EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022
while sitting by my window
a Cooper's lands
in the Japanese Lilac
surveying
his larder
as he perceives it.
squirrels are unfazed
birds have vanished.
here's a welcome break from the everyday.
dealing with
things falling apart
by befriending a wild snail.
ZEN in recovery.
❤️❤️❤️
dinner.
pumpkin pancake baked in
cast iron skillet.
will add yoghurt and maple syrup.
“The word in Tibetan for hope is rewa; the word for fear is dokpa.
More commonly, the word re-dok is used, which combines the two.
Hope and fear is a feeling with two sides. As long as there’s one, there’s always the other.
This re-dok is the root of our pain.
In the world of hope and fear, we always have to change the channel,”
Excerpt From
When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron
the wheel of Samsara🔽
“The difference between theism and nontheism is not whether one does or does not believe in God.
It is an issue that applies to everyone, including both Buddhists and non-Buddhists.
Theism is a deep-seated conviction that there’s some hand to hold: if we just do the right things, someone will appreciate us and take care of us. "
“nontheism is relaxing with the ambiguity and uncertainty of the present moment without reaching for anything to protect ourselves.”
Pema Chodron
c🇨🇦ounterfeit toony alert🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🆘🆘🆘
There are several ways Canadian consumers can spot fake toonies circulating across the country
The coins’ appearance, their weight, as well as die strike errors and even die misalignments can give them away as counterfeit $2 coins.
suspected of being made in China, the RCMP has said.
The cost of raw materials and manufacturing costs are low enough in China.
https://globalnews.ca/news/10850245/how-canadians-can-spot-counterfeit-toonies/
“when we reach our limit, we freeze in terror. Our bodies freeze and so do our minds.
How do we work with our minds when we meet our match?
Rather than indulge or reject our experience, we can somehow let the energy of the emotion, the quality of what we’re feeling, pierce us to the heart.
This is easier said than done, but it’s a noble way to live.
It’s definitely the path of compassion—the path of cultivating human bravery and kindheartedness.”
Buddhist logic break from 🤯
meditation:
the totality of causes and conditions of every event, necessarily followed by that event.
because the totality is present,
nothing else is needed
the totality IS the event itself.
just so
everything is evanescent by its nature
no other cause of annihilation or change required.
reality as evanescence.
reading Jung's response to Job
i'm struck by its strong analogy to dealing with the billionaire in power syndrome we are now facing.
any thoughts?
Yahweh is no
friend of critical thoughts which in any way diminish the tribute of
recognition he demands. Loudly.
that is also why Yahweh needs the
acclamation of a small group of people. One can imagine what would
happen if this assembly suddenly decided to stop the applause:
there would...
continue🔽
sitting outside
autumn breeze
sends a maple message
from the trees out front
over the roof
to land beside me
and mock
my try
at her colour display
in passing.
as halloween approaches, i'm thinking about the fact that the only time the Crone has any attention is now.
the Crone has been suppressed by patriarchal culture because her power overruled even heavenly father Zeus.
The Crone is the part of the woman's psyche
not identified with
any relationship
nor confined by any bond.
before being suppressed by patriarchal religions,
she was the mother of god, the nurturer of god, and, as Crone
the slayer of god.
time for a revival.🤔
alert
here's some photos of the cone and what i've had to come up with to try to keep the engineer unit from dismantling it.
it's been through numerous incarnations and so far he's found ways to bring it down.
the closeup shows the vulnerable plastic holders, hard plastic
but not hard enough 😱
so, we'll see if this suet holder keeps the teeth at bay🤣
opossums, like squirrels, are masters of practical physics. i had to move a pole holding a windmill that one smarty pants was using as a launcher to fly to the feeder that's protected by a no go cone.
i'm telling you.
there's also an engineer who keeps finding ways to dismantle the clamp holding the cone. i finally put one of those metal wire suet holders around it, tightly hooked.
we're gonna see how he deals with that 🤣
AI and the law🙄🫨🤯
Google’s NotebookLM to create an Artificial Intelligence (AI) generated podcast featuring two fake hosts.
they mispronounced Seamus Hughes’ name.
AI podcast hosts have very strong feelings about Rudy Giuliani keeping his World Series rings,
worried about the fairness of paying for losing a defamation lawsuit with the rings given that they “represent his connections to New York after 9/11.”
rings are from the 1996, 1998, 1999, and 2000 titles🙄
riiiiiiggght🤷🏻♂️
"Today I’m cancelling my plans to go out drinking with an Oriental hornet (Vespa orientalis).
The insects have the highest-known alcohol tolerance of any species in the animal kingdom thanks to their penchant for eating rotting fruit,
which is packed with ethanol, so it would probably drink me under the table."
EntAspirant
The homeland of nothing whatsoever is the true abode.
Joined Apr 2022