Tom

also planet Earth and universe

there's a cuba, nd, pop 67 in 2023

Great hockey win for USA! The third period was all Canada -- the USA was lucky to survive it and get to sudden death overtime.

YouTube video by Team USA Alysa Liu wins the Olympic gold medal for the United States

Wow, she was having fun!

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Ain't that the truth!

those darn socks! 😀

Previous post from "In the Beauty of the Lilies" by John Updike. I sure wish there was a comparable writer these days with his writing skills and eye of a poet and social scientist.

The distant spires of New York City were a photogenic marvel, their apparently weightless suspension within the mists of summer heat belying the mass suffering and striving their enchanted profile rested upon. But the moving-picture camera was aligned to exclude any such modern view. John Updike

Right palm is itchy
Expect outflow of money
So said the old wives

#Haiku #Haikuish

does not compute i am sure

FWIW, I think some dreams are prescient, but I think a lot are the "subconscious" acting out impressions. Fritz Perls, the famous Gestalt therapist, used to have patients role pay different parts of a dream with the theory that it helps to integrate the personality. Never tried that myself, though.

I don't know how well this explains it, but it is interesting anyway -- "Glimpses of Abhidharma" by Chogyam Trungpa.

Your True Self is your immediate experiencing before thought categorizes it. It is this moment speaking.

That white screen is not something that you can actually attain; it is something you always have. The reason you don't feel you have it is because your mind is too busy. Once in a while you should stop all your activities and make your screen white. That is zazen. Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

The cat, the dog, the flower--all of nature accepts its life and lives it happily. To accept this life, you must work hard in your mind to gain understanding. Life and death is just subjective. You must know it is your own delusion. Sokei-an Sasaki

There is nothing more fundamental ~ than I, Arjuna; all worlds, ~ all beings, are strung upon me ~ like pearls on a single thread. Bhagavad Gita 7.7, Stephen Mitchell tr.

It's going to be AOC vs MTG in 2028 isn't it?

or "hon(ey)"

The presence that pervades the universe ~ is imperishable, unchanging ~ beyond both *is* and *is not* ~ how could it ever vanish? Bhagavad Gita, 2.17, Stephen Mitchell tr.

"I know the Jungians will not like this, but there comes a time when you just dream yourself out, and there are no more dreams, and you sleep deeply and breathe from your heels." Alan Watts, "Zen Bones" talk. Interesting. As for myself, my dream machine is working very well these days, thank you!

The day was August 14, 1945. Roscoe wore a full beard, going gray, but his mustache was mostly black. Trust no man, not even your brother, if his beard is one color, mustache another. He was fat but looked only burly... He was burning up but looked cool in his seersucker. "Roscoe" / William Kennedy

As breath turns from down to up, and again as breath curves from up to down--through both these turns, *realize*. Centering technique / Vigyan Bhairav Tantra / Zen Flesh Zen Bones / Reps and Senzaki

sit. let thoughts settle themselves. let mind drop on its own accord. you just sit gazing at the wall, in a silent corner, not doing anything at all. relaxed. loose. with no effort. not going anywhere. as if you are falling asleep awake... you remain alert on the inside. Osho, "What is Meditation"

The singing bush

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Yes I am, thanks Sarah. Tough times for our country these day, but there is still a lot to enjoy in everyday life. I hope you are doing well also.

As I am getting old, the idea of (re)incarnation) is making sense. In fact, it is downright logical.

We are like foam, like bubbles in the Ocean of Consciousness. For a little while we have this spark, this body, and we reflect everything. The law of causality will create this once more, This is the law of incarnation. Sokei-an Sasaki

yeah, not looking good... no surprise, unfortunately