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Nissa Tolton
Nissa Tolton

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    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
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  • About
  • Blog
    • Dreaming
    • LGBTQ
    • Philosophy
    • Political
  • Books
    • Salt Island DiariesShunned by Victorian society at every turn, these women build a society of their own
    • Good-Bye HarajukuLove, speed, capitalism, and post-truth
    • Principle of FlocksHistorical romance, time-travel, and the metaverse
    • Titcomb’s LettersVery particular advice to young people, from 1858 onward.
  • Short Fiction
    • Audiobooks
    • Scripts
    • Humor
    • Poetry

Author: Nissa Tolton

The War on Zen
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The War on Zen

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 14 July 202514 July 2025

If zen is the enemy, what are we fighting for?

Dreams are Life Experiences
  • Dreaming

Dreams are Life Experiences

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 3 July 20258 July 2025

Your dreaming experiences are experiences. Because are self-modifying, they are to be taken more seriously than your waking experiences.

Only the Cutting
  • Historical
  • Philosophy

Only the Cutting

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20253 July 2025

This quote from Myamoto Musashi has always struck me as a book contained in a single sentence.

Making Decisions
  • Philosophy

Making Decisions

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 28 June 20259 July 2025

Making decisions is easy. Building the scaffolding for decision-making is hard.

Heaven is pleasure, and nothing but
  • Dreaming

Heaven is pleasure, and nothing but

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 27 June 202513 July 2025

It is possible for people like me to stumble into a heaven. But it is hard for them to stay.

Hay Fever
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Hay Fever

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 25 June 202525 June 2025

Beat hay fever with immunonutrition

Time-loops
  • Philosophy

Time-loops

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 5 June 202528 June 2025

Have you ever considered the possibility that you could be in a time loop?

The Mode of Child Awareness
  • Dreaming

The Mode of Child Awareness

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 29 May 202510 July 2025

In the dreaming world, the decisions you make are less important than the perspective you take.

Invasion of the Waking World
  • Dreaming

Invasion of the Waking World

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 27 May 202511 June 2025

I dreamt the waking world had been invaded by aliens who could be seen only in dreams. Somehow, it made the dream world seem more real.

Involuntary Buddhist
  • Philosophy

Involuntary Buddhist

  • Nissa Tolton
  • 11 March 202527 May 2025

The limitations of time and space cultivates Buddhism, even in non-believers.

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