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Rusty RingMaximum IlluminationIt's what you do with it. <a href="https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/03/maximum-illumination.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/03/maximum-illumination.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ahimsa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ahimsa</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/antinomianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antinomianism</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/arhat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#arhat</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddha</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ch%C3%A0n" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chàn</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Christianity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Christianity</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/guru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guru</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hermitpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hermitpractice</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/monk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#monk</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/nonhypocrisy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonhypocrisy</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/sangha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sangha</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zen</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®This is what happens when the Dark <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> gets taken seriously, instead of being told to keep playing with their crayons and try to color inside the lines.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/114033250271276285" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/114033250271276285</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://masto.ai/@GhostOnTheHalfShell" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GhostOnTheHalfShell</a> It’s not lately, and the colonial era is cute.The label “Dark Enlightenment” is itself an act of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trollsmanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trollsmanship</a> (i.e. “dark” and “light”).The neofeudalist reactionaries have recruited 1,000 oligarchs to fund a project that rolls back both the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renaissance</a>.Their idea of a good time is the sociopolitical economy of 850.Again, the problem is not that I’m right.The problem is normies think I’m exaggerating.<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UsE6XY/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT2UsE6XY/</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®The Creepy Weirdos™ unironically called themselves the “Dark Enlightenment” of the “Intellectual Dark Web”, and now they control the United States Federal Government.Endarkening the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> wasn’t an accident, or a by-product, or happenstance.It was the strategic objective of playing a very long game.Be serious, people.

Coach Pāṇini ®You’re witnesssing <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/BombsOverBaghdad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BombsOverBaghdad</a> for the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AdministrativeState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AdministrativeState</a> of Babylon.It’s a <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ShockAndAwe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShockAndAwe</a> campaign against the “Cathedral”, to undermine the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> Republic, hyper-target <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/institutions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#institutions</a> of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/GreatSociety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreatSociety</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/NewDeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewDeal</a>, then 13th through 19th Amendments, roll back the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a>, then manifest a society where the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renaissance</a> is “novel”.The reason it’ll be semi-successful is because the average citizen has not been <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ExtremelyOnline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExtremelyOnline</a> for 3+ decades to grok it all.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/sensemaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sensemaking</a>

Bernhard HussNo, ricchezza né onore Con frode o con viltà Il secol venditore Mercar non mi vedrà.Giuseppe <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Parini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Parini</a>, Ode "Su la libertà campestre" (Rime degli Arcadi, vol. 13, p. 146)<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/earlymodern" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#earlymodern</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/italianstudies" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@italianstudies</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/earlymodern" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@earlymodern</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://med-mastodon.com/@rvaughnmd" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@rvaughnmd</a> The Presbyterians held the legacy of the Scottish <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a>, so he was justifiably vexed.

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/capital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capital</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenBut after a certain point, there can be no productive worrying. Then the only way to let go is accept that if the solution fails, we'll worry about it then. Or we worry there is no solution... but that's simply current or future suffering, and so let's go back to not worrying about suffering. Hang on for the ride is all you can do. Stop struggling against having to struggle!After the worry, set the plans into motion. Meanwhile, rest. The future will come, and the plans will roll forth, and when it's time to worry again, you'll know.But meanwhile you will have rested. So when the stress comes you can easily remember that this is not forever. You are making the effort now, you knew it would be hard, you've accepted the current pain and worry, it is all going according to plan.Tense, and release. Tense and release. /🧵 <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DarkSojourn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkSojourn</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Recovery2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recovery2025</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ScriptureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScriptureWriting</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenI sure am stressed tonight. But this was the time designated for stress. I knew I'd be stressed, this is according to plan; stress during the middle of a super hard thing is normal and even healthy so long as there are times that are not super hard. This last part is important.One coping mechanism for stress I've come across, I try to not worry about suffering itself. It's one less thing to worry about if I can accept the unpleasant sensations I'm experiencing that I don't have reasonable control over, and let go of trying to prevent suffering that cannot be prevented. This itself reduces suffering because at least I can relax over some aspects of it.But that's not always easy to do. I can't always just will that to happen. So then I try to not worry about worrying. If I'm worried that I can't stop worrying, well that's just the same problem, isn't it? So I let myself worry if I need to.There is a time for worry. There is a time for stress. Worry motivates us to concentrate on the problem and try out different solutions. There can be creativity in this space, like a puzzle of how to fix it. That's normal, but a new problem comes when there is (or seems to be) no acceptable solution. Or we're afraid that the solution we've planned won't work. Maybe it's good to think a little harder to come up with contengencies.🧵 <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/DarkSojourn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DarkSojourn</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/Recovery2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Recovery2025</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ScriptureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScriptureWriting</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenAnd what you'll find there? I'm struggling to put into words. It's what they call the Tao. Between all these thoughts is "That." The Tao that cannot be spoken. When watching those feelings, *between* them is that feeling, that shattering of the Illusion, that noticing of the existence of all the barriers between things, between self and the world, all those borders and lines drawn of this thing and realizing those lines are not what you thought, that they are blurred, and that it's all the same. That we're all the same. /🧵<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ScriptureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScriptureWriting</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spirituality</a>

