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Re: What we are doing right?
Me better (allegedly):
- Eating better food
- More practice
- Finding useful people, doing useful work https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/
- Just had some fun (downloaded a Linux game about a Ninja Bunny) Been running about looking for Easter eggs (not sure there are any - as if that would stop me finding them)
- Been listening to much more music. Is a mood changer
- I have been making virtual contacts from all sorts of strange perspectives.
- Been encouraging people to take control of their social meda https://fedi.directory/
- I have been mostly sane and am learning to be more serious. Oh wait... No failed in that department
Well done everyone inspiring us with their efforts and successes. Their fun, funnies and behaviour modifications. Well done us! 
lobster
Re: What we are doing right?
- paying my credit card debt/ truck payment on time.
- take my diabetes pill on time/less soda
- sleep on a consistence time at 7ish
- work as landscaper aime satisfactory for the customer
our life is buddha living....with mind and heart we live the seasons.
Re: Poem for the day
Mystery of Consciousness
Who or what is looking from behind the eyes,
Who or what distinguishes the vibrations of truth and lies,
Who or what smells the scent wafting up the nose,
Who or what tastes the fruit that grows?
If it’s the brain, that blob of jelly meat,
Through which sights are seen and fruit tastes sweet,
And vibrations have meaning, smells are pleasing or can disturb,
Who or what, then, gives rise to the blurb—
The voice in our head, the constant stream,
Of thoughts and musings, a waking dream?
If it’s just neurons, a firing spree,
Where is the "I" in this mystery?
The whisper of "I" that watches and feels,
The pull of the stars, the turn of the wheels?
Or merely a trick, an illusion’s guise,
A dance of atoms beneath the skies?
Whatever it is, this watcher inside,
The seeker of truth where mysteries hide,
Remains a riddle, profound and vast,
A glimpse of the future, a shadow of the past.
Shoshin1
Re: What we are doing right?
I think you are absolutely right to say we need to stand still with the things we are doing right, it is important to realise that we are doing positive things.
I have been involved in…
- Helping my fellow Osho commune ex-kids get their story out there. For me the stories of abuse in the Osho communes were a turning point, and in various public media I am making myself heard, owning my voice as it were and doing some good with it.
- Caring for my mother, by helping her with trips to the hospital, arranging her appointments for her, making sure her medicines are delivered, bandaging the wound on her leg every day, and providing cups of coffee, cake and moral support.
- Developing my skills as a writer by following Alan Moore’s course on BBC Maestro. It has been excellent so far to learn from him about language, story and writing. It has helped me a lot in developing a story idea that came to me while listening to the course intro.
- I drink minimally, perhaps one Trappist beer every couple of months, I feel happier not drinking.
I think the intention to do right, to live with honesty, transparency, kindness and reliability is maybe even more important than the results. But that is a major reason why I spend time on Buddhist forums, because people here live by these high intentions.
Jeroen
Re: Buddha as a content creator
BTW..love the poem
We are poems of our own choices. 
Let me tell you of how I was protected by the kind people of the fediverse and protected from the trolls, trumps and bad influences.
- I catch bullets in my teeth. A trick which has killed many conjurers. There are smart magicians on Mastodon who will make sure your gun's empty.
- For example for the Mac and cheese crowd. Apple has its own presence and software promoting (guess what) Apple products and yes-gals.
- Other dark influencers such as the POTUS Donald Duck has a Mastodon private server. Blocked. On the Server (instance) I choose. Never came across them. Never had to suffer the Nazi saluting Maga crowd or E-lonely Musk. Was not advertised junk products. Though craft people and small one person startups, painters, photographers, jewellery makers etc, I have followed.
- I follow poets, Buddhists and the highest ideals I can. Some people just like to reinforce their gossiping. That is accommodated too.
- People talk about their successes, their fears, their difficulties AND also just pictures, videos, support, knowledge, links. It is a place of welcome, protection and great diversity.
- CU there sometime - oh and you can search and follow hashtags such as #gratitude #kindness #poems #threegoodthings.
Mastodon is not what you are force fed. It is what you make it. Good luck. Let me know what server you are on and I will follow you (which I can do from wherever I am)...
lobster
What we are doing right?
Hello everyone,
I've been having some troubles lately (poor sleep) and am in need of some positivity.
Even though there might be some potential drawbacks to this, spiritual ego and all that stuff, and the yang in the yin and the yin in the yang, let's have a thread to celebrate some of the things we are doing right.
No need for this to be a hollier-than-though thread, we're all flawed (Mistakes R US as Genkaku would say), but equally I know that we are all trying to be better and practice on a daily basis towards our aspirations and Boddhisatva ideals.
Three things I'm doing right these days:
- Over half a year and more of not taking my phone to the toilet
a.k.a. practicing not being a phone zombie. Great success! I know that it's the small things that eventually snowball towards better things. - Three established projects of a socially-useful variety (the already mentioned Kiva + two through my highschool Alumni foundation, organising Alumni lectures for the pupils + a scholarship ). One big project of this type in (purposefuly slow) development, hopefully it will slowly come to fruition.
- Quit drinking 4-5-6 months ago, feeling good about it.
What are some things you are doing right?
marcitko
Re: Buddha as a content creator
Trump signed the 90 day extension.
Is that some sort of hair extension?
Rather than being at the whim of corporations or petulant politicos
You can join peertube or pixelfed for videos and images...
It is different way to Be...
Oh look a tree has appeared. A new Buddha is born....
As some of you know I use Linux and Mastodon. Why? I value the geeks of Linux and the real diversity of Mastodon, Most social media is designed as click bait (so you keep scrolling in your preferred bubble of interest + promoted selling, misinformation, propaganda etc)
Just be aware, as the Buddhas advise...
https://defcon.social/@lobster/113871761284943814
lobster
Re: Being mindful of our actions
Some might say that..
Samsara = phenomena being subjugated by a "self versus others" mentality.
Is such suffering actually addressed merely by the direction that a mind faces?
Couldn't a Mind turned inwards also describe myopic limitations, just as a mind
turned outwards might offer a wider world beyond the walls of our sandbox?
Nirvana= phenomena no longer being shang-highed by an ego's cravings.
What does a No Mind know anyway?
Appropriate actions are one spoke of the 8 fold path wheel and as such are best supported by the understanding, thought, speech, lively hood/relationships, effort, mindfulness & concentration of the 4 Nobel Truths.
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