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New year's resolution (a little later than usual):

I'm going to kindly acknowledge when I'm putting attention and energy into things and events that do not or will not touch upon my direct experience.

And then ­­smilingly let go of it.

This as opposed to: "I must/will not [something]".

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There is, bhikshus, that place where there is
no earth, no water, no fire, no wind;
no base of boundless space;
no base of boundless consciousness;
no base of nothingness;
no base of neither-perception-nor-non-perception;
neither this world nor other worlds;
with neither the moon nor the sun.
Therein, bhikshus, I say, there is
neither coming nor going nor standing;
neither dying nor arising;
neither the established nor the occurring;
nor even this sense-object.

https://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/50.1-Nibbana-Patisamyutta-S-1-u8.1-piya.pdf

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[Secular Buddhism] 180 - Meditation: The Pause Button for Habitual Reactivity #secularBuddhism via @PodcastAddict

180 - Meditation: The Pause Button for Habitual Reactivity • Secular Buddhism - Podcast Addict https://podcastaddict.com/episode/157791950

What do I do, what do I believe:

- suffering is the main problem to solve
- we share a collective consciousness
- no one is liberated until we all are
- meditation is a mental strengthening activity & there are many forms
- ahimsa & veganism is a necessary practice
- I believe institutionalized Buddhism is necessarily corrupt
- Scientism is good actually, it is how we reject ineffective magic

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