Bodhi Serotonin

After 23 months from triple bypass surgery & relearning to walk/skate, 16 months cane 🦯 free, 11 months running, 7 months back in gym… Between knowing how to heal myself and my herbal pharmacy….I’d say I’m ahead of schedule (surpassing what was even possible/projected) possibly ahead of my previous self. I can skate handrails, tbh that’s all I need but ima get wayyyyyyyyy more. #SkateOrDie #Recovery #HealthAndFitness #herbalmedicine #Skateboarding #Surgery #Fitness #BounceBack #Strong #DemonTime #HealthIsWealth #Healing #infraredsauna #acupucture #supplimentation #Biohacker #PhysicalTherapy #Warrior #Therapy #PlyoMetrics #KeepShowingUp #bipasssurgery

#RIP @dankd_out love you homie. Set a lil #HippieJump #Worldrecord for ya 62.5 inches. Tried to jump to heaven to say goodbye. I’ll miss you, and more importantly ima live for you. 📸 @treylhill #thankyou to everyone that came out. @ruckusofficial @cardinalskateshop #LifeIsShort get things done #LifeComesAtYouFast #guinessworldrecord

Amazing to have been a part of @midgebones vision with #KindredSpirits skateboard film and the premier at @narocinema Even though I drove straight from the emergency room in Richmond Friday night to Norfolk to get there on time, had a great weekend I won’t forget. #ThankYouSkateboarding @ruckusofficial @randomobjectgallery @gogreenfarms757 @playboy_cammy @pforpitstop

Hanlon’s Razor. Do not credit to malice or evil what can be credited to ignorance and stupidity. A useful heuristic — but it has a shadow side. It corrects for paranoia and the fundamental attribution error. Most harm is banal. Most failure is incompetence compounding itself. Assuming malice where negligence suffices is cognitively expensive and relationally corrosive. But the razor cuts too deep if applied without limit. Two complications: Structural intent. Systems can be designed to produce outcomes that benefit designers, without any individual actor being “evil.” The ignorance is selective — cultivated, convenient, institutionalized. At scale, the distinction between malice and willful ignorance collapses. Predictable stupidity is functionally indistinguishable from malice. If someone has been told, repeatedly, that their negligence causes harm — and continues — the label matters less than the pattern. Hanlon’s Razor shouldn’t become a perpetual alibi. The razor is a first-pass filter, not a final verdict. It’s most useful as a check on your own affect — don’t let the narrative of malice run ahead of the evidence. But it’s least useful as a policy for extending indefinite charity to actors whose “ignorance” conveniently recurs in self-serving directions. The harder formulation: don’t attribute to malice what can be credited to ignorance — but track the ignorance.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

🎂 Turned 35 years young February 11th. #Induction—reasoning from specific observations to general principles—has historically been positioned as an antidote to dogmatic thinking. The empiricist tradition, particularly from Bacon through Hume to modern scientific methodology, emphasizes that knowledge should be built up from observed evidence rather than derived from supposedly self-evident first principles or received authority. The critique works like this: dogmatic systems claim certainty based on deductive reasoning from axioms or revealed truths, while inductive reasoning remains permanently open to revision based on new evidence. Where dogma says “this must be true because it follows from our foundational principles,” induction says “this appears to be true based on what we’ve observed so far, but we remain open to counterevidence.” Hume’s Double-Edged Sword Interestingly, David Hume used induction both to critique dogmatism and to reveal the limits of human knowledge itself. His problem of induction—that we cannot rationally justify inferring the future from the past—showed that even empirical science rests on assumptions we cannot prove. This doesn’t restore dogma to legitimacy, but it does humble both dogmatists and empiricists, showing that all human knowledge involves some leap beyond what strict logic can justify. Popper’s Falsificationism Karl Popper took this further, arguing that induction doesn’t actually work as traditionally conceived. Instead, he proposed that science progresses through conjecture and refutation—we propose bold theories and then try to falsify them. For Popper, the key distinction between science and dogma isn’t that science uses induction, but that scientific claims are falsifiable while dogmatic ones are protected from any possible refutation. Practical Tensions In practice, the relationship between induction and dogma is complex. Scientific communities can become dogmatic about inductively-derived theories. Conversely, some ostensibly dogmatic systems (certain theological traditions, for instance) have sophisticated internal methods of revision and reinterpretation that resemble inductive refinement.

