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WHY MEDITATE?
“One of the most elusive truths is knowledge of the self. Generally we see ourselves only through a thick veil of ego. For this reason, it is impossible to see ourselves as others see us. Through meditation, however, we can remove the veil of ego, and see ourselves with a degree of objectivity. In this manner, we can look at ourselves objectively as a third person. We are then able to see our own shortcomings and overcome them.
“The self-awareness engendered by meditation can also strengthen the ego when needed. Thus, a person with a weak self-image and feelings of inadequacy can learn to be more self-assured. He can examine his motivations and learn to become more inner-directed, doing the things he desires, and not simply what others expect of him. He can look objectively at his relationships with others and learn to improve them.
“One of the most powerful uses of meditation is to gain an awareness of the spiritual. Although we may be surrounded by a sea of spirituality, we are not usually aware of it. Spiritual sensations are quite faint and usually overshadowed by the world of the senses. Even in a state of sensory deprivation, the self-gener-ated thoughts of the mind tend to obseure spiritual sensation.
“However, if a person can quiet down all extraneous thoughts, he can then "tune in" to the spiritual. This tuning-in is what is known as the mystical experience. In this sense, meditation is the most important technique of mystics all over the world.”
-Excerpt from Jewish Meditation by Aryeh Kaplan
This is one of the best arguments for meditation I’ve ever seen. Kaplan really cuts to the core of why meditation matters.
#meditation#why meditate#Aryeh kaplan#Judaism#inner transformation#ego#mysticism#spirituality#know thyself#jewish mysticism#inner wisdom#you should meditate#self awareness#self knowledge
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Welp, the princess decided to wait for the guarantee to come. He wouldn't have escaped me anyway but he sure knows how to be desired uh.
#you know I should reconsider what I said about Leona not being one of my favs#because it appears that I am physically unable to stop myself from pulling for him#to be meditated#twisted wonderland#twst#leona kingscholar
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probably not actually the worst thing about rationalists but up there is the fact that despite their alleged hardline stem supremacy etc they are actually incredibly tolerant of/encouraging of/willing to engage with the most blatant woo self-improvement sincere-belief-in-magic shit you can imagine.
this is i think the product of some combination of bay area weirdo cultural origins (constant background probability that someone will offer you special weird meditation ideas); the fact that the original appeal of the Canonical Blog Posts is at least as much "the internal sensation of reading something that makes you feel like you're experiencing an insight" as anything, which unfortunately is easily simulated by charismatic guys pretending to be shamans who already know you're into that stuff; the specific virtue of “taking ideas seriously” taking on the meaning that you’re never allowed to dismiss someone’s special new meditation variant out of hand and uh oh now you’re doing cleansing runes in the middle of a 36 hour sleep deprivation cycle in order to remove your demon possession; and, probably less important but not irrelevant, the fact that you have to be willing to bend your brain around a bit for the ai/nanobots thing to like, slot in properly, given that it's pretty obviously a problem generated by assigning-arbitrary-big-numbers that was selected from the possible things to care about by being an obsession of the movement's founders, not through any empirical method, so there's already a uh. somewhat faith-based element. which you're pretending isn't faith-based. which can create additional problems.
also all the parts where that last bit has in practice the psychological effects of an apocalypse cult, but i acknowledge that people who happened to be right about the end of the world would also have that problem
anyway i actually just think it's a real dick move to draw people into a movement by claiming you're doing Real Hardline Serious Empiricism and then actually being so sloppy and terrible that you're exposing them to a bunch of shit that consistently makes them either believe you can do Mindhacking via Spells or convert to catholicism. both of which are pretty disastrous outcomes for a person trying to do stuff irl
#don't fucking meditate#it's bad for you.#whether or not it's bad for you because it will actually harm your emotional well-being is extremely individual and not the main problem#it's bad for you because it predisposes you to believe things said to you by people who strongly endorse meditation#just not worth it#box opener#if you're going to alienate everyone by being like We're Being Serious About Reason! Time To Seriously Consider If IQ Is Real ;);););)#you should at least not also convince your adherents that psychic sorcery is possible.#i mean they're also not actually doing empiricism because they're not very good at reading or understanding scientific papers.#but that's separate.
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I'm here, folks, but barely hanging on as I'm exhausted and just took an extra melatonin to ensure a full night's sleep tonight.
How do you sleep with anxiety?
