Obs of a Prnnl Lrnr Obsrvr who happens to be a dctr There is no cure for curiosity-D Parker
Sunday 31 December 2023
Karm Yog. Consecrated Action
Saturday 30 December 2023
RD. Allowing process of self love
Atman. Brahman. No fear. No separation
RD. Out of identification with own thoughts and sensations
RD. Awareness. Spaciousness around Form is Equanimity
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NY RESOLN X FREE WILL
For 364 days of the year, I’m perfectly happy to sit on the fence when it comes to the “free will” question. Do I truly make my own decisions or am I pinballing through life along a path determined by genetics, environment, and experience? I have no idea. But this ignorance vanishes on the 1st of every January. When it comes time to declare a New Year’s resolution, I hop off the fence and stand resolutely with the determinists — not out of some grand philosophical or scientific insight, but out of the realization that chalking things up to “everything is pretty much determined” is a fantastic way to avoid starting the year with a stressful homework assignment.
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PICA X VISHWAROOP DARSHAN
- When Krishna was much younger, he sat looking at the Gopis clean all the vessels. He noticed that after a vessel in which butter was stored was emptied, the Gopis would clean them using mud. He started to wonder if even he would have to eat mud after eating butter to clean his stomach.
- So, after eating butter to his fill, he stuffed his mouth with mud. His brother, Balram, and his friends noticed that he had stuffed his mouth and asked him what it was. He refused to open his mouth so they took him to Yashoda. Yashoda also asked him to open his mouth but he did not say anything nor open his mouth. Yashoda then grabbed a stick out of anger and said he would get a beating if he didn’t open his mouth right away.
- Krishna then opened his mouth and to her surprise, Yashoda could see the entire universe clearly in Krishna’s mouth. She could even spot Gokula and herself standing in front of the child with his open mouth. In disbelief, she closed her eyes to clear her mind. When she opened her eyes she saw Krishna smiling at her innocently. Though Yashoda had taken note of this miracle, she kept it to herself as Krishna seemed unaffected.
Friday 29 December 2023
Problem of Other Minds
Wednesday 27 December 2023
ABY
Tuesday 26 December 2023
Monday 25 December 2023
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Krsna japa at dth
Sunday 24 December 2023
Saturday 23 December 2023
Ikri mikri Cham chikri
Thursday 21 December 2023
Wednesday 20 December 2023
Tuesday 19 December 2023
Sunday 17 December 2023
Saturday 16 December 2023
the end of the beginning x the long goodbye x fu moans x not quite dd yet x alt -write x lets talk abt now
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Pain. Resistance. Non acceptance
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Nor does longevity mean merely notching more and more birthdays as we slowly wither away. This is what happened to a hapless mythical Greek named Tithonus, who asked the gods for eternal life. To his joy, the gods granted his wish. But because he forgot to ask for eternal youth as well, his body continued to decay. Oops
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In 1900, life expectancy hovered somewhere south of age fifty, and most people were likely to die from “fast” causes: accidents, injuries, and infectious diseases of various kinds. Since then, slow death has supplanted fast death. The majority of people reading this book can expect to die somewhere in their seventies or eighties, give or take, and almost all from “slow” causes. Assuming that you’re not someone who engages in ultrarisky behaviors like BASE jumping, motorcycle racing, or texting and driving, the odds are overwhelming that you will die as a result of one of the chronic diseases of aging that I call the Four Horsemen: heart disease, cancer, neurodegenerative disease, or type 2 diabetes and related metabolic dysfunction. To achieve longevity—to live longer and live better for longer—we must understand and confront these causes of slow death.
