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I think I've seen enough episodes of Dr. Who and Terminator movies so I could 'Take On' most the AI. My Amazon Echo A.I. smart speaker knows who's boss.. the worst its ever done is order some accessories for itself. lets see if I can encapsulate it in brief.. loneliness, meeting, doing stuff, rubbing sticks, commitment, kids, doing stuff, ups, downs.. days, months, years, score and a quarter..uh and a lovely valentines day dinner on 2/13 because I didn't reservations earlier. That brings you up to date.. on my wonderful/terrifying relation. Concentrating on things within one's circle of influence seems calming. Focusing on things further out, that we have no control over can be very upsetting. Probably best 80/20 90/10 for the sake of ones sanity.

We have a section here that deals with sickness and pain. If you post there you'll probably get more answers- good bad and irrelevant. https://www.thedaobums.com/forum/99-healing-circle/ So use your own discretion. Caveat Meditator, especially for hard long term problems.. which often require hard long term solutions. Still there's a chance someone here has been in your shoes and can offer good advice. How part is knowing which one Here's my usual 2 bits of advice. Before doing anything too strange, make sure your fundamentals- sleeping, eating, exercising, equanimity are sound.

Welcome. I'm reminded- Everybody plays the fool, sometime There's no exception to the rule I suppose we need to be the whole deck. But being colorful, being foolish, taking chances, laughing.. playing. not taking the world so seriously That stuff should be near the top of deck, imso addon 2/13> Amazing job. After a harsh reception, you won the crowd over. Frickin fantastic. Your calm cool knowledgeable presence is most welcome. Michael

The worst thing about run-on angry threads, the ones that devolve into personal insults is that they form vendettas and cliques where the animosity creeps into other threads.. poisoning them. Lately we've had 2 or 3 of them open. The board needs new members, with new ideas and perspectives. Are these threads and the state of the board, keeping members from joining? Recently a new member wrote about weather magic and was jumped on repeatedly by several members here. As if we're trying to chase people away. Lets be careful. The danger of going moderatorless is that bad behavior becomes a norm. When a few warnings (or suspension or temporary ban) could have stopped it.

Just what I was thinking. Lets not jump down peoples neck. Nothing wrong with skepticism but make your point (preferably gently) and let them discuss their's. For good conversation reign in the skeptic a bit. We're not a science forum we're eclectic philosophy. Add your 2 cents but don't squash the more speculative discussions.

Sometimes the dharma is sweet Othertimes it's a slap

He always struck me as what happens when a grumpy old man gets enlightenment. Its still 'Hey you Hippies, get off my lawn' but done with such directness and depth you end up nodding in agreement.

Nose breathing tends to be slower and more relaxing. Though in hot humid weather it can be better to breathe in from nose, out thru mouth. Long term, breathing through the mouth dries it and the throat out. For Wim Hof breathing exercises where fast deep breaths are required, I tend to do 20 nose, the last 10 through mouth.

Kinda like a Mexican kid named Jesus (Hesus or worst case Jehovah) walking into a southern baptist school. Though worse, the Jewish kid must have had one the many many names for God thus not to be taken lightly but treated with a certain amount of awe. I expect the school ended giving the kid a nickname. The group of Modern Orthodox (type of 'more' liberal orthodox) tend to straddle the olde ways and new pretty well. Traditional Orthodox sects have there hang ups. Like the Amish, there are rewards but also a fair share of oddities and twists getting along in the modern world.

Same here. I believe I met him for coffee about two years ago. We talked, he seemed a nice guy. I don't follow him here, but when I've occasionally read his posts nothing registered as a red flag. I haven't read most of his posts, and I'm not up on the Jeff controversies. What I have is my own experience, where he seems fine. Which is limited and could be wrong. I did a seminar with Max Christenson, ie Kunlun. I found him fascinating and strange; imo he had the juice. I liked the simplicity of his spontaneous gi-gung system, but long term it wasn't my cup of tea. Many liked it, some had bad psychic reactions to it. Very bad.. see Yoda's reaction where his kid and he had some bad visions. So did a few others, but for most it was fine. I'd recommend it but go in aware of possible problems. That's valid here too. My point is..with energetics we may be peeling off parts of the onion/psyche that have rot behind them. Its not necessary the systems fault, though if they were in a traditional student teacher relationship, the teacher would be there to head it off or help handle the consequences but instead its a 'seminar' world, caveat meditator.