I’m 155 lbs “We don’t rise to the level of our expectations, we fall to the level of our #training.” It’s widely attributed to the ancient Greek poet Archilochus, and later adapted by James Clear as “You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.” In any pressure situation—negotiation, performance, conflict, crisis—you tend not to display your best, ideal behavior but whatever you have grooved through repetition. The quote is a reminder that: • Motivation and “standards” matter less than what you’ve actually rehearsed. • Under stress you default to automatic habits, not aspirational self-images. • The floor you’ve built through training, systems, and checklists is what shows up. • “We do not rise to our best intentions; we fall to the reliability of our training.” • “We do not rise to our highest practice; we fall to the consistency of our training.” • “We do not rise to our ideals; we fall to the level of our habits.” #SuperBowlSunday #SundayFunday sports is the replication of war, tribal competition you must be ready at all times for. Are you really a fan? 🪭 rather to be a warrior in a garden than a gardener at war. @ketone @1stphorm

There’s something to the idea that pain strips away pretense - when we hurt, we become honest in ways we might not otherwise allow ourselves to be. We’re forced into a kind of raw authenticity, a pleading openness that could indeed be prayer-like. How serious you take your life and the things within your life will show in direct correlation in how your life is lived as well as how you show up to live that life. Your priorities will become you and you will become those priorities. Similar to you are what you eat, but on a deeper level, consumption as a whole will be the ingredients of yourself. Your ethic must include proper preparation. Every shot you shoot, requires the intent to score. If lack of preparation becomes your ethic, you have prepared to fail in everything. It’s not about being perfect, but the pursuit to do as absolutely as well as you can in word, thought and deed. Non-negotiable Maintenance. What is essential to you but you’re under investing in? What is unessential to you that you’re over investing in? Where can you make most effortless trade offs? Identifying and Overcoming the problems and challenges that are specific to our individual lives that create the building blocks that are required for use to fully become and unlock ourselves as if predetermined for us outside of space and time. Psychologically Benefit. Disciplined pursuit of meaning. You can bake meaning and purpose into everyday simply by defining what the most important or the essential items are. Life isn’t linear. More assertion up front. Less passive disappointment

#ColdMoon 🧊🌑🧊 I haven’t skated since I dove off the stairs in the second slide. Instead put about 2,500 miles on a rental, visited all my loved ones entering holiday steezon and preparing to start new work, new crib, and new season with emphasis on only things that renew my mind, body and soul. #ShakaZulu #TeaTime #EatGood #LiveGood #LookGood #FeelGood The December 2025 full Moon (the “Cold Moon”) is classified as a supermoon everywhere on Earth, including where you live. This Cold Moon will appear roughly 8–15% larger and brighter than a typical full Moon, though the difference is subtle and most noticeable if you compare it with photos of a distant “micromoon.”It will look “super” for a couple of nights; for North America, the Moon will be at its official full phase around the evening of Thursday, December 4, and will still look essentially full and super-bright on both December 4 and 5.

#LaborOfLove #FlowState #ThankYouSkateboarding A labor of love is work undertaken primarily for personal fulfillment, passion, or deep emotional investment rather than for financial reward, recognition, or external obligation. It’s a profound concept that captures the intersection of effort and devotion, where the act itself becomes meaningful beyond any tangible outcome. The Essential Characteristics At its core, a labor of love involves intrinsic motivation—you do it because something internal compels you, not because you’re being paid or pressured. The work often demands significant time, energy, and sacrifice, yet you persist willingly because it resonates with your values, interests, or sense of purpose. There’s often an element of dedication that goes beyond what would be considered rational or practical. The effort is typically voluntary and self-directed. While you might face external deadlines or collaborate with others, the fundamental choice to engage comes from within. You might work late into the night on a project, skip social events, or invest your savings—not because anyone demands it, but because you can’t imagine not doing it. The Emotional Dimension What distinguishes a labor of love from mere hobby or obligation is the emotional investment. There’s often a profound connection to the work—it might honor someone’s memory, preserve something you believe is important, help people you care about, or express something essential about who you are. This emotional stake means setbacks feel personal, but successes bring deep satisfaction that money can’t purchase. The process itself carries meaning. While you might hope for a positive outcome, much of the reward comes from the journey—the problem-solving, the gradual improvement, the moments of discovery or creation. You might lose track of time while engaged, entering what psychologists call a “flow state.”

