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Re: Purity and Nuance
@person said:
Early on as I was forming my views I came to a feeling that trying to find a place of balance in life was bound to fail and liberation is the solution. I still believe that ultimately, but I couldn't make the leap and decided on a worldly life where the interplay and balance of Yin and Yang is the way of worldly things.
When I am reflecting on things of this nature, what I am currently reminded of is that there is only ‘the eternal now’. There is no long ago, there is no tomorrow, there is only ever the now…
Just that if there is a leap to be made, and you haven’t made it yet, it is still there in the now, the moment never passes.
Jeroen
Switching to Kagi for search
I found this article
https://daringfireball.net/2025/04/try_switching_to_kagi
Really interesting, not only for its talk about how Kagi is a better form of internet search, but also why Google and DuckDuckGo do not work well anymore. Spoiler, it has to do with money. Kagi is a subscription based search engine, so makes no money off ads or merchandise sales, which is why it can afford to produce better search results.
Jeroen
Re: Tonglen
@redapple said:
Hi guys,Does anyone practice Tonglen here? If so, how often do you do it? Please can you share your experiences of it?
Thanks!!
Yes.As a formal cushion practice every now and again, and every day when I hear of or see others suffering, there’s a wish to take on their pain and a genuine hope they find peace of mind, free from all the mental and physical distress they’re carrying.
However, I do find it more difficult when I see those who have caused suffering now going through it themselves. The wish is still there, but the feeling behind it isn’t as strong. It doesn’t come with the same force
Shoshin1
Re: Mastodon
You can join and run Mastodon from anywhere. Even the garden if you have internet connection
https://fedi.garden/
I warn you it is very different AND I am even stranger there than here...
You have been warned 
lobster
Re: Have you ever witnessed an exorcism ritual??
Have you ever witnessed an exorcism ritual??
On a more serious note:
Yes through meditation. Transforming one’s own mind by confronting internal demons like greed, anger, and delusion is a form of self-exorcism. These unwholesome negative energies possess the mind and cloud perception.
Shoshin1
Re: My Dharma practice today
My Dharma practice today:
As an ally to most, I now realise we are all one gender.
Wo!
We of course are not safe, until all are safe, especially younglings.Home made, wholemeal pizza today
- Was kind to one more thing/person
- Did not go to X-tian Church despite the Mince pie yearnings...
- Prayed to Alien goddesses and Amitabha
- Ate strawberries and cream as a devotee
- Provided food to local animals
- Gently berated myself for not being more Bodhi
- Posted image of fossilized raindrops
Am I doing good yet?
lobster