OK,... Well then.... some course-correction (hopefully with lesson learned ?!)
NBC Fires Ronna McDaniel Amid Election Lies Backlash 👏
#mindfulness vs. #mindlessnes / #news vs. #disinformation
#mindfulness
We see that we have been thoughtless,
Straying from the path of #mindfulness.
We have stored up #afflictions and #ignorance,
Which have brought about so much #aversion and #sorrow.
There are times we have been weary of life
Because we are so full of #anxiety.
Because we do not understand others,
We are #angry and #resentful.
First we try to #reason with each other, then we #blame.
Every day the #suffering increases, making the rift greater.
There are days when we are unwilling to speak to each other,
Unwilling to look at each other in the face.
And we create internal formations, which last for a long time.
--- from the book Chanting from the Heart: Buddhist Ceremonies and Daily Practice
Here's a refreshingly positive message
♲ Ian Kremer - 2024-02-23 15:58:45 GMT
If you needed to see this, maybe someone else does too. So please pass it along. This world needs us all to believe in the good .. and to do our part to make the good be real for everyone.#peace #kindness #mentalhealth #mindfulness
TIME AND AGAIN I am surprised how people who adorn themselves with being OH SO VERY #SPIRITUAL, with #BUDDHISM and #MINDFULNESS … people who praise #COMPASSION in speech or writing … how they FAIL TO REALIZE that their consumption and use of animal products (meat, dairy, leather …) depends on the #suffering of #Nonhuman_Persons, on #captivity, #exploitation, #forced_labour, #torture, and finally, #murder.
Folks, that’s #LIP_SERVICE_SPIRITUALITY.
THEN I REMEMBER how I did the same, how I was in that same state of #denial, for most of my life, even when I was vegetarian: I still ate cheese, curd, eggs, and I wore leather shoes and belts, thus showing the other animals that I am powerful enough to clothe me in their skins, a permanent menace to them!
https://youtu.be/rkzZhuN6eL4?t=3080
(long video, the link goes to 51:20, “edible food”)
(thx for the link, @Sighris Zargon!)
The Breath is Already a Dharma Door | Thích Phước Tịnh | 2023-05-07
(English translation starts a few minutes into the Dharma talk)
https://youtu.be/NuY-nyqH9wc?si=CBHEZ69zCym_kuf9
#ThichPhoucTinh #DharmaTalk #dharma #dhamma #buddhism #mindfulness #breathing
Food is also the logs that we throw into the fire of emotions...
https://notesandsilence.com/2024/01/22/what-fasting-lets-you-know/
#meditation #food #silence #mindfulness #prayer #spiritualité
Media surfing.... for #truth &/or #mindfulness. Not sure how this will post via Post, "here"... but worth a try!
"1 good thing about the Iowa caucuses, and 3 that are really troubling"
On the #TrumpVirus ascension in #Iowa and the ripple across the #GQP cult landscape, plus other election/societal implications.
Question & Answer with Monastics - Sunday Nov. 26, 2023
https://www.youtube.com/live/z5vQwVP8dRU?si=dCIRMJOh827azI_r
Dharma Talk by Br. Pháp Khôi (Christmas Eve)
https://www.youtube.com/live/2qGL3LacdCw?si=-eFcbXV0GVRBKTnC
#PhapKhoi #buddhism #dharma #dhamma #BlueCliffMonastery #Christmas #mindfulness #understanding #forgiveness #kindness #faith
Can one be mindful while using social media and smartphones?
https://youtu.be/WZeA3pp6HjQ?si=7B1xXfaSOfSSxT_6
#ThichNhatHanh #mindfulness #CompassionateListening #smartphones #SocialMedia #buddhism #dharma #dhamma
Thich Nhat Hanh - Mindful breathing to handle strong emotions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZUzHMR1VNU
#ThichNhatHanh #mindfulness #MindfulBreathing #buddhism #dharma #dhamma
Transforming Depression, Anger and Fear with Mindful Breathing and Mindful Walking | Thich Nhat Hanh
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjaSR-ie9kg
#ThichNhatHanh #anger #fear #depression #mindfulness #MindfulBreathing #MindfulWalking #TransformationAndHealing #buddhism #dharma #dhamma
Meditation is to be aware of what is going on—in our bodies, in our feelings, in our minds, and in the world. Each day 40,000 children die of hunger. The superpowers now have more than 50,000 nuclear warheads, enough to destroy our planet many times. Yet the sunrise is beautiful, and the rose that bloomed this morning along the wall is a miracle. Life is both dreadful and wonderful. To practice meditation is to be in touch with both aspects.
