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Archive for 2023-11

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Thinking

Collections

  1. Inaction and Underneathness (added 2023-11-13)

Longer form

  1. Compassion and conflict (added 2023-11-18, updated 2023-11-21)
  2. Mindfulness for exhausted people (added 2023-11-18, updated 2023-11-19)
  3. Vowlued action: Valued action / vow remix (added 2023-11-18)

Posts

  1. Rest is not for being able to be more productive. In πŸ‘€ Human, 🐌 Slowness. Added 02-11-2023.
  2. Your self is an individual expression of many collectives. In πŸ‘€ Human, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 02-11-2023.
  3. The mind interprets every experience almost instantly. In πŸ“ Experience, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 04-11-2023.
  4. Thoughts arise without your permission. In πŸ“ Experience, 🧘 Mindfulness, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 04-11-2023.
  5. We tend to think problems, complications, are anomalies. In πŸ“ Experience, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 11-11-2023.
  6. Don't adopt the stupidity of not investigating. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ“ Experience. Added 13-11-2023.
  7. Don't take it so seriously: be more playful. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 13-11-2023.
  8. Grasping and aversion both reinforce things. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🌘 Nondual. Added 13-11-2023.
  9. Look more closely and resist the urge to summarise. In πŸ“ Experience, πŸ‘€ Human, 🌘 Nondual. Added 13-11-2023.
  10. Reality exists in essentially infinite resolution. In πŸ“ Experience. Added 13-11-2023.
  11. Reality has a profound adaptability, flux, mutability. In β˜―️ Daoism, πŸ“ Experience. Added 13-11-2023.
  12. "The Tao is like muddy water" is a precise description of things as they are. In β˜―️ Daoism, πŸ“ Experience, 🌘 Nondual. Added 13-11-2023.
  13. Your identity is a narrow slice of your potential. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🌘 Nondual. Added 13-11-2023.
  14. Attend to the dynamic nature of emergent life. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ“ Experience, 🌊 Motion. Added 15-11-2023.
  15. Naked awareness: thoughts and the mind are like clothes and the body. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ“ Experience. Added 15-11-2023.
  16. Notice the freshness of unfolding reality. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ“ Experience, 🌊 Motion. Added 15-11-2023.
  17. Solitary confinement is (the sense of self is) a prison. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 20-11-2023.
  18. Big changes happen through sufficient suffering or inspiration. In πŸ‘€ Human, 🌊 Motion. Added 29-11-2023.
  19. Collaborate with the shape of the world. In πŸ“ Experience, πŸ‘€ Human. Added 29-11-2023.
  20. Craving something makes it feel farther away. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🌘 Nondual, ↔️ Opposites. Added 29-11-2023.
  21. For the Sage, cravings happen in slow motion. In β˜―️ Daoism, 🐌 Slowness. Added 29-11-2023.
  22. Inspiration without action is not useful. In πŸ‘€ Human, πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 29-11-2023.
  23. Life can't be other than it is. In πŸ™† Acceptance, ⏰ Waking-up. Added 29-11-2023.
  24. Life is defined by growth and transformation, aliveness. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🌊 Motion. Added 29-11-2023.
  25. Like holding water in your hands: gently, lightly. In πŸ“ Experience. Added 29-11-2023.
  26. No part of a person is unchanging, permanent. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, πŸ™‹ Self. Added 29-11-2023.
  27. Recognise when you're on the Hedonic Treadmill. In β˜―️ Daoism, πŸ›οΈ Stoicism. Added 29-11-2023.
  28. Recognise your self as overlapping, malleable, stories. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🌊 Motion. Added 29-11-2023.
  29. Respond to discomfort from a place of stillness. In β˜ΈοΈ Buddhism, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 29-11-2023.
  30. See more clearly that things are (actually) fuzzy. In β€οΈ Love, 🧘 Mindfulness. Added 29-11-2023.
  31. Seek action with softness, ease, suppleness. In β˜―️ Daoism. Added 29-11-2023.
  32. The world doesn't happen to you, it happens through you. In β˜―️ Daoism, πŸ“ Experience. Added 29-11-2023.
  33. This is the way things are right now. In πŸ™† Acceptance, πŸ’ͺ Resilience. Added 29-11-2023.
  34. Turn towards feelings, especially uncomfortable ones. In πŸ‘€ Human, πŸ›οΈ Stoicism. Added 29-11-2023.

Noting

Book notes

  1. So Many Books.
  2. Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality.
  3. The Vow-Powered Life.
  4. The Tao of Physics.

Reading

  1. So Many Books by Zaid, Gabriel. Read 23-11-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson So Many Books.
  2. System Collapse by Wells, Martha. Read 22-11-2023, rated 4/5.
  3. Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality by Bancroft, Anne. Read 17-11-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson Zen: Direct Pointing to Reality.
  4. The Vow-Powered Life by Bays, Jan Chozen. Read 16-11-2023, rated 4/5. My noteson The Vow-Powered Life.
  5. Δ€ria by Hinerangi, Jessica. Read 08-11-2023, rated 4/5.
  6. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet by Hanh, Thich Nhat. Read 08-11-2023, rated 5/5.
  7. The Tao of Physics by Capra, Fritjof. Read 03-11-2023, rated 5/5. My noteson The Tao of Physics.
  8. Deleted Scenes for Lovers by Slaughter, Tracey. Read 03-11-2023, rated 4/5.
  9. Total by Miller, Rebecca. Read 02-11-2025, rated 4/5.

Arting

2023 11 Sketches

Gaming

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

Musicing

    Nothing this month.