sounds like you dropped something. 👍💪

I'm glad it helped. It's important to feel what we feel so we can know, truly and to see the beginnings of the self destructive stories we tell ourselves at times. These stories are part of the human condition, paying attention to them but not holding on to them, we can see the bigger picture including ourselves. Practicing this way, it becomes easier to know when we are lying to ourselves and when we see clearly. 💘

turn off notifications, check at x y and z time or just at x time daily. people can wait for a response. and you can wait to reply. 💘

do you need me to agree? 💘🤷‍♂️

who says using Mind isn't active? our true Mind is totally engaged. it's the same Mind that children have when they are absorbed in something they are discovering. it never leaves us. we leave it.

the intellect is like a pocket knife. pull it out when needed, then put it away. would you carry around a pocket knife with all the tools and blades open all the time?

the idea that this set of emotions and actions belongs to men and another set belongs to women is a fallacy. as humans, we all have access to the full human experience. i have met as many women who are emotionally immature as i have men; and as many of both who are well put together adults of both. i've met many women who are cruel and many men who are as well; and as many of each who are kind hearted and mature. this narrative has divided people for far too long.

as a young (gay/male) child i turned away from this idea, not to be more girly or anything like that, but to be true to my self, my feelings, and how i interacted with the world. it has served me well.

this conceptualized gender division is very old and lately it has been getting very loud.

Robert Johnson (Jungian psychologist/analyst) discusses some of the origins of it in his 3 books: "He", "She", and "We". i think all 3 are free public domain now.

good post @HODL

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too much thinking. the answer isn't in the intellect, the Mind knows: the blue mountains, the green flush of prairie grass after it rains, the baby crying, the jet flying overhead.

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huge plum tree

up and down my back

petals fall

H.B. plays

"the real dream of sails"

plays me...

fat cat digs,

noses, and sniffs around —

fresh pit stick

sacredpeak.ink

#haikusenru #poetry #spring #growNostr #zap

you're welcome. if you read the piece on my website that i linked, LMK what you think. 🙏

it's often a concept that people aspire to that gets in the way of who they really are. this word is a red flag and reminds me of people who think "Zen" means you are always serene somehow or happy. this is not possible. most of the time we are neutral. we can't be happy or serene if we don't experience the whole range of our feelings, our relative minds work by contrast. practice is the deletion of concepts such as this and then the deletion of the deletion to the point that one forgets the self. (as dogen says "to forget the self is to study the self". serenity can arrive naturally but forcing it (like "those" Zen students on retreat who put on a Serenity mask while at the same time visibly look like they are jabbing a fork in their hand under the table.

i wrote this piece about emotions a while ago and touched on what i am referring to above in it.

sacredpeak.ink/2023/10/19/the-strength-of-strings/

in terms of a definition, real serenity is a natural result of dropping our baggage. the half smile of a person steeped in practice is this smile but that person has feelings and displays those as well exactly in accord with themself in each moment. if you want to see a true half smile, DaVinci painted a very famous painting with one that people misread IMO.

@SGT.FISH thank you for asking this question.

couldn't resist

lightning strikes

across the drive the tree splits —

electric gate

⛈️🌩️⚡

i read

the text message in his voice —

breaks silence

rain breaks

ten thousand plum petals rain —

puddle

flushed green

sun side trees — shade side trees

bare envy

dead grin

glued to his phone world —

cold zombie tea

#haikusenryu #poetry #spring #sacredpeakdotink #growNostr #zap

who are they? what did they do?

(disclaimer: i used to work in Corp. IT and worked with security issues)

these companies have ignored security for years and don't care because good IT costs mone (which cuts profits). for years, people have spoken up about this stuff and been ignored. it's sad but, at this point we need laws to punish companies that ignore security, particularly simple things such as keeping patches up to date. severe fines and pay outs to customers and staff who are at risk now of identity theft and all the rest. 😇

yeah. there's no real "best" anything (and I dislike the wall of those posts in search results) because it's situational including the needs of the person and all that.

I loved learning Obsidian and I hope you will too.

Best way to avoid bug tech is DIY. Linux box and compatible camera.

purple plum blooms

already starting to drop —

melted ice cream

west wind

wisps of cloud blow past —

stop sign

end of may

young orchid spike extends —

spring sun's arc

#haikusenryu #poetry #spring #sacredpeakdotink #growNostr #zap

west wind

wisps of cloud blow past —

stop sign

catch you after the move. take it easy. 💘

#haikusenryu #poetry

yeah, every decision has trade offs. for example my husband wanted to use proton drive as a backup for large RAW photos from a full frame camera on our latest trip but the size made proton drive encrypting each one too slow so he gave up so the answer to 'what way is best?' is 'it depends' in every case. 😂

I read an article on Obsidian a while ago when I started writing and self publishing online. as a long long time Linux user having an app that has feature parity across devices was a key point for me. as I read up more on it, I saw that it could do much more than just notes I not use a plugin for saving online articles (it can often grab article text from behind paywals as an added bonus shhh). I use it for to dos as well. you can structure your notes and file history as you like. it'll even do a graph that shows how all your connected notes relate to each other. Obsidian uses plain text files and folders, which in my mind is ideal... no weird file formats so if Obsidian dies I still have all my notes. It has a leaning curve but it's worth it.

https://obsidian.rocks/getting-started-with-obsidian-a-beginners-guide/

April 2024 ?