charisma and meaning as rapid expansions

Charisma is geometric phenomenon, generated via a rapid spatiotemporal expansion of the self within the physical space.

Next time you enter that Japanese restaurant enter the place as if you own it and eat that edamame like you have been eating it for the last one hundred years.

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Meaning is a topological phenomenon, generated via a rapid spatiotemporal expansion of the self within the social graph.

The crusader's life gains purpose by suborning his heart and soul to a cause greater than himself; the traditionalist finds the transcendent by linking her life to traditions whose reach extend far past herself.

Tanner Greer - Questing for Transcendence