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  1. Accept the wider view of everything and its opposite. In β˜―️ Daoism. Added 01-02-2023.
  2. An open hand, not a closed fist. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness. Added 01-02-2023.
  3. Having the attention of a crowd versus being in a crowd In . Added 01-02-2023.
  4. "If only" mind sets us up to be miserable now. In πŸ™† Acceptance, ☸️ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 01-02-2023.
  5. Navigating life is about proportion and balance. In β˜―️ Daoism. Added 01-02-2023.
  6. Our habituation to our scales of time and space make them seem objectively real. In πŸ‘€ Human. Added 01-02-2023.
  7. The cramp of self-consciousness is the opposite of nondual feeling. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, 🌘 Nondual, πŸ™‹ Self, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 01-02-2023.
  8. Our To-do lists are post-modern rosaries, keeping a larger, avalanching, reality away. In πŸ‘€ Human. Added 08-02-2023.
  9. Break the illusion of separateness of anything you can notice. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, 🌘 Nondual, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 09-02-2023.
  10. Focus on the space, not the objects in the space. In πŸŒ˜ Nondual, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 10-02-2023.
  11. Knowing, not the knower and the known. In πŸŒ˜ Nondual, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 10-02-2023.
  12. Recognise what's already there, not acquire something that's missing. In πŸŒ˜ Nondual, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 10-02-2023.
  13. You can't become happy, you can only be happy. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness. Added 20-02-2023.
  14. In this moment, is there really a problem? In πŸ™† Acceptance, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 21-02-2023.
  15. It's right on the surface. Like a window as mirror instead of a window. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 21-02-2023.
  16. Judging yourself doesn't work. Check! In πŸ™† Acceptance. Added 21-02-2023.
  17. Seen in the first instant, or not at all. Before concepts, not beyond them. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 21-02-2023.
  18. What's there when there's no problem to solve? In πŸ“ Experience, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 21-02-2023.
  19. Worry postponement: set aside a time and place to worry instead of worrying right now In πŸ‘€ Human, πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 21-02-2023.
  20. All things change and flow, continuously becoming their opposite. In β˜―️ Daoism, 🌊 Motion, 🌘 Nondual, ↔️ Opposites. Added 22-02-2023.
  21. Bear the truth, work with it, despite your fears. In πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 22-02-2023.
  22. Everything, every thing, causes some problems. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 22-02-2023.
  23. How far away from the object are your thoughts about the object? In πŸ“ Experience, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 22-02-2023.
  24. Live a good enough ordinary life. In πŸ™† Acceptance. Added 22-02-2023.
  25. Not quite feeling yourself is the normal human condition. In πŸ™† Acceptance, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 22-02-2023.
  26. See difficulties as doorways to understanding. In πŸ’ͺ Resilience, πŸ›οΈ Stoicism. Added 22-02-2023.
  27. The harmony past knowing or saying (re)sounds more deeply. In β˜―️ Daoism, πŸ“ Experience. Added 22-02-2023.
  28. The more we're willing to feel uncomfortable, the easier it gets. In πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 22-02-2023.
  29. We need perspective: we exaggerate what's close to us. In πŸ‘€ Human, 🐌 Slowness. Added 22-02-2023.
  30. We tend to assume that we can only be happy if things go the way we want. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ‘€ Human, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 22-02-2023.
  31. Leave space for things to untangle themselves. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, πŸ’ͺ Resilience, 🐌 Slowness. Added 24-02-2023.
  32. Pay attention, no matter what. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 24-02-2023.
  33. Practice reduces the lag time, lets us catch it more quickly. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness. Added 24-02-2023.
  34. Sometimes we need to turn towards positivity to combat our inherent negativity bias. In πŸ‘€ Human, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 24-02-2023.
  35. Constantly "scratching the itch" conditions the mind to keep looking for more stimulation. In πŸ‘€ Human, 🧘 Mindfulness, 🐌 Slowness. Added 25-02-2023.
  36. Modern society has: little space for conflict, difference, negativity; more pressure to conform, be the same, be positive. In πŸ‘€ Human. Added 25-02-2023.
  37. Modern society is in permanent anaethesia. In πŸ‘€ Human, πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 25-02-2023.
  38. Pain initiates and carries narrative. In πŸ“ Experience, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 25-02-2023.
  39. Refrain, not repress. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 25-02-2023.
  40. The intensity of the pain is equal to the intensity of the grasping. In πŸ™† Acceptance, ☸️ Buddhism. Added 25-02-2023.
  41. To do things carefully, do them quietly. In πŸ§˜ Mindfulness, 🐌 Slowness. Added 25-02-2023.
  42. Today, algophobia rules. Pain is cast as personal, private, a failure, an attack. In πŸ“ Experience, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 25-02-2023.
  43. Use whatever happens as opportunity to wake up, to soften. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 25-02-2023.
  44. Wait in, instead of wait for. In πŸ™† Acceptance, 🐌 Slowness. Added 25-02-2023.
  45. Work patiently, steadily, calmly. Allow ample time. In πŸ™† Acceptance, ☸️ Buddhism, 🐌 Slowness. Added 25-02-2023.

Noting

Book notes

  1. Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists.
  2. The Palliative Society: Pain Today.
  3. On Having No Head.
  4. Reasons to Be Hopeful.
  5. Becoming Bodhisattvas.
  6. Fragments.

Reading

  1. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones by Reps, Paul. Read 28-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  2. Secrets Of The Sea by Barthelemy, Georgette. Read 28-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  3. Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists by Willard, Mary Beth. Read 27-02-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson Why It's OK to Enjoy the Work of Immoral Artists.
  4. Death at Intervals by Saramago, JosΓ©. Read 25-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  5. The Palliative Society: Pain Today by Han, Byung-Chul. Read 20-02-2023, rated 5/5. My noteson The Palliative Society: Pain Today.
  6. Scale by Egan, Greg. Read 20-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  7. The Practice of Not Thinking by Koike, RyΕ«nosuke. Read 18-02-2023, rated 3/5.
  8. On Having No Head by Harding, Douglas E.. Read 15-02-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson On Having No Head.
  9. Reasons to Be Hopeful by The School of Life. Read 13-02-2023, rated 5/5. My noteson Reasons to Be Hopeful.
  10. How People Lived by Pipe, Jim. Read 10-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  11. Becoming Bodhisattvas by ChΓΆdrΓΆn, Pema. Read 10-02-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson Becoming Bodhisattvas.
  12. Fragments by Heraclitus. Read 08-02-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson Fragments.
  13. Nine Horses by Collins, Billy. Read 07-02-2023, rated 5/5.
  14. Tale Of The Unknown Island by Saramago, JosΓ©. Read 07-02-2023, rated 4/5.
  15. Stella Maris by McCarthy, Cormac. Read 04-02-2023, rated 5/5.

Arting

2023 02 Sketches

Gaming

    Nothing this month.

    Musicing

      Nothing this month.