User:Skyerise

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This user has been on Wikipedia for 17 years, 10 months and 29 days.

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This user has created over 150 articles on Wikipedia.

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Hi, my name is Skyerise. My interests are quite varied, and include Buddhism, Gnosticism, Nondualism, and parts of Western esotericism. Oh, and maths, though I'm not very good at.

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The wireless telegraph is not difficult to understand. The ordinary telegraph is like a very long cat. You pull the tail in New York, and it meows in Los Angeles. The wireless is the same, only without the cat.

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— Albert Einstein

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In the province of the mind what one believes to be true, either is true or becomes true within certain limits. These limits are to be found experimentally and experientially. When so found these limits turn out to be further beliefs to be transcended. In the province of the mind there are no limits.

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— John C. Lilly

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The echoes of the bicameral mind linger in our consciousness, a faint whisper from an ancient inner voice that once guided our ancestors, now woven into the fabric of our self-awareness, driving the dialogue between our rational thoughts and primal instincts.

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— Solomon West

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When I am working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only of how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.

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— Buckminster Fuller

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Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

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— Buckminster Fuller

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The knower of the mystery of sound knows the mystery of the whole universe.

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— Hazrat Inayat Khan

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Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.

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— Matsuo Bashō

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Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens.

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— Friedrich Schiller

Articles I've started or improved

Good articles

Last Exit on Brooklyn - original Seattle espresso culture

Astrology

Heliocentric astrology

Biography

Books about consciousness

Buddhism

Deities

Fivefold Mahamudra (Outline of Fivefold Mahamudra)

Three Jewels and Three Roots
- Esoteric transmission
Deity yoga
Guru yoga
- Tsok
Six Dharmas of Naropa
- Tummo
- Luminous mind
- Dream yoga
- Illusory body
- Phowa
- Bardo yoga
Dedication of merit
- Chöd
- Sky burial

Implements

Melong
Phurba

Teachers

Teachings

Gongchig

Temples

Terms

Tukdam
Tulku

Education

Classical education in the Western world

Magick

Qabalah

History of Jewish mysticism
Kabbalah
Keter
Chokmah
Binah (Kabbalah)
Chesed (Kabbalah) – split from Chesed and expanded

Religion

Science

Levantine Iron Age Anomaly

Science fiction

1968 in science fiction

Potential

Photographs

I also contribute photographs I've taken to WikiMedia Commons. You can view them at my photos subpage.

Barnstars

		The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
		For your constant efforts to resolve the disputes at Talk:Ubuntu. You deserve it. Cheers. PopMusicBuff ^talk 03:17, 5 August 2009 (UTC)

		The Socratic Barnstar
		For your calm, logical, and utterly sensible statements at WP:AN/I Jayjg ^(talk) 00:08, 7 June 2010 (UTC)

		What a Brilliant Idea Barnstar
		Thanks for offering such an elegant solution to the debate on Talk:Ubuntu (operating system). Walter Görlitz (talk) 20:58, 19 October 2010 (UTC)

		The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
		For bringing some NPOV sanity into a crazy left-right food fight! CarolMooreDC (talk) 02:39, 8 March 2011 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	For converting my bunch of amazon.com book URLs to ISBN / text view during the work on the article marked AfD. That's pure altruism and and excellent example of a team work. Thank you for your efforts! APS (Full Auto) (talk) 23:35, 17 December 2011 (UTC)

	The Teamwork Barnstar
	Great work on Georges Yatridès Thanks Theroadislong (talk) 20:24, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank you for your assistance.. Simbagraphix (talk) 12:20, 4 April 2015 (UTC)

	The Defender of the Wiki Barnstar
	Veni, vidi, vici 7&6=thirteen (☎) 11:07, 6 June 2015 (UTC)

Hatch Green Chiles	Some green chile for you!
	Hi Skyerise, thanks for helping out with the Olivia Romo article. Netherzone (talk) 12:23, 16 July 2021 (UTC)

	The Tireless Contributor Barnstar
	Awarding Barnstars to old hands may not be cool, but I appreciate your efforts, and admire your resilience. Joshua Jonathan - Let's talk! 07:28, 7 April 2024 (UTC)

	The Editor's Barnstar
	For taking a Wikipedians path in using your gifts, skills, talents and time to assist others in their illumination, knowledge, Divine delight and consciousness, and other enjoyments of the real. Randy Kryn (talk) 15:05, 9 April 2024 (UTC)

		The Original Barnstar
		For your contributions on Discordianism, taking a worn-out page and giving it the TLC it deserved. I'm not a Discordian myself, but I'm sure Eris is smiling upon you. 𝔏𝔲𝔫𝔞𝔪𝔞𝔫𝔫🌙🌙🌙 𝔗𝔥𝔢 𝔐𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔬𝔫𝔦𝔢𝔰𝔱 (talk) 12:56, 16 April 2024 (UTC)

	The Original Barnstar
	Thank YOU for your excellent contributions! e11e99 (talk) 10:17, 10 May 2024 (UTC)

Did you know?

On 21 August 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Joseph Henry Sharp, which you created or substantially expanded. You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check ) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 13 December 2010, Did you know? was updated with a fact from the article Last Exit on Brooklyn, which you created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Seattle's historic counterculture coffeehouse, the Last Exit on Brooklyn, was a noted chess venue frequented by grandmasters Peter Biyiasas and Yasser Seirawan? You are welcome to check how many hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, quick check) and add it to DYKSTATS if it got over 5,000. If you know of another interesting fact from a recently created article, then please suggest it on the Did you know? talk page.

On 5 March 2015, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Abbey Brewing Company, which you recently created or substantially expanded. The fact was ... that Abbey Brewing Company, founded in 2005 in Abiquiu, New Mexico, is the first American monastery brewery founded since before Prohibition? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Abbey Brewing Company. You are welcome to check how many page hits the article got while on the front page (here's how, live views, daily totals), and it may be added to the statistics page if the total is over 5,000. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

On 27 August 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Liber OZ, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Aleister Crowley's 1941 manifesto controversially asserts a human right to commit tyrannicide? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Liber OZ. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Liber OZ), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page.

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