Hara: The Vital Center of Man, by Karlfried Graf Dürckheim
"The classic text on balance, inner calm, and the cultivation of tranquillity using the age-old techniques of Zen masters" -- amazon.
The Lion King soundtrack, This Land
Request: This music is probably in the 500s.
Shiba Inu crypto coin
Request: It's said to have huge potential for profit.
napping as a spiritual practice
Request: Hawkins mentions that napping is helpful when letting go of hunger. Can napping be helpful in the letting go process in general or as a spiritual practice? I have used it for prayer by listening to meditative or spiritual music and have had profound dreams at times.
T/F: ADHD isn’t a biological illness, but instead is a trauma response that can be overcome
Request: “An estimated 8.7 million adults in the U.S. have ADHD” —Forbes Health.
selfish / selfishness
The adjective and the noun calibrate differently.
The Supernatural Life (TSNL)
Priority request: Possibly a cult, they use words like "revival" and teach about revelations. I had a guy come up to me at work and start pushing it on me pretty hard, it was quite uncomfortable as he ignored social cues and kept pushing... Aura felt off afterwards.
Sam Harris
Request: Popular intellectual figure with podcasts discussing controversial topics through a centrist and common-sensical lens.
Social impact of Trump's reaction to the assassination attempt
Priority request.
"Songs of Clear Light" devotional chants
Priority request: Last night Boris Grebenshchikov sang a few songs at a Krishna Das performance, and Boris's music moved the audience to tears
“Disregard every self-seeking motive as soon as it is seen..."
"...and you need not search for truth; truth will find you” -- Nisargadatta Maharaj.
crying as a spiritual practice
Request: Letting yourself cry can feel wonderful. Let it all out!
Antifa
A terrorist group?
feeling constrained by having parents
Request: Is it nonintegrous to feel like one can't live truly freely because one's parents are alive, monitor one's life and place expectations on one?
"The world is the theatrical stage for the comedy of the absurd"
Hawkins, from Reality, Subjectivity & Modern Man, 2008. Post includes an article with a spiritual practice at 595.