By not killing his son, Marcus Aurelius allowed everything he had painstakingly built up to crumble. People like to say he didn't believe in the gods, but he was initiated in mystery cults.
Good day all. I hope I find you all sound of wind and limb - the regulars and the new faces I've yet to acquaint.
It is a little over two months since I last visited the midnight and It looks like I've some catching up to do - so pardon any belated comments that appear.
I still have my troubles, but I seem to be tinkering with my attitude. Been reading a little about stoicism, the basic history and concepts, principles. Over the past weeks I've found myself doing things, or not, due to some small internal spark.
Attributed to John Wayne:
Courage is not the absence of fear, but being scared to death but doing it anyhow.
(Maybe it was "saddling up", he did make a few films.)
Mouse Rules?
(Forgive me if repeated, my memory is still bad)
I might add these to my page as I go, a post explaining my interpretation? Keeps me out of mischief.
Be Well
By not killing his son, Marcus Aurelius allowed everything he had painstakingly built up to crumble. People like to say he didn't believe in the gods, but he was initiated in mystery cults.
Nice to meet you, ~mouse. Can relate to the small internal spark feeling, I think. There's something reassuring about it, hey.
Hello ~mouse! Good to see you!
~bartender? A pot of the finest tea you can find in your infinite Riemann cupboards --- just make sure, your search time isn't infinite :)
Ok, so the tea thing being sorted out, I can go and clear up a little part of my desk, while still watching the Midnight from that little magic screen. Cheers!
I realize I've been chasing dopamine a lot these last few weeks (sugar, sex, work validation, etc.). I'm not sure how to get off this wagon, but I think it's to do with my bicycle being broken. Maybe joining a gym would be a good solution here
Hi tetris,
Thank you for this.
Has made me consider what am I after and why.
Static bike or road bike broke?
Likewise, your posts often feel like a nice cool glass of water.
It was a road bike, second hand and barely cost anything (80€). Financially, I can recover, and buy a new one. Emotionally though, that was the best bike I ever had, withstood all kinds of weather, barely and burst tires, and it was easy to maintain. Then I had an accident and the frame is shifted. I've been dawdling on getting a new one because it just feels too soon.
At least the bike frame was shifted and not you!
There is another bike out there looking for a new good home, to give it purpose again.
Be the best owner
The problem with that is that she was more than a bike to me. Giving her away would be like recommending your beloved Ex to some seedy low-life kid who will just drool on it. I just can't bring myself to throw her out
I've kinda lost interest in communication given the certainty of reasons for divergence of meaning with respect to the exact same words...
But to me - in this conceptually tenuous moment - the "big picture" might be summarized as follows:
- "The World" at a high level, which in fact may well be selfsame as "contents of mind".
- "Here/now" as a reasonably peace/joy-filled ascertainable subset of the aforementioned.
- "Abide in awareness"
[THE END]
"Abide in Awareness"
I like that inquiry. Fits the current world in so many ways.
FWIW, 'tis from 1.4 in https://www.asantewellbeing.com/mind-body-soul/the-ashtavakra-gita/
Thank you.
I have just taken a brief look.
Our world seems so detached, from this form of thinking. Or is that our problem.
The world is but a representation whose "assumption it's more than a representation" bit is assumed to be one. :-)
I've read that at least half a dozen times and each time I interpret it differently.
Maybe that was the message?
I think my mind is in 8bit mode.
So many ways to say so many things.
I keep finding "the key" to be considering description/conceptuality an occasionally fun, more often than not a frustrating, but always utterly an unnecessary layer(s) concealing the real(ity) deal sometimes referred to as "awareness", other times "consciousness", etc.
Including that description.
Part of the aforementioned frustration hovers - even has it hankers - in the vicinity of the "each time I interpret it differently" you mentioned. And as rough a ride as that can be personally (i.e. single individual mind context), multiply it by N interaction partners, and suddenly blows devolve even further to rocket launches.
Maybe another way to approach it is pondering the notion of a 0bit mode? (which might be described as "just be without being a this and/or a that and/or some/any other)
Hmmm.....