Relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga#Comparison_with...
> We have ideas like biological taxonomies and genetics that provide a shared basis for cross-cultural understanding and exploration of universally relevant fields. “We need that for the deep end of spiritual…
Magick in Theory and Practice is 'part 3' to the 'Parts 1 & 2' of Book 4, and it is dense and hard to read. I wouldn't recommend MiTaP to most people. The compilation of letters you're thinking of is 'Magick Without…
Abandon guided meditations and audio-based meditations, and focus to a simple programme of breath-focus. You just: 1. sit quietly and comfortably 2. breathe through your nose 3. find the feeling of air moving in and out…
Are you saying this because you have aphantasia and this is your personal experience? When you say 'you probably won’t visualize' do you mean completely internal/mental visualisations or are you including all sorts of…
'Flanderization' as a term was on TV Tropes as early as 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512061148/https://tvtropes....
> I might be misremembering, but I think fastmath was one of the flags explicitly warned against in the Gentoo manual. It is, here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GCC_optimization#But_I_get_bett...
Notably, however, there can be ethical or sustainability issues with how incense resins are harvested, so being choosy about finding a seller may be worthwhile. You can find it locally often enough, too. Look for…
> sometimes carried a paperback book stuck in their back pocket > and one reason why we read more was that television was just not as good as it is today... I feel like there's a little disconnect between these two…
Depends on the antidepressant, but SSRIs like Zoloft do suppress the effect. MAOIs, on the other hand, tend to increase the effect. I'm not sure about Wellbutrin. There's some charts floating around about it on the…
> Meditate: Literally train your mind to focus. It's going to the gym. Won't happen in a day, week, even month. Consistently do it and you'll eventually see progress. Indeed! I'd add on -- keep in mind that this focus…
'Reliable and quick', in the sense that they will almost certainly have a psychoactive effect, sure, but reliable in the sense of 'I can tap into those mystical feelings any time, any where, and turn it off if I need…
You don't entirely 'hang up'. You -- as Alan Watts said -- mature and deepen that communication with a different form of communication: meditation. It's like hanging up the phone and meeting with your teacher in person,…
I think I have aphantasia and no inner monologue. Mind you, I can summon an inner voice to compose a sentence before saying it, but when I'm thinking about something being discussed and someone asks me what my thoughts…
Interestingly, it works just fine in the console/text-based browsers links, elinks, and lynx.
I remember that site and it was actually what I was expecting to see when I clicked on the OP! I feel like the version I remember stumbling across had smoking but no BMI but I can't corroborate it on archive.org It…
> What do you hope to gain and accomplish, sitting around and consuming years after your prime has come and gone and your children have grown? 1. If immortality is a reality, the health issues that come with the disease…
Yes, because we also control physical adaptation to a degree. Human adaptation has been disconnected from physical evolution for a long time now. How many type-1 diabetics only live now because of changes we invented…
I have, but that is just one point of view, which I happen to disagree with. Given a mortal life, you have to cling to what you can carve out. You're going to die and your current ideas are all you're going to get;…
Humans adapt all of the time without death or birth. We call it invention and innovation.
I never said anything about fun. I said I don't want to ever die. 'Maybe we can't cope' sounds like a lot to take on faith. I'd rather live centuries or millenia and see for myself.
That's a pretty grim statement. You want everyone to die? Would you mind unpacking this a bit? I'd like this material existence I am currently experiencing to have no end (i.e., I hope I never die), so this comes as a…
'Bene Gesserit school'? How hyperbolic. I am talking like 10-15 minutes of meditation a day. I used to do it in the break room for 10-15 minutes twice a day while working at Walmart or elsewhere. It is no issue at all.…
10 minutes of meditation, consistently & properly performed once or twice a day over time does a lot more good than any temporary boost like a retreat. In Mindfulness in Plain English, Venerable Henepola Gunaratana…
I wouldn't mind knowing more. Do you have any links to research or work in progress in this area? The Buddha had a lot of great ideas, but it was over 2000 years ago. If, perhaps, we can teach mindfulness in a way that…
Relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga#Comparison_with...
