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The ultimate religious goals are to release ourselves from worldly desires and limitations, Yet the idea of our spirits achieving the union between soul and the Absolute has became less focused on given the state of our world from Covid, Wars, Humanities Hatred towards ourselves …
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By Thomas Porter Let’s Remove I’s, Me’s, & They’s, And Communicate What would happen if you attempted a connection in communication without the uses of I or Me or even They? We couldn’t be selfish in our listening nor complaints while seeking only the acknowledgments …
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Here’s more work by Thomas Porter. First the short piece, the longer writing is below 🙂 Acknowledgments! May I live conscious of my debt to all the people who make my life worthy of living each day without the burdens of doubts of my love, …
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I just received the following from Thomas, my prison pen pal and friend; and this text just broke my heart. What he’s going through is mental abuse. I was shocked to read it … How is it possible that untrained and abusive personnel is in …
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Depression is, unfortunately, still not taken seriously enough, in the free world or in the world behind bars. Inmates suffering from depression, however, have none to limited options to deal with it – if they decide to handle it at all. Without the adequate professional …
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Is it OK to be vulnerable, show our scars, and reveal the hurt child within? Thomas Porter shares his thoughts in a raw and heartfelt way, as only he can do. Being exposed to a world of vindictiveness, prejudice, and a lack of knowledge of …
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Here comes another piece of writing by Thomas Porter. For this one, How to Navigate Oppressive Environments, I need to give some explanation beforehand. Given that he describes the dire circumstances that form his daily reality, now there is another obstacle that is now thrown …
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Thomas just sent me two more poems, a short one and a longer one, and I decided to put them together in one post. Both are deep, and the second one tends to be a bit dark, but with a positive message. When you google …
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Today, Thomas sent me more of his work. It’s a little different from what he usually sends me but it’s still profound. When you type Thomas Porter Virginia in your Google Search you may find a lot of info about his case from 14-15 years …
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To describe racism in the American prison system, why not get it straight from the horse’s mouth? If you’ve read my previous posts where I shared poems and some short written pieces by my prison pen pal Thomas Porter, you will have noticed his raw, …
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