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Re: just do the pose
In zen I'd call this a good picture of how to choose a meditating posture that requires a distracting amount of physical effort to maintain. An apex foundational platform, marginally supportive of the body's center mass, narrowly balancing on two running shoes and a bony ass and poorly allowing for the tilted pelvis that can allow for a relaxed posture.
Sometimes chosen by koan crunching devotees for the extra tension that it can add to a riddling practice.
so...a possible teaching aid.
how
Re: just do the pose
Maybe he just wanted to contribute to the number of meditative pictures in the world?
You too can be a buddha!
Jeroen
Re: Funny Stuff
A kid comes home from school with a writing assignment. He asks his father for help.
"Dad, can you tell me the difference between potential and reality?"
His father looks up, thoughtfully, and then says,
"I'll demonstrate. Go ask your mother if she would sleep with Robert Redford for a million pounds. Then go ask your sister if she would sleep with Brad Pitt for a million pounds. Then come back and tell me what you've learned."
The kid is puzzled, but decides to ask his mother.
"Mum, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Robert Redford?"
"Don't tell your father, but yes, I would," she replies.
He then goes to his sister's room.
"Sis, if someone gave you a million pounds, would you sleep with Brad Pitt?"
She replies, "Omigod! Definitely!"
The kid goes back to his father.
"Dad, I think I've figured it out. Potentially, we are sitting on two million quid, but in reality, we are living with two sluts."
federica
Re: AI Metreya
Yes on the Dutch language buddhist forums which I sometimes frequent there was someone like that, who picked the username “Buddha” and was continually complaining about how he wasn’t accepted in the Sangha and that people didn’t respect him properly. Hilarious.
Jeroen
Re: Shall we foregather in the Garden....?
They obviously feel safe knowing that you’re a buddhist…
Jeroen
Re: Beginners Question
@lobster said:
Indeed.
Don't send me any, I may be upset and probably don't know anyway …
It is possible you need not worry. I am only seeking insights which I find helpful. 
Re: Beginners Question
@how said:
It's pretty common to direct message folks here with questions that might be too personal or revealing for a semi-public forum.
Indeed.
Don't send me any, I may be upset and probably don't know anyway …
@FleaMarket said:
I have potentially hurtful and personal questions to ask but I'm scared to ask them here as I don't want to upset anyone. The difficult questions, you know? What is the right way to ask such questions here? I have no one else who can answer them as some of you here do. I may direct message individuals I feel have insights into certain questions. Is this a skillful way?
It is skilful
Phew! Hope I got away reasonably skilfully … in a Hinayana (disused term apparently) sort of way … 
lobster
Re: No Buddhist Quotes
“When I visited the mushroom intelligence during one of my sessions I asked what it was doing on this planet. It replied, “things were good here when we arrived, then the monkeys got out of control.””
— Terence McKenna (a man much taken with talking to mushrooms)
Jeroen
Re: Good news
@Bunks said:
@Shoshin1 said:
Well just as I arrived back from my morning jolk I saw my landlord who told me his ex who also lives on the property has just tested positive for Covid, he and my immediate neighbour have been testing themselves daily and so far have not tested positive...I let my landlord know that if they need any help with getting food etc, I can get them help through work...
Since the beginning of the pandemic we have been social distancing when interacting and we don't go into each others homes...So there's minimal chance of me catching it from them, mind you. I have more chance of catching it at work where we interact with both vaxxed and unvaxxed clients face to face, however we do all wear masks and social distance...
I’m trying to find the good news in this post ? Perhaps the fact you don’t have Covid?
Oops sorry @Bunks, I was wondering where my post disappeared to...I thought I had posted it in the Covid threat...I have just looked at the Covid thread and couldn't see my post, so posted another one...
I guess you're right the good news is no Covid symptoms... 
Shoshin1