As dwai found there are many Jews and rabbis involved in various meditative arts that are pretty open to studying other religions. My temple which is reformed, part of the education of the kids was to field trip to Catholic cathedral to listen to priests, a mosque to learn from a imam, etc., My parents temple, like many sponsor quarterly interfaith dinners and lectures with all the religious centers around them. In the bronze age idolatry was real, lots of gods.. tribalism was everything. You lost a battle and your tribe was gone, poof. It happened alot. These days the rabbis who label things like yoga or bowing during karate as idolatrous are really 'fundamentalists' trying to protect the youth from corrupting influence. ie its not about idolatry, imo. Just worry about the modern world corrupting or seducing members. Those less fundamentalist are open to cross culture experience. These days idolatry is more about over emphasis. While realizing the divine in the ordinary world, don't worship stuff, or yourself, or your car..

Love Sadhguru. Just as important as the humor mixed with common sense steps, are his words after the song. To meet the challenge with grace and intelligence. The sick may require some isolation but also compassion and not discrimination. That working together being careful and vigilant we can beat this problem, course then another one will come along. And with grace and intelligence and compassion we can beat that one too.

I miss her too, A deep woman, worthy of her flaws mainly, not suffering fools (on her threads) lightly.

It was a long time ago. As I remember, while ornery, I admired Chidragon for being willing to provide people with translations from Chinese. Can't speak to his knowledge of Chinese alchemy but it was nice to have someone onboard fluent and willing to help other members translate. By the end ChiDragon was clearly as upset with many on the board as they were with him. Course translating such material is hard. So much symbolism, poetry, metaphor.. revealed and hidden. Rule of thumb: Take internet advice and 'experts' with a couple grains of salt. Some are frauds, just as often people are a mixed bag; right on somethings, wrong on others. Listen to different viewpoints, double and triple check. Chinese esoterics are not in our culture, its very easy to misunderstand them. Also, there's no one tradition. Different schools, different rules.

bait a switch turn ring swing at a ball and then miss at least the suns out

When a thread devolves into multi-page insults, the mature should state there truth, maybe a rebuttal, then walk away. <Maybe the best that can be done is wait a few days. Start a new thread on a similar subject but with a more thoughtful opening; finding and giving some common ground. >

Didn't anybody send ऋषि the invitation? often times its hard to tell where the sado stops and the masochism begins.

double post or something witty.

I'm looking into Deep Sleep, sometimes known as Slow Wave Sleep (SWS). Its considered the most rejuvenating and restorative sleep stage. Its when the glymphatic system removes neurotoxins and beta-amyloids**. PHYSIOLOGY OF N3 SLEEP EEG: slow-wave brainwaves Decreased heart rate Decreased blood pressure Release of growth hormone No eye movements EXPERIENCES DURING N3 SLEEP Very difficult to wake up from deep sleep If awoken, disorientation and grogginess FUNCTIONS OF N3 SLEEP Cell repair and rejuvenation Replenishing glycogen Long-term memory Removal of waste from the brain: glymphatic system I want to find out if any meditation style or length of meditation either simulates Deep Sleep or increases it at night. Anecdotally things that help general sleep tend to increase Deep Sleep ie not eating, drinking a few hours before bed, limiting or eliminating caffeine and alcohol etc., I found studies where meditation increased REM sleep but haven't found one yet for Deep. I'll keep looking. While branches of Taoism took dream work very far, many sages wrote that deep dreamless sleep was the real aim at night. Try Pink Noise: (https://www.sleepscore.com/extend-deep-sleep/)A recent study by Northwestern Medicine found that pink noise, like waves lapping on a beach or trees rustling in the wind, increased time spent in deep sleep. While the study only observed thirteen participants, it’s an exciting discovery in the world of sleep solutions. A 2014 study in U of Fribourg found audio hypnotics could increase deep sleep by 80%. Exercise helps too. **https://landing.ouraring.com/ln1d-stages-of-sleep?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=IP_US-CA_G|s-o-s-ln1_ln1d&utm_term={keyword}&utm_content={creative}&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAiAg9rxBRADEiwAxKDTuoQSd0dJ7KH_pXfUGCE2BUnxBE_EjbftNMK23VXFI7-tDFSft8kBchoCfNUQAvD_BwE)

Going Incel would be a poor choice in life, ie filled up with the worst preconceptions on half the human race. On the other hand for guys who aren't successful finding dates or mates, there are pieces of advice from PUA on confidence, small talk and 'hipness' that can be helpful. Don't buy the whole cloth but some accessories might be useful.

It's all very Confuciing.

Just what I said above. I see some friends here online and it'd be nice to chat live with them but seems like there's no easy way. Its a cold winters day..

It is a tough crowd. I want a pragmatic person. I don't want extremes or hyper-partisanship. I'm might end up voting Meteor! in 2020

damn, that used to be my pick up line at bars. I'd sidle up to young lady and say as suavely as possible 'Hey babe, would you ever consider letting Bloomberg get close to your chakras?' if they said Yes' i'd know it was going to be an interesting night.

@blue eyed snake