#petals talks#I tried sex it didn’t work#before you suggest yoga you should know I cannot touch my toes#Plz do not suggest meditation that is my personal hellscape
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I'm pretty sure you could draw a straight line from the 1980's Satanic Panic to the creation of Project 2025, but I'm also convinced if Ronald Reagan was not president during the 80s, then the actual spread of the Satanic Panic would not have been as big as it eventually was.
#ash talks#satanic panic#this is just me talking#but it's interesting#that Reagan's presidency was during the era most noted for the Satanic Panic's height#even though it also happened right on into the 90s and 00s and resurfaced in the 10s and 20s to a frightening degree#but I think if it wasn't for Reagan's appeal to Evangelicals then the Satanic Panic would not have been as great as it was in the 80s#up into the 90s and today#you really don't understand how prevalent that narrative of the Satanic Panic was#Oprah did a whole show on it as well as a number of other talk shows#they also spread misinformation#it should also be noted that it wasn't merely DnD they were targeting but books and tv shows as well as toys music people practices#and public schools#watch any Satanic Panic video made by a religious organization at the time and they'll target public schools as cesspools of evil#stuff like meditation yoga and therapy were also targeted by Evangelicals due to them being from other cultures and for mental health#don't believe me? there's a whole 13 part series which covers topics like Halloween meditation freemasons the occult and yoga#people only talk about the Halloween one though
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in the course of thinking about all the discussion about the gods and the concept of "well, the gods never answered my prayers" and especially upon thinking about Ashton saying that they HAVE prayed to the gods only to get no answer and that some rocks had a better response, like...
it's occurred to me that many (within the fandom, within the narrative) maybe do not really and fully grasp that there is a difference, and a massive one, between prayer and saying words in a divinity's or similar's direction
there is a sort of focused process to meaningful prayer in which one is to reflect on their intention, what they're trying to achieve or express in this moment of communion, and then make a focused and intentional articulation of that, followed by meditating on that (if you are praying to a deity as part of a petition or prayer of supplication, this is the listening portion, because you aren't supposed to just talk and then hang up). the form of prayer changes per religious tradition, ritual structure, intent of the prayer, setting, etc. but the core idea is that it involves intent, focus, and reflection.
actual and meaningful prayer—not just saying words or making a haphazard request of a god���is a focused, reflective, intentional process that asks you do to a lot of work actually. and, it is often found to be not fulfilling if one does not undertake that work.
#like when Ashton got a response from the rocks that was fully engaging in a prayer or prayer-like or meditative process!#when they were like 'I'm listening; that's more than the gods did' bc I'm like... were? you NOT listening when you tried to pray before?#for the record: I love Ashton's entire thing about that this past episode and this is NOT a tsk-tsk they are bad and wrong#I think their feelings are delightful. I also think they completely misunderstand what prayer and religious worship is#and I think that's really interesting and fabulous of them and I think their feelings are INCREDIBLY valid and should keep going#CR spoilers#Critical Role things
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self care has been so twisted into serving capitalism and the patriarchy it makes me sick actually
#like the reason everyone started talking about self care was because people were getting burnt out by their jobs and lives in general#and like. specifically women who are usually expected to be selfless in their lives#self care was a way to reframe ‘being selfish’ i.e. taking time for yourself to relax#which was NEEDED BECAUSE CAPITALISM HAS INGRAINED INTO PEOPLE THAT THEY SHOULD FEEL GUILTY IF THEY ARENT CONSTANTLY PRODUCING LABOUR#and now ads are like. buy this leg waxing kit for SELF CARE you DESERVE it. buy this $90 foundation to hide your disgusting skin for SELF CA#RE#did you know it’s SELF CARE to meditate. but only about how you can be more productive and efficient#i see that one a lot on productivity reddit which i joined several years ago trying to manage my undiagnosed adhd and now i stay because i#find the expectations people have for themselves to be Wild#anyway if someone is telling you you need to buy something or spend money to exercise self care they do not care about your wellbeing they#care about getting your money#also if you’re a girl/woman and someone is trying to tell you that something is self care consider if they would suggest the same thing to#boys/men. like if they’re trying to tell you that cosmetics or hair removal or plastic surgery is self care they are lying to you#self care should be free and accessible and gender neutral and if it isn’t then think about who is actually benefiting
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i want to get better but i don’t even know how.
