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Try to keep up Luke - there will be a written test soon.

He’s on mod approval of posting - I think that was already made clear.

Being a mod is like having hemorrhoids you tend to sit on problems till they burst out and make you feel sore. Even trips to the doctors can leave you feeling degraded ... unless the doctor likes you that is. Then it's all ok.

calm embroidering but crotchety while at my daily crocheting

communicating that thing, er yer know, I mean yeah that stuff, whatevs.

One day at a time when there was no time at all just before before.

diamond in the dust dirt distinguished from carbon is carbon as well.

wrists, very empty the crack between bones so dark that it always shines.

so lovely this year draped in your mother’s curtains Luke is now Leia.

me? Forget your self and think of others 😁

All wisps waft away Like wishes waved by the wind Which way? Which way now?

We don’t usually do that - you can just log out and not return If that’s what you want. PM me if you have a specific reason.

I would say the discipline required to be in the world engaged with worldly things and yet following the dharma is the highest form of teaching. I also think being overly concerned with non- self is a big red herring. A trap which both these guys fell into. Better to engage and to understand what the real practice of compassion really means in the world. Slowly release self clinging by engagement but think little of it.

Do you have a hat? And do you go ‘ah’ ?

Having watched about a third of this vid I would like to announce that while I may have appeared to many people, to be an infinite wise and loving Buddha, I now admit that I am just a common schmuck. I will not be returning the donations.

I find the channel very dependent on the quality of the guest. He has some good people on but also quite a few questionable ones. But his interview style is good.

Hi Donovan and welcome.

Write something that makes everyone go 🤦‍♂️ ‘oh boy’!

Welcome and hope you find the answers you are looking for.

Humans: summer penises, summer vaginas, summer in between.

People aren’t trying hard enough!

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This thread is not really about food but I will begin with an illustration from today. I was out shopping and decided on a whim to have some fast food for lunch. I went to a KFC and a meal there. This is the first time since November (when I went to macDonalds) that I have had this kind of food. The chicken burger (called a 'classical' or something) was mostly tasteless but with some ice cold salad in it which was kind of off putting to crunch into. The fries were covered in a sweet and sour sauce and bits of bacon. I washed it down with a diet Pepsi which tasted mostly of aniseed. There were an unusually large number of overweight people in the restaurant. Parents and children. Everyone was well behaved and the staff were brilliant. In fact, because we had a loyalty card from a supermarket the meal was free!!! This was the best thing about it. I wouldn't go again, unless forced by circumstances; but I have nothing against the place and am happy to allow its continued existence given the need for variety and complexity in our world. It did get me to thinking though. Why is it, that on all levels, physical, emotional and factual our lives today are overflowing with slop. Why are fries coated with sticky sauce? Why is all the taste in the additives? It's the same with TV, the news, everything that is presented to us as being enjoyable. Anything on Facebook or Twitter. Even in lifestyle choices (to use that terrible phrase) we are encouraged to prefer slop and not things that are truly nutritious or wholesome. Is that why the birthrate is dropping? Because people trade the deeply rewarding experience of having children for self indulgent frippery??? Think about your day my friends and give me your best examples of daily slop. NB. Nothing political please!

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