Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
2 min readOct 20, 2023

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Very creative piece, Mehmet. I suspect this particular Ted is an amalgam you created to deliver your message to all the writers that come to Medium or other platforms looking to make fast money, and then become disenchanted when they don't, and never stop to smell the roses of the intangible benefits of writing on Medium, to wit: making friends, helping readers, using writing as self-care and therapy, and trusting that despite stats our words will reach and help a reader who may remain invisible, etc.. I wrote a story a couple of years ago about all this, “You are Leading a Worthwhile Life and It is an Honor to Know You :)” https://medium.com/illumination/you-are-leading-a-worthwhile-life-and-it-is-an-honor-to-know-you-5cfa60af0263 , and I'll close with this comment I received a few days ago in My Journey Toward Understanding the Cycles of Life, Death, and Between Life https://medium.com/the-taoist-online/my-journey-toward-understanding-the-cycles-of-life-death-and-between-life-cc64f6d3b42b:

"This is very wise and beautiful, Marcus. It's an epic story.

I think what I like most about your revelations is that they are non-judgmental about anyone else's divergent beliefs. They rest in the certainty of your own experience, and you calmly offer that experience as a means to help others, if they are so attuned.

While it would be nice if other people could be as non-judgmental about your own perceptions, your enlightened viewpoint allows you to understand their ignorance and to forgive their shortcomings in comprehension.

That should be proof enough that what you have gone through is real!

In my perception, you are providing a brave humanitarian service by telling your story, admitting your weaknesses and pain, and then proclaiming the deep and abiding truth which your agony has revealed to you.

You have gone through the Dark Night of the Soul and come out into the Sunlight at the other end.

Rama and your other guides should be nodding their heads in approval."

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Marcus aka Gregory Maidman
Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Written by Marcus aka Gregory Maidman

Living 17,043rd human life. I am Marcus (universal name) or you may call me Greg; a deep thinker; an explorer of ideas and the mind.

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