#this is so silly of me but i keep thinking about this character#nesta archeron. yes from acotar#like her book was just an exploration in what does it take to move on from trauma#for her it was:#exercising. sjm thinks this is the key to everything. and hey I’d love to be buff#eating healthy but also eating often. healthy does not mean health foods. nesta has cake#reading all the books you want#trying new things. this includes things that you’ve avoided because they triggered you#meditation#having someone you can talk to about anything.#and music!#so maybe I should start with these things and just hope it gets better#like i worked so hard at caring for myself today and i still wanna die lmao#tw suicide
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Propaganda below
Summerwind
I'm considering this fic a sort of practice for an original novel I will never write. It's very heavy on the original characters and the headcanons of course, being a story about Yusuf and Nicolo and their families that spans from 1074-1099. I've mapped it out to around 7 or 8 chapters, though this could change. I'm putting a lot of historical research into it, so it's been kind of a passion-project. Will get violent and all that good dark stuff, but is also quite emotional at times. It switches POV between Yusuf and Nicolo (but I promise I will get you to fall in love with at least one of the family members). I will say I can't promise a lot of romance, as I'm expecting to end it shortly after their first deaths, besides a smidge of one-sided infatuation (guess which side hehe). We know what happens to them after 1099 anyway, lol. They live happily ever after for 900+ years.
Fool's Gold
This one has needed a ton of rewriting and still might, but it's slowly getting there. There's a bit of a mystery, though I wouldn't say it's the main genre. The QQ are fleeing an accidental crime (thank Quynh), conning their way south until they stop in Tripura, starving and penniless and full of lice. As with my other QQ mysteries, they get roped into some tense affairs that shouldn't concern them. There's a European woman who's set up a mining operation on the territory, for reasons unknown to the locals. She's promising a huge reward, though, for the person who can find this unnamed thing she's searching for. There's also a very sick population who needs the money. The QQ split up in this, and the POV switches between them all. There's conning and aliases, alchemy (well, not really, but Yusuf is pretty convincing), lepers, a badass little girl and her bratty brother you'll want to kill, and there's a slightly heavier focus on Quynh.
#this is my focus group lol. i'm pitching these projects because i've been so tired and busy and have had trouble motivating myself#or i could just write whatever i want to write and not think about it!#i should also state that i'm not looking for a beta or help with writing these ones just because that's not my usual forte#and they're very personal projects to me. i go into an almost meditative state when i write lol. it's a ritual#i know the fandom is dwindling and i don't really care. eases the pressure a little bit when it comes to writing what you want#if y'all want me to get weird though i can do weird
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Sometimes I feel like making a nsfw alt, but it would be mostly filled with complaints thrown at twitter artists whose approach to lewd art go against my own personal philosophies.
#“if you gonna draw her off-model least you could do is make her jacked af”#“providing a 'no sweat ver.' portrays an inner cowardliness that you should meditate on further”#“she shouldn't have nearly that much ass”#uh... good morning
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My message to ray in this episode
#only friends#only friends the series#sandray#mewtop#bostonnick#khaotung thanawat#first kanaphan#force jiratchapong#book kasidet#neo trai#mark pakin#ray bro i love you but make a choice man#cause wtf???#poor sand lmao bro ruined everyone's chances#including his own#i hate everyone and i love everyone#ray should realize he's mew's rebound#and mew should realize he's being unfair and stop#nick should go to meditate to forget boston#and ton should just go seek therapy for his narcissism#lmao poor poor top should go date another nerd to heal from mew#only friends ep 8#this is fun u guys
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I was meditating when a thought passed my brain like a bullet…
What if the first dude asked to paint the image of God- any God- had taken one look at his neighbour and thought “why he kinda…” and proclaimed his sexy ass portrait as The One for centuries to come
#god#just saying#i mean you guys have seen soft jesus#and then there is buff Shiva#what if they crushes of their painters#who wanted to freeze them into a picture and make everyone fall on their knees to pray to them#maybe I should meditate a different way#maybe its my PMS talking
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batman: the knight #6 • batman annual 2022 • dc pride 2023
[ID: Three panels from separate comics to draw parallels. In the first one, Minhkhoa Khan and Bruce Wayne are fighting in the snow after their mentor, Luka, was shot dead by Minhkhoa. Minhkhoa throws him into the ground next to Luka's bloodied corpse as he tells Bruce, “Luka was a master painter... who threw his brushes away.” Bruce shouts that he's insane but Minhkhoa corrects him, “No, Bruce. I just have vision... you and I could be the greatest artists alive... (— but you're too much of a coward!”)
