Breath - Blog Posts
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breathe that breath. Breath it for me. hold it in. let it out. the one I always wanted to take, but never could find it. One that would never come again. leaving a void in my chest. the exhaling sigh of relief. The stillness. The numbness. The crushing inner peace that comes with it. Realization. and with it the knowing that its all over. That it happened. And that itll never happen again. the meaning of what it was all worth. The feeling of all the worlds weight baring down on your chest. That moment of inner peace, now to only be remembered. and to be remembered as fleeting. to long for. To make you wish the chaos had never ended and your desire for that breath never realized. The reminder that life is short. For some suffrage is life. to suffer is to be holy. The only way one can feel the true joy of having, and the loss of losing. and in the end. Its all I have and have ever had. The end was written before the beginning. Realized too late. As I live breathing. There will be no salvation. Just a yearning for what was lost, or never was at all.
The mind is the key, thats what yoga and meditation is for, i dont post this to show of that i am the most muscular god on earth no, i am a living example what is possible and through posting this I want to encourage you to live healthy, meditate, do yoga and do the things you want to do, in my case its a flow like consciousness that manifests with the form of this kind of bodystructure, it is a manifestation of who i am inside, so we all are manifestations of how we are inside not to forget but mention that looks can be deceiving and it is a general guidline how to maneuver through, with maps of meaning we all make up to get ahead even if we condemn the because the truth is killing the “self”, the ego, what is perceived as death but it is not, because real death cant be perceived, so to transcend is to realyse and view the truth to integrate it and embrace to free itself from yourself. #wisdom #body #mind #yoga #dao #breath #life #live #truth #love #moment #nature #active #man #kl #heat #sun (at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8lw6FwInuw/?igshid=1lrkoovrcbhee
mini dragons
imagine if when people got dragon breath in the morning you yawned and real mini dragons came out of your mouth. then you could let them go in the wild or keep them as pets. cute mini dragon babies that are protective of their mother/father if you keep them. a whole pet market on how to take care of them
I need to breathe you into my lungs... no matter the emotion shared.
I'd rather inhale the fires of pain and tough love, than to never know your flame.
John the Wizard
Remember after the Trickster arc (A6A5A2), how the story returns to A6A5A1? Caliborn yells at Hussie for going "BACKWARDS BY AN 'ACT'." He thinks the Trickster shenanigans were "erased," to which Hussie responds:
What are you talking about? I didn't erase it. It was still a thing that happened. Do you really think I have the power to make something unhappen?? I would have to be a wizard to do that.
Well, it turns out someone does have that power:
Which means John Egbert is a wizard.
John already has plenty of wizard allusions:
DISREGARD THE UNIMPORTANT MALE GHOST BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
An obvious reference to the Wizard of Oz saying, "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain."
JOHN: let's all go see a big pompous wizard to solve all of our problems.
JOHN: we didn't realize it at the time, but there were still a bunch of problems waiting to happen. [...] JOHN: but don't worry, i'm working to overcome all those problems right now. JOHN: that's why i'm here!
Frigglish bothered his beard, as if unkinking a hitch in a long silk windsock. [...] As a matter of fact, his cadre of fellow wizards were all putting similar moves on their beards as well.
Thanks to John's god tier hood (wind powers help, too), others (mostly Roxy) continually mention windsocks with reference to John.
ROXY: im all ears johnny windsock
Even the Magician's Hat John wears as part of his "Clever Disguise" and the Bunny Sassacre Fedora---one of the first items he alchemizes---are wizardly.
One of the very first snippets of information we learn about John is that he's "an aspiring AMATEUR MAGICIAN." While it appears to mean a magician in the sense of an "entertainer who is skilled in producing illusion by sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.," a magician is also a "person who is skilled in magic" or a "sorcerer"---in other words, a wizard. Couldn't it mean both?
If Heir is indeed the passive counterpart to Witch, both classes who "change, manipulate, and control (with/through) their aspect"---which I like to call the Magician Classes---wouldn't that make the Heir of Breath a magician or wizard, anyway?
John and others continually refer to John and his abilities as "magic":
EB: everyone i know is turning magic, it's ridiculous. EB: including me! i'm magic now.
("Everyone" specifically alluding to Jade and Rose, an actual Witch and a Seer with the inclination toward Witch inversion.)
John calls his retcon abilities "weird retcon magic," and describes it as "some kind of surreal, history altering... reality hopping... magic power.” Roxy calls it “magic ‘fix literally everything' powers.”
Although John aspires to become a SKILLED MAGICIAN and a CUNNING PRANKSTER, he is “neither of these things” for most of the story.
At first, John has no control over his magic powers (first wind, then space-time jumping retcon abilities). However, eventually he learns and masters his powers, becoming a SKILLED MAGICIAN.
JOHN: i've noticed whenever i learn to do new things with my powers, it's usually in response to something. like something important that has to be done.
JOHN: i learned how to turn into wind and swoosh around about a year ago. [...] JOHN: i thought for sure i was a goner, when suddenly i poofed away from his tentacly grasp like houdini's slippery ghost. later i rematerialized to seize the tactical advantage!
JADE: he dispersed every drop throughout existence
JADE: leaving a little mark for anyone who might notice, signifying his final mastery over his confining reality
Thanks to his powers and Terezi's scarf instructions, John becomes a CUNNING PRANKSTER, as well.
JOHN: i am like the ultimate prankster now... nanna would be so proud!
Previously, John was neither a skilled magician nor a cunning prankster. Now he is both.
