hackingthelema

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by hackingthelema 3y ago
Relevant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C4%81ja_yoga#Comparison_with...
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by hackingthelema 3y ago
> 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 experience,” he said. “What
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by hackingthelema 3y ago
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 '
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
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 of your nose 4. obse
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
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 halluci
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
'Flanderization' as a term was on TV Tropes as early as 2006: https://web.archive.org/web/20060512061148/https://tvtropes....
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
> 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...
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
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 'occult' or &#x27
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
> 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 statements. It
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
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 internet: http
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
> 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
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
'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 to'
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by hackingthelema 4y ago
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,
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 are so far... I
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
Interestingly, it works just fine in the console/text-based browsers links, elinks, and lynx.
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 hasn't changed
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
> 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 of aging are like
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 our way out of? > It
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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; anyone who over
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
Humans adapt all of the time without death or birth. We call it invention and innovation.
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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.
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 shock. I can
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
'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. I'm no
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 says: > When you f
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
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 is more consiste
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
I often wonder what the world would be like if the Buddhist sciences of the mind (e.g. mindfulness) were taught at all levels of society, as a priority, and TFA mentions it near the end, to say it's not enough: > Meditation is a use
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
I think it's more avoiding clinging to temporary joy. Have you met a person who seems to live in their glory days, clinging to the last time they were happy? Spending their entire life chasing after those first highs? I find it hard to
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
> If a certain form of game is fun and not harming others, why not continue it? In Buddhist terms (as I understand them), even if something is fun, it is transient. Impermanent. Eventually you'll beat the game, or it will end, and w
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
> I'd be interested in hearing more about the public rituals that you attend, or any groups that you are aware of. Thelema's ecclesiastical arm is called Ecclesia Gnostica Catholica, and its main purpose is the public performa
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by hackingthelema 5y ago
Great advice! I think I may have been a little too flippant in saying 'use whatever framework' because perspective is incredibly important. I'd say it's a continual process and engagement; if your philosophy or religion

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