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causality is weird. when you do some kind of magical / intention-based / will-based practice to change the course of your life, are you actually causally influencing the future or just coming into better alignment with the future that’s already happening? i genuinely dunno

e.g. with this example in the next tweet: why did he decide to stop joking about being broke when he did? did a part of him anticipate that he was about to start making more money?

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Visa

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@visakanv

· May 18, 2021

I used to joke about being broke and I started making more money when I decided that I wasn’t gonna do that anymore

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these are the kinds of questions i start asking myself after being on an astrology podcast. actually

@maybegray

@sadalsvvd

would love to hear your thoughts here, how do you guys reconcile astrology with will and intention?

6:38 PM · Jul 31, 2021Twitter for iPad

oh hmm maybe it’s a false dichotomy. maybe will and intention are the same thing as coming into better alignment with the future. wack. i can sort of see the possibility intellectually but i don’t grok it at all really

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anyway tbc this doesn’t really affect visa’s conclusion either way; i def agree that it pays off to be more careful about your words. but maybe there are people who are destined to do that after coming across the idea and there are people who aren’t 😬

ooh i like this. so here’s a suggestion then maybe: if you’re gonna joke around, at least check if the jokes are getting stale. might as well try out fresh material twitter.com/MuteDialog/sta

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i think it's highly bidirectional coupling -- it's difficult to cultivate will/intention towards something if you dont see it as being aligned towards possible futures (and having it within the possible futures requires cultivating will/intention!)