Thinking about the cost of being persistently aware of global news about which we can have no input, involvement or influence.
There seems to be mass spell cast over us by the media implying that to not know about every single thing that is happening on the surface of the earth (or in outer space for that matter) means we are ignorant and ill informed.
The most we can do is have an opinion. And if we’re really honest, opinions, for the most part, are a complete waste of time and energy. Energy and time far better spent engaging in local spheres of activity where we can have direct and real influence and involvement.
Just because we can know about every single event happening anywhere doesn’t mean we should know or even need to know.
The most pernicious phrase added to speculative news stories is: ‘Should we be worried?’ Unless you can have a demonstrative direct affect then the answer is always a resounding ‘No!’
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Minus the incorrect assertion that Buddhism seeks to detach one from desire. No. Buddhism advocates that we allow desires to arise without clinging on to them for dear life. Desires are like everything else, impermanent.
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For me meditation and contemplation are synonymous. Practice is continuous in the midst of life. To misquote Alan Watts:
“Zen is life, not something about life.”
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Another beautiful post from Mike Farley, this time on impermanence and the interdependence of life and death.
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Here’s to the new Reeder app
Time for a long overdue shout out to the new Reeder app. I haven’t seen Iconfactory’s Project Tapestry yet but if you’re after a unified timeline app then you won’t go far wrong with the new Reeder.
It supports RSS, podcasts, YouTube, all Fediverse servers, Bluesky, micro.blog, Glass, Flickr, Comic Strip and Reddit. It looks great too as you might expect.
Well worth checking out.
Just seen A Real Pain. A good movie. Learned that Kieran Culkin is brilliant at playing himself. Thought he was perfection in Succession and great in A Real Pain but it will be interesting to see if he can do anything else in other roles.
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Very curious to see Roberts Eggers’ Nosferatu remake. Mixed reviews but I always enjoy his work, particularly loved The Witch.
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“What we’re really in the business of doing is helping people stay with the thoughts and feelings they are coming to meditation to escape.”
Barry Magid, Zen teacher – Ordinary Mind Zendo
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Happy to have booked my first yoga class of the year. It will be good to get back on the mat regularly.
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I’m enjoying the slow pace of micro.blog. And the lack of likes and follower counts and ‘re-posts’ and all the other insane ‘incentives’ mainstream social media thinks we want and absolutely do not need.