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Friday 15 December 2023
Wednesday 13 December 2023
NRWCH RVR DRWN TUICD CASE
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William Martin: |
Do not ask your children A Wabi-sabi: Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay A We’re all just walking each other home.” A "Would you be able," my wife asked, "to fix your attention on what The Tibetan Book of the Dead calls the Clear Light?" A
A “… when you go out into the woods and you look at trees, you see all these different trees. And some of them are bent, and some of them are straight, and some of them are evergreens, and some of them are whatever. And you look at the tree and you allow it. You appreciate it. You see why it is the way it is. You sort of understand that it didn’t get enough light, and so it turned that way. And you don’t get all emotional about it. You just allow it. You appreciate the tree. A Such experiences of enlarged consciousness can occur in a variety of ways: sensory deprivation, yoga exercises, disciplined meditation, religious or aesthetic ecstasies, or spontaneously. Most recently they have become available to anyone through the ingestion of psychedelicS A At any given moment, everyone around us is a completely unique specimen, never before seen in existence in their present incarnation and never to be seen again. Something completely inimitable. A When we step into this awareness, we can “snap out” of judging and fault-finding mode and instead simply accept and appreciate people just as they are. We can love them in their idiosyncratic humanity. a The Buddha faced the challenge of discovering how the human mind works without the knowledge we possess today in physiology or neuroscience. Therefore, the language he used was symbolic, ambiguous, and sometimes cryptic. For that reason it can be incredibly valuable to illuminate the Satipatthana Sutta – the Buddha’s discourse on the four foundations of mindfulness – in the context of contemporary neuroscience, psychology. The result is a powerful new path to mindfulness and happiness for Buddhist meditators at all levels. a fast dth to slo dth There comes a point where we need to stop just pulling people out of the river. We need to go upstream and find out why they’re falling in. —B D T a Devotional Expression: Jagannath Ashtakam is a beautiful expression of devotion, capturing the essence of the devotee's love and surrender to Bhagavan Jagannath. The hymn is filled with deep emotional and spiritual sentiments, reflecting the devotee's yearning for the divine. a If trauma dominated the nighttime, our days belonged to patients with vascular disease, GI disease, and especially cancer. a |
Joy
Theme: Joy
What is joy? In psychological terms it is more than just happiness - it is a broader, deeper feeling often described as extreme gladness, delight or happiness arising from a sense of wellbeing or satisfaction. Joy is not just a fleeting feeling; it also triggers positive physiological and psychological changes that can improve our physical and mental health.
Joy is very closely connected to what is most important to us as individuals.
It can be felt in our response to simple everyday experiences of wonder and awe in the world – witnessing a beautiful sunrise on your journey to work, spotting a rainbow after a storm, or the delicate beauty of a flower that grows through the gap in the concrete. We can also experience joy through our interactions and close relationships with others - particularly with those who share our values and outlook on life.
It is also often felt after we accomplish something we have wanted for a long time – after the birth of a child, passing an exam, graduation, a promotion, completing a sporting challenge, or reaching the summit of a mountain.
Joy is a positive and precious emotion that we wish for ourselves and for our friends and families, especially at certain times of the year.
How can you feel more of it? There are just two simple rules to bring more joy into your life:
- Do more of the things you love to do
- Make time for the people and things that are important to you
Answer the following questions to help you identify how you can experience more joy in 2024:
- Who are the most important people in your life?
- How do they bring joy into your life?
- What are the most important activities you take part in?
- When do they bring you joy?
- What are the most important things in your life?
- How do they bring you joy?
- Look back and identify the top three moments when you have felt joy in 2023?
Monday 11 December 2023
Sunday 10 December 2023
Friday 8 December 2023
SLF PITY WORSENS SUFFRNG
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Bad things do happen; how I respond to them defines my character and the quality of my life. I can choose to sit in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the gravity of my loss, or I can choose to rise from the pain and treasure the most precious gift I have—life itself.” ~Walter Anderson
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Seaweed is a great source of the vital brain nutrient iodine, which is needed to produce the hormone thyroxine and is not found in many other foods; however, the body needs just the right amount.
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Some of us experience more adversity and painful events in our lives than others. We wonder why our difficulties don’t happen to the “bad” people out there instead of us. Unfortunately, life is not fair.
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A capacity for self-knowledge is at the heart of our best inclinations – to forgiveness, kindness, creativity and wise decision making. Unfortunately, knowing ourselves is the task of a lifetime. We are permanently elusive and mysterious to ourselves.
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Awful things happen. Dreadful circumstances or tragedies will affect most of our lives at some point. It’s okay to cry and feel sorry for yourself and your circumstances, mope around, or get angry. But at some point you must shake it off, let go of the past, and choose to not let it consume you entirely. Otherwise, you won’t be able to learn from the experience and move forward in a constructive way.
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Self-Pity is a Choice
When we fall into the depression of self-pity, we allow it to take control of our lives. We become completely self-absorbed. It is destructive to dwell on negative events and carry that bitterness and resentment forward. When we keep our focus on the hurt, we aren’t focused on taking control of our lives.
If we blame negative circumstances for our place in life, we are giving up responsibility and control.
We whine and feel sorry for ourselves. We can choose to spread our misery, or we can choose to rise above our circumstances.
Self-pity is a form of selfishness. It makes us less aware of the needs and suffering of others. Our own suffering is all we think or care about in our self-absorbed state.
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You can choose to lift yourself up and enjoy life! You are in charge of your own happiness. It is your personal responsibility.
So go ahead and cry and mope and feel sorry for yourself and stay in bed all day. Feel the pain and the hurt. Live your reality and misery. It’s okay and even healthy to do that. But then let it go!
Don’t let it consume your life. You are not alone or unloved. Remember there are other people in your life who need you. There are people you haven’t even met yet who need you! You can’t help anyone else if you only see yourself.
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