John, a magician, the wizard with the “power to make something unhappen."
Bonus points for shipping fodder: Roxy LOVES wizards.
John = Wizard. CONFIRMED.
Hi! I was wondering if a Knight of Mind, Heir of Blood, or Seer of Heart would be a better leader?
Well, it would depend.
A Knight of Mind would be good at using façades and choices, exploiting and maximizing the usefulness of thoughts, rationale, and the outer self in order to get things done. If balanced, they could also use their Rogue of Heart inverse to obtain, redistribute, and share souls and inner desires.
An Heir of Blood would be good at influencing and inviting change relating to bonds, pacts, and connections of a group. If balanced, they could also use their Mage of Breath inverse to understand what direction the team should take—their goals and quests—and use that knowledge to act or lead.
A Seer of Heart would be good at understanding the core of each person in the group, such as their strengths, weaknesses, fears, and inner desires. They would then guide the team using that knowledge. If balanced, they could also use their Witch of Mind inverse to change others’ minds—their rationales and decisions—and their outer selves.
I’m inclined to think an Heir of Blood would make one of the best leaders in general, but there are a lot of factors to consider. It’d depend on the individual leading, the group dynamic, the purpose and goal, and what the team actually needed. It’d also depend on how “realized” (and competent) the person is.
Certain classpects are probably naturally better skilled and equipped to lead than others, but each classpect has the potential to be a good leader (or a poor leader), depending on the circumstances.
Doomed vs. Void Timelines
A doomed timeline is associated with time travel. It is an offshoot timeline, branching from the Alpha Timeline. It is destined for failure, for an ill fate. It can never succeed because, by itself, it cannot propagate reality's existence. A doomed timeline invariably ends when someone travels in time to undo its events.
So what happens when someone retcons events? Retconning is different from time travel. It doesn't create a doomed timeline because the timeline is the Alpha, not a branching offshoot. It doesn't create a stable time loop, either, because events are actually changed, as opposed to linked by causality. Doomed timelines and stable time loops are the results of time travel, not retcons. So what is the result of a retcon?
A retcon, instead, creates a void timeline. When the Alpha Timeline is changed, it renders previous Alpha (or canon) events null, void, ineffective, cancelled out.
The Alpha Timeline is the timeline of Light; it is the most important, significant, and relevant timeline, the path that successfully propagates reality and existence itself. Retcons turn the Alpha Timeline's Light to Void, making previously canon events unknown, irrelevant, ineffective, and as though they do not exist.
So, to clarify:
Doomed timeline = Offshoot timeline events undone via time travel.
Void timeline = Alpha timeline events undone via retcon.
Aspect Keywords
The 12 Aspects all mean significantly more than their literal meanings. Supposedly, collectively, they encompass all of reality.
Here are some keywords that can be used as substitutions for the actual Aspect names. Not only are they useful for understanding the Aspects themselves, but they're also useful for classpecting purposes, for understanding the meaning of a Hero Title.
When paired with my Classes Chart, these Aspect keywords provide broad, basic, simplified information on what a particular role might do.
Existence
Space physicality, creation, (trans)formation, matter, beginnings, (re)birth, concreteness
Time timing, destruction, endings, inevitability, death, abstractness, meta
Knowledge
Light information, importance, relevance, fortune, luck, agency, visibility, clarity
Void nothingness, lack, irrelevance, submission, misfortune, unknown, obfuscation, invisibility, mystery, secrets, shadow
Perception
Hope belief, possibility, options, wish, realness, imagination, ideas, conception, sexuality
Rage fear, anger, lack of options, fakeness
Psyche
Heart soul, inner self, emotion, desire, love, will, motivation, passion
Mind thought, reason, logic, decision, choice, façade, outer self
Drive
Breath wind, (mis/re)direction, freedom, escape, quest, detachment, disconnection, distance, flight
Blood bonds, relationships, pacts, responsibility, duty, loyalty, unity, attachment, connection, groundedness
Energy
Life life force, energy, growth, power, persistence, wealth, boldness, enthusiasm, efficacy
Doom sacrifice, rules, limits, boundaries, decay, restraint, consequences, punishment
Edit 2/21/15: Added keywords to Space, Time, Hope, Breath, and Blood. Changed "self" to "inner self" for Heart (for clarification).
Ocean Breath 🌊🌴
Love is free,
a vast, spacious ocean
- free of addiction,
real and in motion
A cleansing dive,
without fear
of drowning
Love is a gift
from within
- safe and calm
A coastal view,
bathed in sunshine
- soothing and warm
H i k i n g
We are surrounded by a lot of beauty, it is enough to open the eyes of the heart to see it. However, everything has an end and ends in the same place, like the leaves detached from the stem that made them green, they take their last breath, trying to stay alive, but invariably die...
M.
My classpects (all aspects)
I was tired of redoing the search everytime my Extended Zodiac results or just my own conclusion changed. So I did it for all the aspects to get that part out of the way.
Witch of Doom Mage of Void Seer of Light (Same as Rose) Prince of Time Seer of Breath Knight of Rage Heir of Mind Thief of Hope Seer of Blood (Same as Kankri) Page of Life Thief of Space Sylph of Heart
So I took the test again and got Arun
My true zodiac sign
I just had an epiphany on the Breath aspect, and how intricately it connects to the concept of ghosts/the afterlife
Finally did a drawing with my tablet that I'm so proud of, it took me forever, but I want to make more stuff like this. I call it "breath" because I literally had to tell myself breath, take your time, you can do it. "breath" by Alouy Martinez
H i k i n g
