One thing that isn't always #clear to me.
How do you tell somebody needing #help that you aren't in a #position to do that directly?
I've always #struggled with this both #morally and #abstractly so. Because I don't like denying anyone any kind of #support if and when I can give it.
Maybe […]
🌿 Theravāda Buddhism 101 Focus: Your own direct practice to reach enlightenment with emphasize of mindfulness, impermanence, and direct insight. Main figure: Gautama Buddha (the historical Buddha) Theravāda does not rely on Amitābha Buddha for rebirth or salvation. Instead you will hear: “Buddho” Metta phrases Pali chanting Gautama Buddha was not a god. Buddha was a human being. This is very important in Theravāda. He was a human who: struggled, practiced, awakened. This means others can too. Theravāda uses the Pali Canon, the oldest preserved teachings of the Buddha. They are in the Pali language — which is why chanting sounds the way it does. Pali is how venerable monks who walked for peace communicated. They spoke different languages. Core practices: Mindfulness meditation Loving-kindness (Metta) Moral living Wisdom through insight Goal: Become enlightened through your own realization. I walk step by step myself. Three core practices: Theravāda is often summarized in three trainings: - Morality (Sīla) – being harmless, honest, kind - Meditation (Samādhi) – calming and focusing the mind - Wisdom (Paññā) – seeing reality clearly In the Buddha’s teaching, loving-kindness — Metta — is not just something we give to others. It is something that grows inside and protects the mind. As taught when Metta is cultivated sincerely, it brings: inner calm, freedom from fear, gentle strength, and a natural compassion for all beings. The Four Noble Truths These are the core realization of Gautama Buddha: 1. Life includes suffering (dukkha) 2. Suffering has a cause (craving) 3. Suffering can end 4. There is a path that leads to its end The Noble Eightfold Path Everything the monks do fits into these: - right understanding - right intention - right speech - right action - right livelihood - right effort - right mindfulness - right concentration Sangha - Buddhist practitioners/monks. There are monastic Sangha - refers to ordained monks and nuns who follow the…
🌿 Theravāda Buddhism 101 Focus: Your own direct practice to reach enlightenment with emphasize of mindfulness, impermanence, and direct insight. Main figure: Gautama Buddha (the historical Buddha) Theravāda does not rely on Amitābha Buddha for rebirth or salvation. Instead you will hear: “Buddho” Metta phrases Pali chanting Gautama Buddha was not a god. Buddha was a human being. This is very important in Theravāda. He was a human who: struggled, practiced, awakened. This means others can too. Theravāda uses the Pali Canon, the oldest preserved teachings of the Buddha. They are in the Pali language — which is why chanting sounds the way it does. Pali is how venerable monks who walked for peace communicated. They spoke different languages. Core practices: Mindfulness meditation Loving-kindness (Metta) Moral living Wisdom through insight Goal: Become enlightened through your own realization. I walk step by step myself. Three core practices: Theravāda is often summarized in three trainings: - Morality (Sīla) – being harmless, honest, kind - Meditation (Samādhi) – calming and focusing the mind - Wisdom (Paññā) – seeing reality clearly In the Buddha’s teaching, loving-kindness — Metta — is not just something we give to others. It is something that grows inside and protects the mind. As taught when Metta is cultivated sincerely, it brings: inner calm, freedom from fear, gentle strength, and a natural compassion for all beings. The Four Noble Truths These are the core realization of Gautama Buddha: 1. Life includes suffering (dukkha) 2. Suffering has a cause (craving) 3. Suffering can end 4. There is a path that leads to its end The Noble Eightfold Path Everything the monks do fits into these: - right understanding - right intention - right speech - right action - right livelihood - right effort - right mindfulness - right concentration Sangha - Buddhist practitioners/monks. There are monastic Sangha - refers to ordained monks and nuns who follow the…
🌿 #Theravāda #Buddhism101
#Cultivate #enlightenment w emphasize of #mindfulness, #impermanence, & #DirectInsight.
#Buddha was not a god- #human. #important in #Theravāda, a-man who: #struggled, #practiced, #awakened the Noble pathway.
