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50 Words For Poe: St John

"50 Words for Poe: St John"
St John was his name Sinjun for short Temptation was his game Ah Black Monk of my dreams A hot car on a fast track Shifting gears I burn up the road, turn up the stick Fast and furious got nothing on Brother Sinjun’s Black Monk’s mojo bag-o-tricks He sits in the passenger seat 101 goes to 190 around a devil-of-a-curve 200 hits his cerebral cortex, ignites his adrenaline cortisol hormonal nerves Homeward bound suspension of disbelief non judgement served Aston Martin Bond-like, covert, under covers with the Nurse The thrill of it all, he’s in a state of Anti-Christ Ataraxia, convivial St John was his name Sinjun for short Temptation was his game On the Road driving home with Sister Pheromones Bellisima he can’t wait to take her confessione Hyperpyrexia and with big benedictions absolve and never cease to perplex Her (LadyLabyrinth/2019)
https://youtu.be/hKi7Wq5CUI4 Temptation/Heaven 17
“There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.” Dan Brown
https://youtu.be/7ip8ZVyF_ac Fascination Street/The Cure
“The fact is I don't drive just to get from A to B. I enjoy feeling the car's reactions, becoming part of it.” Enzo Ferrari
https://youtu.be/ZcAEIUQmQgI Watching Me Fall/The Cure
“A muscle is like a car. If you want it to run well early in the morning, you have to warm it up.” Florence Griffith Joyner
1. ataraxia 2. cortisol 3. hyperpyrexia 4. St John/Sinjun

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Date: 8/15/2020 11:00:00 PM
Eudaimonia
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/15/2020 11:03:00 PM
lookin' for the daimon (daemon)/guardian spirit.
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/15/2020 11:02:00 PM
"In terms of its etymology, eudaimonia is an abstract noun derived from eu meaning "well" and daimon (daemon), which refers to a minor deity or a guardian spirit. Eudaimonia implies a positive and divine state of being that humanity is able to strive toward and possibly reach. A literal view of eudaimonia means achieving a state of being similar to benevolent deity, or being protected and looked after by a benevolent deity. As this would be considered the most positive state to be in, the word is often translated as 'happiness' although incorporating the divine nature of the word extends the meaning to also include the concepts of being fortunate, or blessed. Despite this etymology, however, discussions of eudaimonia in ancient Greek ethics are often conducted independently of any super-natural significance."
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 8/15/2020 11:01:00 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eudaimonia
Date: 3/31/2019 9:10:00 PM
...yes siree, a person could age that quickly sitting in the passenger's seat next to me as I accelerate around a bend in The Road. Excel'...erate, foot to the floor...
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Date: 3/31/2019 9:12:00 PM
https://youtu.be/dP7jIGzns7Y
Date: 3/30/2019 9:48:00 AM
I love this part: "He sits in the passenger seat 101 goes to 190 around a devil-of-a-curve". I have been there, and will be again, and it is WONDERFUL!
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/31/2019 7:06:00 AM
I love sitting in the driver's seat, foot to the floor. Whip-crack-away, whip-crack-away Krutsinger.
Date: 3/29/2019 9:49:00 PM
“When anyone tells me I can't do anything... I'm just not listening any more.” Florence Griffith Joyner
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/29/2019 9:49:00 PM
"See, when you drive home today, you've got a big windshield on the front of your car. And you've got a little bitty rearview mirror. And the reason the windshield is so large and the rearview mirror is so small is because what's happened in your past is not near as important as what's in your future.” Joel Osteen
Date: 3/29/2019 9:10:00 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ataraxia
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Lady Labyrinth
Date: 3/29/2019 10:19:00 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrrhonism
Date: 3/29/2019 9:09:00 PM
Ataraxia is the central aim of Pyrrhonist practice. Pyrrhonists view ataraxia as necessary for bringing about eudaimonia (happiness) for a person, representing life's ultimate purpose.
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Date: 3/29/2019 9:08:00 PM
The Pyrrhonist method for achieving ataraxia is through achieving epoché (i.e., suspension of judgment) regarding all matters of dogma (i.e., non-evident belief). The Pyrrhonist philosopher Sextus Empiricus summarized Pyrrhonism as "a disposition to oppose phenomena and noumena to one another in any way whatever, with the result that, owing to the equipollence among the things and statements thus opposed, we are brought first to epoché and then to ataraxia....
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Date: 3/29/2019 9:07:00 PM
Epoché is a state of the intellect on account of which we neither deny nor affirm anything. Ataraxia is an untroubled and tranquil condition of the soul.
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Date: 3/29/2019 9:05:00 PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortisol
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Date: 3/29/2019 9:05:00 PM
https://www.healthline.com/health/hyperpyrexia
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