#ShiftingMyParadigm The process by which a new paradigm becomes established truth follows distinct stages, most clearly described by Thomas Kuhn’s theory of scientific revolutions. The three core stages often cited are: Pre-Paradigm (Pre-Science) Stage: There is no agreed-upon framework or theory. Competing schools of thought exist, each with their own explanations and methods. The field lacks consensus, and debates over fundamentals are common. Normal Science Stage: A dominant paradigm emerges, setting the standards for research and explanation within the field. Most scientists work within this framework, focusing on solving “puzzles” according to its guidelines. Occasional anomalies (problems the paradigm cannot explain) appear, but are usually set aside or viewed as puzzles to be resolved in time. Crisis and Shift (Revolution) Stage: When anomalies build up and the dominant paradigm cannot resolve them, confidence in the existing framework erodes. This leads to a crisis, during which alternative paradigms are proposed. If a new paradigm better explains the data, a paradigm shift or scientific revolution replaces the old framework with the new one. The new paradigm eventually becomes the accepted “truth” within the scientific community, and normal science resumes based on its standards. Kuhn and related commentators often break this process into more stages (such as crisis, revolution, and post-revolution), but the three stages above capture the critical transitions involved in a new paradigm becoming established truth. Key points: 1. Paradigm shifts are often resisted by those committed to the old model. 2. The process is not just logical but involves sociological and psychological factors as the community accepts the new paradigm. 3. After the shift, the new paradigm is institutionalized as the normal standard for research and explanation.

First time boxing. @_mskittykat hit way harder than me. 🥊 thanks @eightrva for quick session. The difference between pacifism born of incapacity versus pacifism as a conscious choice from a position of strength. Your argument echoes the concept found in various traditions: that genuine peace requires the option of force. A person who simply cannot fight isn’t choosing non-violence - they’re constrained by circumstance. The samurai ideal of “winning without fighting,” or Gandhi’s approach (he was quite clear that non-violence required courage, not weakness), reflects this understanding. There’s real wisdom in recognizing that true restraint comes from having alternatives. When someone possesses the capability for decisive action but chooses measured response, that demonstrates actual discernment and moral agency. It’s the difference between a lamb and a lion - the lamb’s gentleness isn’t particularly meaningful since it couldn’t be otherwise. However, I’d offer one refinement: capability doesn’t necessarily require personal physical prowess. It might mean having access to legal recourse, community support, or other forms of legitimate defense. The key insight remains - peaceful behavior means more when it’s genuinely chosen rather than imposed by helplessness. This perspective also suggests that developing one’s capabilities (whether physical, intellectual, social, or economic) isn’t contrary to peaceful intentions, but rather enables more meaningful peaceful choices. “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

First camera 🎥 footy in over 3 years since surgery. Still in pain, but it’s no longer disorienting… #FOCUSED 🙏🏾 @brzkrsk8brdsrfnkyroo1time @thepeecircles @sandprinter @waterfallwizard for giving me a clip in each of your videos. The premier was epic as expected. #Pain #Drillz The Tibetan Book of the Dead—known in Tibetan as the Bardo Thodol—describes states of consciousness during life and death, especially the transitional moments (bardos) when pain or confusion may arise so intensely that one can feel lost, disoriented, or even unsure of their own identity. This phenomenon is not limited to literal dying but can be experienced during major transitions in life, times of overwhelming suffering, or moments when familiar forms and anchors dissolve. According to Tibetan wisdom, such disorienting pain or emptiness occurs when the constructs that give us a sense of self fall away—whether through death, loss, or intense change. In these bardos, the experience can be so profound that you “don’t even know who you are.” The key teaching is that this emptiness, while fearful or painful at first, is actually a gateway: if we can recognize the pure awareness hidden beneath confusion and pain, we touch our true essence. The Tibetan Book of the Dead guides readers and practitioners to face and accept this sense of emptiness rather than resist or escape it. By embracing the unknown and the discomfort, peace and clarity may arise from the very emptiness that was once frightening. As Sogyal Rinpoche writes in The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying: “Perhaps the deepest reason why we are afraid of death is because we do not know who we are. We believe in a personal, unique, and separate identity.” In summary, the moments when pain is so strong that you lose your sense of self are akin to the bardos described in Tibetan teachings. These are powerful opportunities for transformation—if met with awareness, surrender, and recognition of the underlying pure consciousness, the experience can shift from fear and confusion to insight and liberation.