Archive for 2023-03

Summary and highlights

• Started Collections and Longer Form Thinking pages.
• Posts on Daoism and Buddhism.
• The Three Marks Of Existence brought front of mind.
• Holiday piggyback on a conference.
• Read The Path: spot on for my tastes.
• Read my first Adrian Tchaikovsky and got hooked.

Thinking

Collections

1. The Palliative Society (added 2023-03-30)

Longer form

1. Before thoughts (added 2023-03-23)

Posts

1. Address the underlying dynamic, not the surface issue. In 👤 Human, ❤️ Love. Added 16-03-2023.
2. Bring out the best in yourself and others. In ☯️ Daoism, 👤 Human, ❤️ Love. Added 16-03-2023.
3. Find calm by suspending the why. In ☸️ Buddhism, 🐌 Slowness. Added 16-03-2023.
4. Proportionality is a longstanding, important, part of justice. In 👤 Human. Added 16-03-2023.
5. (Re)connection, seeing interdependence, is more effective than strength or dominance. In ☯️ Daoism, 👤 Human. Added 16-03-2023.
6. Respond in ways that open up choices. In ☯️ Daoism, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 16-03-2023.
7. Science is the history of perpetual mistakes. In ⭕️ Tmwt. Added 16-03-2023.
8. See the bigger picture, the wider view, all the complex factors involved. In ☯️ Daoism, ⭕️ Tmwt. Added 16-03-2023.
9. When we resist impermanence, the feeling of self intensifies. In 🙆 Acceptance, ☸️ Buddhism. Added 16-03-2023.
10. Patterns create probabilities, not certainties. In ⭕️ Tmwt. Added 23-03-2023.
11. Call your mood's bluff. It's not the whole of you. In . Added 25-03-2023.
12. The Four Heavenly Abodes: metta (loving-kindness); karuna (compassion); mudita (empathetic joy); upekkha (equanimity). In ☸️ Buddhism, 👤 Human. Added 30-03-2023.
13. The Three Marks Of Existence: Impermanence (Anicca); Suffering (Dukkha); No-self (Anatta). In ☸️ Buddhism, 👤 Human. Added 30-03-2023.
14. The Three Poisons: grasping (greed); aversion (anger); ignorance (delusion). In ☸️ Buddhism, 👤 Human. Added 30-03-2023.
15. The Triple Gem: the Buddha; the Dharma (teachings); the Sangha (community). In ☸️ Buddhism. Added 30-03-2023.

Noting

Book notes

1. How to Focus.
2. Zen Experience.
3. The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything.
4. The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism.

Reading

1. Really Good, Actually by Heisey, Monica. Read 25-03-2023, rated 5/5.
2. Wintering by May, Katherine. Read 24-03-2023, rated 3/5.
3. How to Focus by Hanh, Thich Nhat. Read 19-03-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson How to Focus.
4. Tributary by Varcoe, Rae. Read 19-03-2023, rated 4/5.
5. Zen Experience by Harding, Douglas. Read 17-03-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson Zen Experience.
6. Old Babes in the Wood by Atwood, Margaret. Read 14-03-2023, rated 5/5.
7. The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything by Puett, Michael. Read 09-03-2023, rated 5/5. My noteson The Path: A New Way to Think About Everything.
8. Children of Time by Tchaikovsky, Adrian. Read 08-03-2023, rated 5/5.
9. The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism by Han, Byung-Chul. Read 05-03-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson The Philosophy of Zen Buddhism.
10. Far from the Light of Heaven by Thompson, Tade. Read 04-03-2023, rated 3/5.
11. The Gate to Women's Country by Tepper, Sheri S.. Read 02-03-2023, rated 5/5.

Arting

2023 03 Sketches

• 2023-03-06 waikato museum
• 2023-03-08 hamilton gardens

Gaming

1. Resident Evil 3 Remake on PS5. Rated 3/5.
2. Resident Evil 2 Remake on PS5. Rated 4/5.

Musicing

Nothing this month.