and death.

Like Christ, love is what resurrects us.

You, the people I love, bring me back from the dead.

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This is mostly us working on Court’s short film + John Stanson’s birthday!!! Will do a 3rd post with more photos from Court’s short film set in the next couple days. by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

Late-August 1/3

Catching up on unposted photos post, Connor/Paul/Jesse highlights!

The fellas took me to a The Wallflowers concert! Bumped in to @lifeatturtlespeed which was a cool surprise. My first real concert, but perhaps the first of many?

Neither me nor @connorbslim endorse the fascistic views of @sydney_sweeney taken in Knitting Factory [Spokane] by @ryanthebronson

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a year ago

“I Put Me In A Cube And I’m Starting To Think It’ll All Work Out”

How strange it is to be anything at all.

My older sister Raenah mailed me this new gold-ish shirt. I like it very much.

Daniel gave me a new camera for my birthday today at the @we_f.e.w board meeting!!! The photos are square 🔳

Poked around with Court, Anton, Canaan and Paul for a bit after the mixer. I’ve missed them. Luke’s apartment happened to be right above us and so it was weird and beautiful when he yelled at me from his window. And we hung out for a minute with The Brilliant John Stanson!!!

I’ve felt good about my life and the world. I love the people that I know.

How wonderful it is to be anything at all. taken in Garden Party by @ryanthebronson

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The reminder, for when the nights are lonely and dark:

It is better to feel love and pain than feel nothing at all.

Love is too precious a thing to not feel for even one second.

The days we spend without love are days tragically lost.

We alone have the power to live our lives with love.

Love cannot be felt without pain. But love is worth it. We cannot be afraid.

The fear of pain is the fear of love. The fear of being human.

The most terrifying thing in the world is to say “I love you”.

But love is too precious a thing to not share for even one second.

To love is to hurt. To burn in vulnerable fire.

To love is to be alive.

So live in hopeful angst and burn bright in raging love.

Because love is too precious a thing to not drown in for even one second.

And always, always remember that it is better to feel love and pain than nothing at all.

And as afraid as I am to say it,

I love you.

And the world is beautiful.

And everything is going to be okay. by @ryanthebronson

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