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As for the question, “Who am I?” the Buddha included it in a list of dead-end questions that lead to “a thicket of views, a wilderness of views, a contortion, a writhing, a fetter of views. Bound by a fetter of views, [you] don’t gain freedom from birth, aging, and death, from sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, or despair.” In other words, any attempt to answer either of these questions is unskillful karma, blocking the path to true freedom. - Thanissaro Bhikkhu
It's over two years into this pandemic and I'm fortunate enough not to have been infected. The lockdown and distancing has not left me unscathed however. I have been ill enough during this time to where I've needed to come to terms with death.
I am only just emerging from the stupor of pandemic delayed healthcare. I'm well into the process of receiving care and figuring all the mystery symptoms out, but I don't want to forget all that has happened and all I've learned over this time. So much food for thought and learning.
The foggy mindedness is lifting and I'm noticing that I've learned and adapted and implemented some good practices and embarked on some healthy directions. I don't want to lose the focus, momentum, or insight.
Symptoms
Response to symptoms
@alexpearlman If you work in congress, please show this to your boss.
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Forced to listen to the cacophony of daily life as snippets and shards replay their senseless, foolish scripts. I sit in wonder as I struggle to justify or make real sense of it all.
Why do we do this? What is the point of this continuous play pretend that everything is in order and running as it should. Is this profitable? It's a good business plan? Can we just stop doing this? Can we stop causing harm and suffering? Literally stop until we can create some kind of beauty. Refuse distraction.
I'm looking to WriteFreely as a Medium/blogger alternative. It's meeting my minimal needs except that I've ran into an image posting issue. I'd like to be able post short posts like this one on the fly, using my phone: https://notesencantos.blogspot.com/2022/06/pnm-power-outage.html
Where I hit a barrier is in posting the photos. I can use the html just fine, but where does WriteFreely host the image?
I am only just emerging from the stupor of pandemic delayed healthcare. I'm well into the process of receiving care and figuring all the mystery symptoms out, but I don't want to forget all that has happened and all I've learned over this time. So much food for thought and learning.
The foggy mindedness is lifting and I'm noticing that I've learned and adapted and implemented some good practices and embarked on some healthy directions. I don't want to lose the focus, momentum, or insight.
Listening to songs from when I was a young man. I contemplate how ignorant and selfish I was, much more so then than I am now. Music sure brings back the memories. I can't help but wonder what the point of it all could be.