In the second photo, Bruce and Minhkhoa are fighting a group of armed criminals together some time in the near future. Minhkhoa has his Ghostmaker mask on that covers his upper face as Bruce wears a black mask that's similar to Zorro's. They're in the middle of a quarrel with Bruce telling Minhkhoa not to be reductive before Minhkhoa continues talking, “This is an art. An artist doesn't let someone else handle their paintbrush. We've given our life to this. You can't just bring in others and expect them to be able to do what we can.” Bruce argues, “What's the point of it if we don't help others and share what we learn?”
The third photo is a closeup on Ghostmaker's helmet after he compared a battle to a dance. His internal narration reads, ‘Some say I feel nothing. But I appreciate art. I respect it.’ END ID]
#hiiiii is this anything....#sorry for the weakest parallel post ever lol its just him reusing a metaphor but i like that its something kinda consistent so :3#i think minhkhoa should paint... it can be something he did as a young kid or something he learnt for his training or whatever#or something he does while meditating or relaxing (& i know it can be debated how much he'll do it) but.... idk i just think itll be nice :#also sorry for editing their speech bubbles blank instead of leaving them being petty and arguing about who took down the most ppl#its funny but didnt really fit the post vdjfhf#c: batman annual | 2022#c: batman: the knight | i: 6#crypt's panels#posts from the crypt#minhkhoa khan#ghostmaker#bruce wayne#batman#EDIT THANK YOU EVYN FOR REMINDING ME OF THE 3RD PHOTO....
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i’m so sick of everything hurting but my liver was enlarged at the hospital and i just got off a ton of meds so i’m trying not to take any advil rn. out here rawdogging this shit so my body has a chance to heal properly. fucked up
#marzi speaks#i should get back into meditation. it’d be good for me#helps having a family member who has chronic pain. you get good management advice#but yeah a bitch was jaundiced so i’m tryna give my liver a Break
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My Sleep Token Hoddie and my baby 😅
I'm working on learning the solo from "Waking the Demon" by Bullet for my Valentine. It's a lot of fun but also a lot of notes in a short time.
#I'm about to go to bed...I'm kind of “dying” right now. Going to explain this tomorrow. Nothing bad but kind of strange and funny#sleep token#personal stuff#I like reading along in Discord sometimes and sometimes I don't; all of this puts me in a weird spot sometimes because I know#so much more then I let humans know...you know about everything...stuff that goes “beyond”; let's call it that#I have no idea how much I can share when it comes to Sleep Token or how much I should share because it gets personal and idk#who would even believe me? but that's actually not that important to me anymore#ach...Himmel....let's go meditate now :)
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Did my night routine for the first time in idk how many months (skin care etc) and it sucks how it used to be a crucial thing that helped hold me together, similar to many things I’ve had to give up that used to feel essential (like yoga and meditation and drawing and a morning routine) n now those are all things I do at like the end of the semester when I’ve finished my work. I forgot how much it helps my mental health just to like. Have a smooth nice smelling face n massage my top surgery scars n take a moment to appreciate my chest etc. I also did some cleaning n it sucks how cleaning one’s living space is considered a weekly necessity for a lot of people and an occasional luxury for me. But that also makes me notice more how much a cleaner space helps my mental health. I always say I can’t wait to be a person again and not just a student but every time I get to do a Damn thing for myself it’s p much spiritual bc of how rare it is these days
#absolutely wild how much I can do and change with just a couple hours to myself#it makes me feel proud of myself but also angry at how much peace I’m missing out on just bc I rarely get a couple hours#I should have time to do what used to be my morning routine too tomorrow :)#which includes moisturizing all my tattoos n essentially meditating on the meaning of each one#which will take way longer than it used to bc I have so many more tattoos than the last time I got to do that lol#again used to be like. the minimum. work was more bearable if my tattoos felt soft n smelled like lemon#n now the thought of it makes me almost sad bc it will remind me how much time I’ve lost#also sucks how I never get to be like ‘ok im all caught up I can establish a routine again’#it’s more like ‘fit in as much self care as you can this week before everything gets crazy again’#like I get a taste of how essential these things rly are just to lose them again#mine#txt#personal#vent post#<- not rly? mixed feelings
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