I’ve tried journaling a few times and always fail on this exact thing. None of my thoughts seem important enough to jot down and just describing my day feels very ego-centric. I think this is actually one of the realizations of mediation and awakening/enlightenment. Most, if not all, of what the mind does is irrelevant, and documenting it only gives credence to the irrelevance. To the extent that progress in meditation leads to the death of the ego, it sounds like you are on the right path.

We towed it outside of the environment.

Not just Cincinnati. This is common in a lot of Midwestern cities. Young people block off a street with their cars and do donuts and shoot fireworks and generally make a nuisance of themselves. Typically the police don’t get involved for some reason. In this case they really cracked down and I’m very happy about it.

Oh sure! Way to Kikkoman when he’s down!!

Just kidding! Cute post! ❤️

Just like school dances! “Please stay at least 1, Holy-Spirit Opossum apart at all times!”

I’m interested in how your Valentine’s plan turns out, since there are 3 opossums in this picture!

I think it has to do with longer bean fermentation periods. I haven’t really looked into how they accomplish it, but it is like a miso or other fermented flavor that adds complexity. I usually have to sweeten those coffees, or add some cream to balance it out, but I do enjoy the flavors once I get them toned down a bit. I can see myself building up to drinking them black eventually.

Chocolate, nutty and some fruits. Anything floral or herbal is a no-go for me. I have been liking some funky coffees lately. I have also gravitated away from dark roasts to medium and light.

I don’t know, but I do know that there comes a point where you no longer have enough space mentally to stand and do the work you need to do. I suspect that there is a point where someone’s story of suffering consumes them so totally that even a very qualified therapist, or maybe the Buddha himself, couldn’t pull that person back from the brink. That power to heal has to come from inside, and at some point that person may just fully believe that the power is spent. It can’t be spent in truth, but that doesn’t matter if the belief exists that it is spent.

Just East of Flagstaff, AZ.

The same lesson from the movie PCU!

Beautiful town and an access point to the Greenbriar River Bike Trail, which is lovely!

While I appreciate the look, I honestly think the sticker ruins it. If you have to TELL people you give zero fucks, then you give at least one fuck.

This is a really well thought out experiment and, without digging into the actual code, seems to attempt to really answer the question asked in the OP. Arguments to be made against it revolve mostly around how much to care about certain features and whether or not someone’s favored feature is included in the analysis. But this seems to do a great job of answering the, “better”, question, given that someone can precisely define what they mean by better.

This is an awesome discussion, but let’s define a term before we really dig in.

When you say, “works better”, I’m reading that to mean something like, “most accurately represents the coherent, extrapolated volition of its population”.

Does that match your meaning?

How in the hell did I not know about this until today?!?!

I listened to this one and then their cover of Take On Me, and they were both excellent! Thank you!

This is what the Buddha came up with 2500 years ago! This is what the Hindus have known for millennia! This is exactly what Jesus was referring to in The Gospel of Thomas! This meme actually contains ancient wisdom! Thank you for sharing it!

My favorite part was following all of those wires back to some sort of nest like this.

In Japan they use very small benches called Seiza Benches. I think I’ve seen those that fold up flat and could be traveled with fairly easily.