Author: an absurd monk

… all voices sound different in solitude!

no personal view

What are your thoughts about cryptocurrency?

I have a weird relationship with money. So I am stuck with the basics.

I have nothing to say, no thoughts at all, about cryptocurrency. It is not a part of my life or my worldview. What I have read it sounds interesting. TV shows seem interested in it. The news mention it. But, again, I have no personal view.

It does show the non-existence of money – an abstraction that rules. But that is for another day!

Jesus alone

If you had to sum up your life philosophy in one sentence, what would it be?

I assume this is not a categorical discussion of academic philosophy but rather a personal worldview!?

As an aside, I tend towards nihilism. I have an internal monologues on the distinction between nihilism and absurdism. Also the connection between asceticism and nihilism. So there is an “academic philosophical school” I connect with but I do not follow any one system of thought completely and exclusively. In fact, I am “anti-system”.

So I am breaking the rules (prompt) and giving two:

First,

Jesus only

Two,

Freedom is the will to be responsible for ourselves.

English Missal

What’s one thing you own that holds deep sentimental value?

I have many! So I will pick one.

I have a Knox English Missal (1958) that I used when I was a priest. (Ok, when I functioned as a priest.) It was given by a friend and I used it everyday. It may stand on the shelf now but it holds deep emotional value. Also I have a set of altar cards. The missal and the cards are used together, in case you did not know. These are very special to me also.