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January 1, 2022•12 words
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prison
December 20, 2021•129 words
There are people who believe the earth to be a kind of prison planet where humans are harvested for energy. I can see why sometimes. A few minutes ago I had my alarm go off and then again just now, each time forcing my dreaming consciousness violently back into my physical body so I can use it to carry out tasks. Usually this involves going to work so I can continue to sustain this body through using its energies to further the desires and ambitions of others in this realm. Today though, interes...
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January 15, 2022•106 words
Meditating really makes it clear how everything the senses encounter can get filed away indefinitely, along with whatever feelings they stirred. Try to sit in silence and you'll be assaulted on all sides with old memory files - nostalgic ones, anxious ones, happy ones, horny ones, scary ones, sad ones. On and on it goes in an endless stream while you're just trying to sit and breathe for a couple minutes.
Maybe that's one of the reasons the wise suggested guarding the senses. Being mindful of t...
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