Mx. Luna CorbdenYour emotions are senses, just like sight and sound. They are sensations passing through you, by you, that you happen to observe.You are not your emotions.Emotions can seem the same as the self because they are inside the body, not outside. And because we can exercise a little bit of conscious control on them.But we can exercise a little conscious control over our other senses as well. I can close my eyes, look a different direction, squint, and move around or alter reality to change what my eyes take in. I can turn off a machine or tell someone to shut up or turn up the volume or switch songs to exert some control over what senses my ears register.Emotions aren't much different. We can take actions to change what we feel, to a certain extent. I can change what I'm thinking about, practice acceptance, take a deep breath, go to the movies, take another hit (yes, please, I'm on a roll), or a number of other things to consciously change how I feel... But the limits on this control are similar to those on touch, traste, smell, sight, and hearing. Sometimes you can't shut out unwanted sound, sometimes the song you want to hear isn't accessible, sometimes a bug bite will not stop itching, and sometimes you can't stop being mad or sad or happy no matter how hard you try.One form of casual meditation I practice is I just watch my emotions. How am I reacting? What thoughts are coming up? How does my body feel? I'm not doing anything, just watching myself feel and do. I watch my emotions the same way I'd watch a TV show or listen to music. It's no different than listening to someone else talk.🧵<a href="https://defcon.social/tags/ScriptureWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ScriptureWriting</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spirituality</a>

Rusty RingA Precept For The New YearRight action isn't optional for Buddhists.<a href="http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-precept-for-new-year.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://rustyring.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-precept-for-new-year.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/EightfoldPath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EightfoldPath</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/HeidiLiFeldman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HeidiLiFeldman</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/hermitpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hermitpractice</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewYear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYear</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/precept" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#precept</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/vow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vow</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zen</a>

Cees Grootes. The lotus flower, with its symbolic significance, represents purity, beauty, strength, and endurance in Buddhism. Originating from muddy water, it ascends to the surface, unveiling its beauty.As a Buddhist symbol, it epitomizes enlightenment and the spiritual awakening from the world's suffering.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#buddha</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Buddhism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lotus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lotus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lotusflower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lotusflower</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lotusflowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lotusflowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/flowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flowers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a>

Coach Pāṇini ®<a href="https://mastodon.social/@shoq" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@shoq</a> The New Normal™ is gonna be wild, like a throwback to that era between the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renaissance</a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a>, when Gutenberg’s press was a novelty and represented innovation.

Coach Pāṇini ®I keep trying to tell anyone who will listen: the conservative institutionalists are dead.Creepy Weirdos™ in the form of neofeudalist reactionaries are a cancer on the Gallant Olde Party. They don’t want to turn clock to 1950. Implementing policies of 1850 is cute. Evergreen vision of fascist techbroligarchs: roll back the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> and the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Renaissance</a>. BITFD and build political economy of 850.The problem is not that I’m right.The problem is that you think I’m exaggerating.

Coach Pāṇini ®Folks who led the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> Revolution and wrote the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Constitution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Constitution</a> were Deists of the 18th century “Scientific Revolution and its emphasis on empiricism, objective observation, and using rationality over faith or tradition as the foundations of truthful <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/knowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#knowledge</a>.”They founded “an <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> country” with hostility toward the “hierarchically ordered societies of Europe.” The gringo ethos is skeptical of God-Kings: <a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/08/13/skeptical-of-god-kings/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/08/13/skeptical-of-god-kings/</a><a href="https://www.salon.com/2024/12/07/welcome-to-the-new-dark-ages/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.salon.com/2024/12/07/welcome-to-the-new-dark-ages/</a>h/t <a href="https://mastodon.social/@bacchus1234" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bacchus1234</a>

MissConstrueI’ve just read about a set of David Hume’s letters being auctioned, and I have to say that were I ridiculously wealthy, I would absolutely spend all my money making sure things like this were safely archived in museums where people could see them, and where they would be protected from the elements and ravages of time. He was such an extraordinary writer, his snide turns of phrase, his elegant dismissal of the external divine, his belief that humanity was humanity’s greatest hope and enemy. These were letters to a friend, and they stayed in that family from the 1700s until now. I hope the purchaser puts, at the very least, archival copies of the letters online, so we can read them. <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/hume" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hume</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/empiricism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#empiricism</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/skeptics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#skeptics</a> <a href="https://mefi.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29882/lot/9/hume-david-series-of-six-autograph-letters-to-his-friend-william-mure-of-caldwell-1718-1776-and-one-contemporary-copy-7/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.bonhams.com/auction/29882/lot/9/hume-david-series-of-six-autograph-letters-to-his-friend-william-mure-of-caldwell-1718-1776-and-one-contemporary-copy-7/</a>A primer on Hume: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hume</a>

PachacutecI'm not "arrived" at anything, it's just a process, but this was just something I noticed. It brought a kind of new anxiety, as if I was maybe losing something I had become attached to, and slowly I am - being self-referential or my identity as a separate, disconnected living thing.The emptier mind is still able to plan and think things through. It just also has more space to be in the moment, notice things, be present, be spontaneous. <a href="https://union.place/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meditation</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#psychology</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enlightenment</a> <a href="https://union.place/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a>

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