#PaliCanon, #teachings of the Buddha. #PaliLanguage — #chanting
"So, this is the alien dimension..." Cosmo's #soles hit the pavement when he exited the portal. It wasn't like in the movies, where it was on #Mars or the #air was toxic and he #struggled to #survive. Just a replication of Earth with aliens moving on with their day. #vss365
“The gate will close at midnight.”
That was the last message on the answering machine. Yara #struggled through the New Year’s Eve crowds—midnight ticking closer—suddenly a cloaked figure blocked her path.
A familiar voice told her to wait.
Midnight ticked closer.
#vss365
"Am Strong"
I have a soldier inside
Who has #struggled through time
Hit by emotional landmines
That collided into my heart
Its a war between bad and my soul
The pain sometimes has won
But this soldier marches on
And still I gather myself
And am strong
#vss365 #struggle
Some of Dusty's patrons left, taking their chances at running on their own. The rest chose to jump with us. (Old Mad George wanted to fly his ship at the Cygnians. We handcuffed him to the bar.)
Dusty's jump engine #struggled with the mass of the extra ships, as we made our way to Echo 2.
#vss365
Maybe if she laid on the bed.
She shook, she shimmied, she yanked.
Her pants refused to rise no matter how much she #struggled.
“Maybe if you hadn’t eaten that third piece of pie…” he tied his shoe.
“Maybe someone shouldn’t say everything he thinks.” #vss365
Santa #struggled with his buckle after tucking into truckloads of mince pies and milk. He sucked in his guts, but the leather strap bust. I must trudge to the sales, he muttered and cussed. But without a fuss Mrs Claus added a sprinkle of fairy dust, here you go, I fixed it love.
#vss365
Her mother warned her about him, but she couldn’t help wanting to be his. The attraction was just too strong. So what if he treated her like she was his #puppet. Eventually she #struggled against his controlling #personality & tried to leave him. Her mother had been right.
#vssdaily #2wordprompt
How the universe’s earliest galaxies struggled to form order The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has given astronomers their clearest look yet at what galaxies looked like when the universe was...
#Aerospace #How #the #universe’s #earliest #galaxies […]
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How the universe’s earliest galaxies struggled to form order The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has given astronomers their clearest look yet at what galaxies looked like when the universe was...
#Aerospace #How #the #universe’s #earliest #galaxies […]
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#Microsoft's #Xbox gaming division has #struggled as of late, but a new revelation regarding #sales of its Xbox Series consoles show just how bad this generation has been.
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I #struggled at school. Absolutely. Perhaps, I was in the budding stages of becoming a mad and colourful intellectual, an adventurer of the artistically strange. But school did nothing to support that. I tried to conform to whatever standards of a ‘good girl’. Naturally, I failed miserably. #inkMine
Strands #360
“"Fire represents your life"”
💡🔵🔵🟡
💡🔵🔵💡
🔵🔵
#strands #nytstrands #struggled
First a yurt, now a damn snake! Smashing the head off a #taipan with a #shovel after three people #struggled to get it out of her #hair without dying was not on her Australia bucket list for this trip! Then again, neither was the yurt.
#vss365
#2wordprompt
#vssdaily
The undertaker said the body was left out too long for an open casket viewing. They had #struggled to make the face look ‘good’. At least the #hair was close to normal. When we finally took a look, I almost burst out laughing. The puffed up mouth reminded me of Homer Simpson’s.
#2wordprompt
Have you ever #struggled with something? Tried to work on yourself and wondered whether you’re making enough #progress? Often, #clients ask me such a question: “Am I making enough progress?”, “Is my progress #normal?”, “Am I progressing fast enough?”.
open.substack.com/pub/zenben/p...
#Pipeline of #USWeapons to #Israel after #Oct.7
Started almost immediately an #extraordinary #flow of #weapons for #War in #Gaza
According to a #report by #FDD there were so many #ArmsShipments without #Congress #Approval
that #Pentagon #DepartmentOfDefense
#struggled to find #sufficient #cargo
John Beresniewicz on ASH Maths or Jonathan Lewis on Approximate NDV? #struggled #otw13
