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  1. It's all getting too much

    silent thunder replied to Vajra Fist's topic in General Discussion

    Nice Reference! As for me, perhaps my most relished realization was when it finally became conscious... that I'd stopped taking the universe personally. Life is no longer a runaway river, sweeping poor little me along. It's more akin to dancing now when life unravels. Or to swimming in a strong current river. The river is still carrying me along, but i'm no longer a victim of it, i'm actively engaged while personally withdrawn. It's a mean foundation for some serious stillness and bliss of clarity. One of the most resonant Taoist tenets for me is this one: which just keeps getting more resonant as i age. The Sage is in the world, but not of it.

  2. What are you listening to?

    silent thunder replied to sean's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    putting this on loop and grabbin my gal for a quick spin... edti to add: compelled to add Annie's version. We got to see her live @ Hollywood Bowl. She toured with Sting and my god... the tonal quality of her voice @ 60! was like a crystal freaking bell. Talk about resonance. She utterly dominated that show front. to. back. I was gobsmacked.

  3. Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear

    silent thunder replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion

    love. you. so. much. Brother! High skill! Tribute to your teachers... all of em. Hotels here, are offering to let health workers on front lines stay free, so they don't risk infecting their families, or so they can cut down on commute times and get more rest. So many more examples of people behaving admirably, but you mate... you are rockin' it. *deep bow of respect* edit: lemme try again love what you did for those people that's high skill and big heart well done and thanks mate!

  4. It's all getting too much

    silent thunder replied to Vajra Fist's topic in General Discussion

    Love and Respect Mate! We gonna keep cultivating... stay the path and laugh when we can.

  5. Insult Policy Reminder Against Earl Grey

    silent thunder replied to Heartbreak's topic in General Discussion

    Truly. Wei Wu Wei has never been more appropriately applied to the board as a whole... in my not very humble opinion. wei wu wei for the win

  6. It's all getting too much

    silent thunder replied to Vajra Fist's topic in General Discussion

    I've become a big fan of Media Fasting. When things were their most 'Trump oo'ra Bigoted' around here... I took several breaks. Every time it was a benefit. It's been very slim pickings here for the last four years now, even moreso now that there are no mods. In the end, even this is cultivation because where I take the universe personally is inevitably where my work lies. So even a well placed troll is conducive to productive self reflection. I have a certain amount of energy to use in one day. It can go to nurturing something i love, or despising something ugly. chains of gold or iron... In the end, all of this come from one source. All i love and all i despise. one source. The difference between them then, must stem within my awareness...?

  7. Insult Policy Reminder Against Earl Grey

    silent thunder replied to Heartbreak's topic in General Discussion

    nevermind...

  8. Women and Buddhahood

    silent thunder replied to SirPalomides's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    any energy is better spent elsewhere... Na, this is my last troll feeding here io. You would not be able, or willing to engage it from within your fishbowl.\ Nor is any of this worthy of further energy. peace.

  9. Buddhism and the spread of written language

    silent thunder replied to rex's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    I'm becoming fascinated by Pali in the last few years. Particularly certain 'buddhist' terms and their various translations, citta, ananda etc.

  10. It's all getting too much

    silent thunder replied to Vajra Fist's topic in General Discussion

    if you stop feeding something, it withers eventually.

  11. Our neighbors.  She's a nurse.  He's a Vegas Lounge singer.

     

    Great people.  Love them.  But whenever he 'rehearses' I have to crank our speakers up, or put on my headphones, or lose part of my soul to the raw, unbearable, offkey shrieking.

     

    I'm desperately hoping he doesn't go Full Italy on our neighborhood and try to give us a benefit concert on his porch...

    1. SirPalomides

      SirPalomides

      Reminds me of this article:

       

      https://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/man-singing-on-london-balcony-told-to-shut-the-fk-up-20200325194832

  12. Women and Buddhahood

    silent thunder replied to SirPalomides's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    yup, gender troll.

  13. Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear

    silent thunder replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion

    don't hide it, divide it.

  14. Women and Buddhahood

    silent thunder replied to SirPalomides's topic in Buddhist Discussion

    "I never found evidence for whales, when I dipped my pail In the ocean, i never had any whales In my pail, so there are no whales In the ocean." I interpreted that for everyone. using only letters from your projections You're welcome

  15. Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear

    silent thunder replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion

    Kinnick-Kinnick is a type of Lakota traditional tobacco.
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  17. Zhou Ting-Jue was jailed for a time. Quite a time. When released, he was not bitter, not resentful, no interest in retribution. He moved to America and began healing and teaching full time. I agree with the old adage that the best possible retribution is to go and live an amazing connected life. One of the softest while simultaneously most powerful men I have ever shared presence with. He's an example of the only people I want to get even with... those who have brought me to deeper clarity of my true nature and taught me how to create conditions whereby my body can heal itself most effectively. *deep bow of respect*
  18. ooooooor... could just sit on your hand til it goes numb and refer to it as... the stranger

  19. Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear

    silent thunder replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion

    I've broken out the last of my Kinnick-Kinnick and loaded my Eagle Pipe. Grown on Rosebud land. Offerings of smoke and my own presence to those who've gone before. Lots of gratitude and respect for what has passed, that I may stand here now with all of you, facing this.

  20. Pandemic Panic - Transcending the Fear

    silent thunder replied to Michael Sternbach's topic in General Discussion

    We are focusing on eating really well, healthy, nothing processed. Good sleep and plenty of it. Naps whenever the mood hints. We're listening to a steady stream of satsangs and comedians and playing games. We've also been reading out loud to each other and starting another audio book this evening. Lots of good music. Spontaneous dancing. I've been painting and sketching a few hours a day, or every other day. Shelter in place does not mean suffer. I'm noticing as the extremes amp up, a steady and spontaneous response of dissolving into stillness and clarity when mind isn't actively involved. Without actively engaging, the process simplifies into raw being readily and this emanation feels similar to what you describe with your heart fire image... though it's low emanations arising from no specific location, just the beingness. Cheers Gal... nice to hear you here.

  22. What are you listening to?

    silent thunder replied to sean's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    recorded 1977... still touring.

  24. nCov19 Development and Prevention Discussion Only

    silent thunder replied to Earl Grey's topic in The Rabbit Hole

    sobering and nauseating but only at certain levels of magnification... myopia has me fixed for now on this interplay of form but there is little inertia or gravity to entrain attention on it for long... already the ebb shifts and local awareness tunes into the return of equilibrium and the thrumming presence of stillness and clarity underlying all... truth cannot remain hidden for long. Every despot, every king and peasant, every couple in love, every calamity, every war, every invention... all playing out on a pale blue dot, a mote of dust, suspended in a sun beam. The earth is a very small stage... encircling an insignificant star, one among trillions of billions in a sea of inky space. We're not all that.
  25. He's certainly done well for himself in his monestary... just look at all those wall sockets in the shiny walls! Wowzors!