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Monday, Mar 31 ️️

1. Granddaughter No. 2 dropped off tomato plants, soil & a cage this morning. First thing I’ll get to if it ever stops raining!
2. The green haze hovering around my crape myrtles & volunteer oaks has turned overnight into masses of this season’s leaves, and more roses have bloomed.
3. I’ve been invited to consider moving to AZ or NC, near my sons…which is gratifying, but I think my roots in this home & garden are too deep to transplant. A conundrum.

What if
When I sit
To meditate
It’s not that I am
Meditating
But rather
Everything is
Meditating me

Seems like
The same activity
But everything
Is flipped

#Zen

1/2

I've uploaded a pair of videos of an informal presentation I did last year for a small group, on the #art of #Zen teacher Hakuin. (49 min and 74 min.)

Though a longtime student of Buddhist practice, I'm not an art expert, and the first video is a little shaky when it's on me (recorded from a laptop). But the artwork is nice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPA2v30jjZU

And here it is, your moment of zen.

I completed a 7 day intensive #Zen retreat today ("sesshin").

I'm not finished in my contemplative practice, but a couple wonderfully profound glimpses on this retreat remind me:

The #Buddhist terms "no self" and "emptiness" and "no mind" — those aren't beliefs. They're words which are expressive of an experience, one that's matter-of-factly before words.

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"no self" is from the Pali *anatta*

"emptiness" is from Sanskrit *śunyatā*

and "no mind" translates the Japanese *mushin* (無心)

And here it is, your moment of zen.

The serene beauty of Gakuō's "Chinese Servant Walking in the Rain" captivates with its delicate monochrome washes and tranquil winter scene. Nature's essence shines through, inviting reflection on its deeper meanings. What emotions does this artwork evoke for you?
#ArtAppreciation #ChineseArt #Zen
https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.512

Who installed the cat operating system on this dog???

Olen zen-buddhalaisuuden harjoittajana vielä ihan noviisi. Tärkeintä on tietenkin harjoittaa. Istumisen lisäksi minua auttaa kovasti aiheesta lukeminen.

Viime päivinä olen pyöritellyt sydänsutran mantraa mieleni ja kieleni päällä. Nyt printtasin nelisivuisen vihkosen muodossa yhden englanninnoksen koko sutrasta. Näissä tunnelmissa viikonloppuun.

Went over my Steam collection thinking about which games I want to play again. Tested three of them and realized that even though I liked them all, didn't feel like playing more. The spark wasn't there. Yet another area in my life where I don't seem to get kicks from whatever I liked before.

I started thinking and realized there are only a handful of games I've come back to in my 35 or so years of gaming. The only exception is GeneRally and its sequel which have remained a stable favorite but even there the biggest reason has been creating new tracks.

With music, I've managed to internalize that once I've really gotten into something, I will burn through it and won't come back. I need to understand this is likely true in every media.

Instead of looking back, I should concentrate in what is front of my eyes. Goes nicely together with my Zen Buddhist journey.

#ActuallyAutistic #AuDHD #zen #ZenBuddhisn @actuallyautistic

If I could give my younger self some life advice it would be that some days will be better than others, don't sweat about what you can't influence and NEVER go down the audiophile rabbit hole.

"Physarum 1.0"

After another day in the HLSL code for my Physarum Force for the particle system in Tooll3, I achieved a first version of agents that follow their own pheromones.
I also added several parameters for a wider range of control.

Basically this was the view I was after in North Vietnam. The Quay Son river, with its aqua waters, winds through the countryside and between the karst mountains. We left at 3am to get there at sunrise

Prints at https://fineartamerica.com/featured/vietnam-quay-son-river-sunrise-mike-reid.html

the end game of #anarchism is #zen

Dhyana - Mozhao (2025)

Meditative Sludge / Dharma Doom

https://dhyanadoom.bandcamp.com/album/mozhao

And her it is, your moment of very protective zen.