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Re: just do the pose
Its part of the social 8 fold path.
1. Right selfies
2. Right bio
3. Right tweets
4. Right NFTs
5. Right product endorsements
6. Right influencing
7. Right self promotion
8. Right self absorption
person
Re: just do the pose
What if you took his class, had a good time and thanked him? Maybe even a new friendship?
At the least maybe free classes. 
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