--- Thich Nhat Hanh, in the book Being Peace
"I have a disciple in Vietnam who wants to build a stupa for my ashes when I die. He and others want to put a plaque with the words, “Here lies my beloved teacher.” I told them not to waste the temple land…I suggested that, if they still insist on building a stupa, they have the plaque say, I am not in here. But in case people don’t get it, they could add a second plaque, I am not out there either. If still people don’t understand, then you can write on the third and last plaque, I may be found in your way of breathing and walking."#buddhism #zen #mindfulness #ThíchNhấtHạnh #ThíchNhatHanh #NhatHanh ">
Thích Nhất Hạnh, November 2016 [src]
Looking for a UX researcher to help with free software for well-being
Our mission is to create libre/free (as in freedom) applications for people to increase the well-being in themselves and others.
We are looking for a UX researcher who shares our vision of creating a suite of software applications - covering all aspects of daily life - helping people reach, improve and maintain well-being in their daily life.
The projects with most activity at the moment:
* Mindfulness at the Computer (Desktop computers) https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer
* KindMind (Android) https://codeberg.org/fswb/kindmind
Organization overview page: https://codeberg.org/fswb/fswb/
Homage to Annie Hall (1977, Woody Allen)
From a bygone era, both for society and the film-maker....
This was a movie which impacted our pre-Internet society in many ways: comedy/satire, fashion, dating, intellectualism...
I just shared this short-list with a colleague, noting how so many of my long-time interests in #psychology phenomena were stimulated (along with my funny bone) in this film classic.
The whole film can be found online these days, but here are 3 highlights which are now part of my DNA....
Since it's still formatted for 'here'/ pora* (my post, shared privately earlier), I suppose I should share it, prime-time #nostalgia....
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This is my touchstone for “Woody Allen” films. As a young man who ‘fell in love’ with Diane Keaton (as did the fashion world) with this film, I was ‘imprinted’ to Annie Hall. Keaton was like a lovable hippie-type (70’s/NY) and Allen the ultimate NY neurotic. Three scenes I’ll never forget:
This one was ('appetizer') is a bit of ‘slapstick’, on 'dating' chemistry +/- :
Cooking Lobster
And this one below, I think, fed my interest in both psychology and the phenomenon of “airheads” and ‘elective ignorance’ (as we see these days too)…
It's a quick look (I think profound) at “intellectualism vs. happiness” - Woody Allen and Keaton see a happy-looking couple. Cynical Woody is in despair about how difficult it is to find happiness in a relationship. He asks for their secret:
'You look like a very happy couple'
And one more, for a trifecta of Annie Hall profundities - this one with Marshall McLuhan in a cameo. Here we see another blow at intellectual smugness, as - waiting in line for a show - Woody endures someone blathering away about ‘the meaning’… Love this one:
Annie Hall [Cinema scene, with Marshall McLuhan]
Hope one or more of these stimulates a smile or moment of thought!
For me, one of the best movies ever made, as craft, comedy, ensemble, & life…
#WoodyAllen #FilmHistory #mindfulness #cynicism #comedy #wit #DianeKeaton #1977 #movies #AnnieHall
Mindfulness at the computer:
Opened Sprint 2023-06-30
https://codeberg.org/fswb/mindfulness-at-the-computer/projects/3305
Focus: Finalizing testing of it7. Starting it8: Adding missing components (taking a break away from the computer, selecting multiple breathing phrases). {Using the newly updated dev-process from the FSWB repo, which has issue templates for the main process issue labels}