> We have ideas like biological taxonomies and genetics that provide a shared basis for cross-cultural understanding and exploration of universally relevant fields. “We need that for the deep end of spiritual…
Magick in Theory and Practice is 'part 3' to the 'Parts 1 & 2' of Book 4, and it is dense and hard to read. I wouldn't recommend MiTaP to most people. The compilation of letters you're thinking of is 'Magick Without…
Abandon guided meditations and audio-based meditations, and focus to a simple programme of breath-focus. You just: 1. sit quietly and comfortably 2. breathe through your nose 3. find the feeling of air moving in and out…
Are you saying this because you have aphantasia and this is your personal experience? When you say 'you probably won’t visualize' do you mean completely internal/mental visualisations or are you including all sorts of…
'Flanderization' as a term was on TV Tropes as early as 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512061148/https://tvtropes....
> I might be misremembering, but I think fastmath was one of the flags explicitly warned against in the Gentoo manual. It is, here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/GCC_optimization#But_I_get_bett...
Notably, however, there can be ethical or sustainability issues with how incense resins are harvested, so being choosy about finding a seller may be worthwhile. You can find it locally often enough, too. Look for…
> sometimes carried a paperback book stuck in their back pocket > and one reason why we read more was that television was just not as good as it is today... I feel like there's a little disconnect between these two…
Depends on the antidepressant, but SSRIs like Zoloft do suppress the effect. MAOIs, on the other hand, tend to increase the effect. I'm not sure about Wellbutrin. There's some charts floating around about it on the…
> Meditate: Literally train your mind to focus. It's going to the gym. Won't happen in a day, week, even month. Consistently do it and you'll eventually see progress. Indeed! I'd add on -- keep in mind that this focus…
'Reliable and quick', in the sense that they will almost certainly have a psychoactive effect, sure, but reliable in the sense of 'I can tap into those mystical feelings any time, any where, and turn it off if I need…
You don't entirely 'hang up'. You -- as Alan Watts said -- mature and deepen that communication with a different form of communication: meditation. It's like hanging up the phone and meeting with your teacher in person,…
I think I have aphantasia and no inner monologue. Mind you, I can summon an inner voice to compose a sentence before saying it, but when I'm thinking about something being discussed and someone asks me what my thoughts…
Interestingly, it works just fine in the console/text-based browsers links, elinks, and lynx.
I remember that site and it was actually what I was expecting to see when I clicked on the OP! I feel like the version I remember stumbling across had smoking but no BMI but I can't corroborate it on archive.org It…
> What do you hope to gain and accomplish, sitting around and consuming years after your prime has come and gone and your children have grown? 1. If immortality is a reality, the health issues that come with the disease…
Yes, because we also control physical adaptation to a degree. Human adaptation has been disconnected from physical evolution for a long time now. How many type-1 diabetics only live now because of changes we invented…
I have, but that is just one point of view, which I happen to disagree with. Given a mortal life, you have to cling to what you can carve out. You're going to die and your current ideas are all you're going to get;…
Humans adapt all of the time without death or birth. We call it invention and innovation.
I never said anything about fun. I said I don't want to ever die. 'Maybe we can't cope' sounds like a lot to take on faith. I'd rather live centuries or millenia and see for myself.
That's a pretty grim statement. You want everyone to die? Would you mind unpacking this a bit? I'd like this material existence I am currently experiencing to have no end (i.e., I hope I never die), so this comes as a…
'Bene Gesserit school'? How hyperbolic. I am talking like 10-15 minutes of meditation a day. I used to do it in the break room for 10-15 minutes twice a day while working at Walmart or elsewhere. It is no issue at all.…
10 minutes of meditation, consistently & properly performed once or twice a day over time does a lot more good than any temporary boost like a retreat. In Mindfulness in Plain English, Venerable Henepola Gunaratana…
I wouldn't mind knowing more. Do you have any links to research or work in progress in this area? The Buddha had a lot of great ideas, but it was over 2000 years ago. If, perhaps, we can teach mindfulness in a way that…