Oddbean

“I is of the devil”, that’s an Egyptian saying. Some people never say “I” in Arabic and seek refuge in God if they have to say it (to be humble) and I avoid using it when possible (had to type it otherwise it wouldn’t have made sense).

Vipassana 🌿 nostr:nevent1qqs2x6t3us2a28kk0rjrxdlw8kzdsgu4m9mcdgmzvhf645klt6r88kcpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0wd68ytnsw43z7q3qsg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63qxpqqqqqqzyk729c https://www.dhamma.org/en-US/index

1st year, following years...!? 🤣🤦‍♂️ Just be aware of your desires. What is it you are chasing and why... Be honest! nostr:note15d5hreq4650dv78yxvm7u0vymq3etkths63kyewn4tfd7h5xw0dsnpgfgs https://m.primal.net/LCjm.png

Odd … shared this old writing ✍️ earlier elsewhere. Those who see I as oneness of everything may be misunderstood. Humans always lost in translation. 😂 https://nostrcheck.me/media/2aadfb8ac7d43aca6d164ed99248147910048269601ff60d4463c4d5b3abfdcd/8d29c73a54b5dc1c83480b8f3369d0bf23c580025d79be29f08e239ea32e9e55.webp

The Four Immeasurables prayer is a Buddhist prayer that includes the following phrases: "May all beings have happiness and the causes of happiness" "May all beings be free from suffering and the causes of suffering" "May all beings never be separate from the supreme joy that is beyond all sorrow" "May all beings abide in equanimity free from attachment and aversion" The prayer is meant to be an aspirational practice that can be developed through chanting and applied to the mind and speech. The practice is intended to help people develop loving-kindness, which can be expanded from loving only oneself and close friends and family to a more profound and vast love.

Boddhisatva is such a beautiful idea. I'm also on the path. Wish you the best, it's truly an incredible thing. Buddhism is an incredible philosophy that maybe might play a more important role in the future than maybe we think. Buddhism is absolutely not trivial and in my perspective contains the absolute elixir, juice, gist, core of all truly important philosophical, psychological, moral, ethical, spiritual and just overall human learnings of our common history until now. In my opinion, our current time shows that it's really really hard to live without a common/regular/organized philosophy, religion, morality, etc, and in the absence of an organized/common philosophy/religion, people will just create a new one. It's kind of like if we're hardwired for community and philosophy/religions are the wires of that connection. It's going to be inevitable. And that's very important. We need to recognize this as humans. Aristotle was talking about this in Politics 2500 years ago, i.e we're hardwired for politics (culture, morality, etc), or in other words humans will only be truly happy in a community (a polis). And that implies that we'll need some sort of binding culture, etc. And they had many gods, virtues, etc. And thus we will most likely have to prepare ourselves spiritually also. Depending on how one thinks about spirituality and the world for that matter. And anyways, maybe Buddhism could help us define or be the base of that common philosophy/morality. One interesting thing is that it's an incredible lean philosophy and one that a lot of people have or use with something else. It doesn't have/need god, it's not theistic, etc, it's just a philosophy. And simultaneously it has very well defined moral principles. It's really very beautiful in my opinion.

I was at an ayahuasca retreat and just as the ceremony was coming to an end, I “heard” the following in the back of my mind I am You You are Me We are God. It really was a life changing experience and whenever I feel down or like I’m losing my way again, I say this a few times to remember I’m not alone.