Dear friends with #trauma,
Ah ha! Loads of #information on #YouTube (maybe #peertube too?)
on how we #cope ...
https://joinpeertube.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX6W5OfN7iY
Dear Friends of slight pain,
Latest #podcast of using slight #discomfort to #focus the #mind back into #attentive #awareness
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/ascetic-attention
The speaker discusses #ascetic #practice, which involves deprivation or slight pain. They describe two methods: one involves sharpening fingernails and pressing them into the hand as a #reminder, and the other involves squeezing a #mala bead or coin to bring attention back to the present moment. These methods aim to bring #awareness and relaxation. The speaker also mentions using a #meditation #bell as a reminder. These practices are simple but #effective in #refocusing attention.
“We are members of one great body, planted by nature. We must consider that we were born for the good of the whole”
By Lucius Annaeus Seneca
From: The Stoic
#philosophy #Stoicism #DailyAffirmation
In a local Tooting #curry house (sadly burned down), the old woman in a #sari who cleaned the floor was a man with a moustache. She/He/They regularly flicked their head scarf over their face and was generally unnoticed. I noticed them and when I asked the staff, who were very friendly, they were a bit embarrassed. I traced the sari wearing uncle to an extreme form of #Bhakti #devotion, which is different to the #Hijra.
Anyone know about this?
I remember staring right at them when the very masculine face was exposed, they shrank into a void of awareness (best way I can describe it)
I get a lot of people calling out my #Bitcoin skepticism (as in: Bitcoin is a worthless piece of hot garbage trying to kill our planet) because number is again going up. This time it's real, now that the scamers have been caught and all.
But if you want to know why Bitcoin goes up you just need to look at one curve: Tether has printed 4 billion USD from thin air in the last week.
While it's great to see the crypto scam artists SBF and CZ been caught and punished (sadly without making their victims whole) the actual rock that whole scam economy is built on is Tether. Has been Tether for years.
And I really don't get why US regulators let some weird company print fake USD.
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I detested the nasty anti-labour/Jacinda stuff on social media, was appalled at the nastiness, dishonesty of some of it
I am just as appalled to see some of those who complained about it are now being just as awful about our new gov and individual ministers. Nasty, sexist attacks on people’s looks rather than policies, lies about motivations - these are bad for democracy no matter which party you back
Politics is made worse when we make it adversarial sport. Let’s not become more like the USA
Dear attentive Friends,
As we may #know. Many of us are half #awake, with the other half not working or contrary to #expectation/need. There is a #solution - finding how many half's in a #Whole? Too much literalism, programmers and integer thinking and ... zzznoozzzing along ...?
https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/personal/buddhist-practice/attention.html
"A radical theory that consistently unifies gravity and quantum mechanics while preserving Einstein’s classical concept of spacetime is announced today in two papers published simultaneously by UCL physicists." https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/dec/new-theory-seeks-unite-einsteins-gravity-quantum-mechanics #Academic #Science #Research #STEM #Physics #QuantumPhysics @physics @science
Dear friends of #humour,
I loves a good #joke. Or even #silly or bad dad jokes. #Puns are fun and seem popular in America. My humour can be very dark. For example, when I heard about 'roasting' in America', I thought it was about barbecuing surplus humans Solent Green style. No more food shortages?
Any jokes?
Votre café bio du lundi est servi sur la table en bois du Framablog avec l'espresso de @Khrys
https://framablog.org/2023/12/04/khryspresso-du-lundi-4-decembre-2023/
photo pxhere.com, licence CC0
Dear Friends of the Unhappy,
I have just uploaded a five minute podcast, on dealing with #overwhelming #sadness. If someone is #depressed about #misfortune, that is #understandable. Hopefully they will overcome and pass into a happier situation ...
https://audio.com/lobster/audio/sadness
The speaker discusses the topic of #melancholy, depression, and #sadness and whether meditation can help. They mention that while meditation can be #beneficial, it may not be enough on its own. #Chanting and #physical #activities like #yoga and #exercise are suggested as #alternative #techniques to address sadness and unhappiness. The speaker emphasizes the importance of #finding what #works best for each #individual and #suggests starting with #preliminary #exercises before diving into #meditation.
“In sum, there is no denying that women’s path to leadership positions is paved with many barriers including a very thick glass ceiling. But a much bigger problem is the lack of career obstacles for incompetent men [..] The result is a pathological system that rewards men for their incompetence while punishing women for their competence, to everybody’s detriment.”
https://hbr.org/2013/08/why-do-so-many-incompetent-men
#Heretical #Buddhist, a wer-lobster living in #London. Main practice at the #moment is finding a working mind …
Glad to be here or anywhere …
#Truth #Integrity #Kindness #Understanding #Wisdom #Calming #Environment #Nature #Trees #Solutions #Urban #Change #Witches #Contemplation
#FLOSS #Linux #Peace #Zen #Humor #Freedom
#Yogini #Daka #Dakini #Metta #Voluntary #Simplicity #CombatTaiChi #Being #Well #TrueNature #NewBuddhist #AugmentedReality #NeoAlchemy
#Mind #Body
cructacean on Jami
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