Just finished a very stimulating morning meeting.
Two actually.
Subs processing in the background.
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late meditation today.
4:15 pm let’s go
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I always thought you lived in the U.S. … am I wrong? Cuz it’s 430am here
Much needed meditation hour.
Going to take a run as well a little later.
I’m thinking about the ensuing Mercury Retrograde.
The official retrogradal period is 21 April to 14 May. But astrologers talk about a shadow period before and after.
So this year, the whole period goes from about 7 April to 31 May, apparently.
It’s a good time for reflection, cleaning up, preparing; a not good time for striking out boldly or impetuously.
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In astrological terms, one of my challenges is that I’m well-divided between Earth and Air. Earth is grounded practicality. Air is inspired thought. I have to slow down my thinking so that it does not leave my reality behind. There’s a special effort required to integrate ideas and reality.
Working with that.
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I’d love to hear more about this! If you’d want
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I’m thinking about nature, psyche, and consciousness.
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If you haven’t faced nature—our nature—what use is your talk of morality, ethics, and judgment?
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Early morning meditation today. For some reason, I woke up at 5 or so. Wasn’t feeling sleepy, so I meditated from 5:30 to 6:30. It was helpful.
And today I experienced what I’ve often heard other people speak of, a period of time in the morning when all is quiet and it’s easier to concentrate on tasks for a bit. I’m sure I’ve experienced that many times, but there was a specific quality to it today.
I think that it’s related to how my mind is processing Emperor. Work tasks feel realer than they used to. There’s probably an ongoing incremental decrease in my tendency to mentally avoid. (That decrease is probably also supported by Victory’s Call and a few other modules in my custom.)
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Took a 90-minute nap to compensate for having woken so damned early.
Now, I’ll add some fuel to my digestive system and get ready for today’s meetings.
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Note to/from Self:
When a person asks you a genuine question, that is a show of good faith.
When you choose to respond with dismissive or evasive sarcasm, that just makes you an a**hole; and the world already has a surplus of those.
More importantly, when you respond to a genuine question with dismissive or evasive sarcasm, you have now contributed to the diminishment of circulating good faith in the world; and in the atmosphere of human interactions, good faith is like oxygen.
So, just answer the question.
If you don’t know all or part of how to answer, then say that and answer what you can.
If you don’t want to answer the question, then say that (or do that).
- Read the above.
- Try to practice it.
- F*ck up.
- Improve a bit.
- Wash, rinse, repeat.
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For a person who is willing to take action, an idea can be the most valuable treasure in the world.
For a person who is not willing to take action, the greatest idea in the world may be completely useless.
(It’s not that bad; I’m just reflecting on the contrast.)
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6:30 am to 7:30 am
meditation - no subs, no music
smooth and quiet, but choppy beneath the surface.
watching the system process tension, memories, and recent stimulation.
“own and approach experiencing as the play of personality.”
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Until something seems possible, it’s going to seem impossible.
Don’t stress it.
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Starting a washout.
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I keep thinking about Winning the Game versus Changing the Game
It’s a recurrent theme.
It’s a cliche that once you’ve won the game, you can see the parts of it that are empty or unsatisfying.
But it seems to me that it’s a fool who needs to play the game to the complete end in order to see that.
And we are fools.
But I aspire to be less foolish.
What if you could discipline and develop your discernment and imagination so that you don’t have to get to the very last stage before you can get some insight on the game in which you’re playing; some perspective on the paradigm in which you’re operating?
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Just finished watching The White Lotus Season 2.
First I had a 3 hour meeting. Ended about 2 hours ago.
Then I cooked some lunch and indulged myself.
An impressive show, to be sure.
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Humans and other animals worship POWER on a basic, primal level.
The most powerful people in the world are, of course, slaves to power. It’s the one thing from which they can never attain freedom.
One of the most difficult, often impossible, projects in this life is to gain an objective, critical perspective on Power and on one’s own relationships to power and of power.
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A bit of light but noticeable qi-related phenomena going on with me lately; in connection with concentrated attention and focused intention.
Just some sensations around the head and face, and the chest. Nothing that I deeply understand or that I’m going to think about very much; but seems like a good idea to note here.
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