reminds me of The Sun — simple, bold, wide open, nothing to hide, uniformly benevolent, innocent, stupid, powerful
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this 2015 doc on cult deprogramming in the 60s-90s doesn't go as deep as I wish it did, but it's still a nuanced, captivating, and highly culturally relevant exploration of what a cult is and does — e.g. the Moonies arguably made slaves by putting ppl in walking-around jhana 1.
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"experiences in some way known to the individual, but about which the individual is unable to think"
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"Spiritual work is the process of transforming the habit body [...] into a dedication body, so that our way of being and our actions are directed toward the benefit of others." - Opening the Heart of Compassion
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cannabis has been an loving and generous teacher for me, so fuck it, in this house we honor the weed number
(ty for following)
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Love Means Encouraging Self-Trust is a fantastic little essay — it expresses one of my core sensibilities with exceptional grace
ask-polly.com/p/love-means-e…
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This used to read like right-wing cultural hand-wringing to me, but no — now I see that it's possible to do things well and that we've mostly forgotten how. Mentorship and intergenerational friendship with people you admire is incredibly precious.
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The Hydro Flask Lightweight is super easy to clean (vertical walls, simple screw-on lid) and is, indeed, conveniently lightweight. No weird smells from plastic or hard-to-clean funk.
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I got Maya Angelou AND the racist dog book.
Good reminder that Google has given up quality for ad revenue
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A week's isolation has left me absolutely rabid for Leonard Cohen songs. Is this directed at a lover or at god? There's no difference.
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I come from a psychotherapy lens, but I believe that nothing compares to direct transmission in real time via interpersonal limbic attunement. Recorded video is ok, but nothing like live interaction for teaching states of consciousness & subtleties of technique.
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I'm training as a therapist & working in counseling roles rn, so I know this tension very well! I've started to frame my role as catalyzer or inhibitor: I can only accelerate or inhibit processes a person is already in. This quote from Barbara S. Sullivan nails it, too.
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This response killed me. "I'm confident some of this data is measurement error, but I'll only reveal my guesses about which data is BS if you ask specifically and I'm in the mood to answer. I see no issues with this methodology."
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Since a lot of ppl haven't seen ANY examples of non-gendered clothes besides "unisex sack", I like to share this example from Gender Free World. I think they only do shirts right now, mostly button-downs, but this is one possible solution!
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...probably not worth it, tbh.
You get $5,000,000 but you are obligated to live 10 years in a randomly chosen place on earth.
What place did you get?
randomstreetview.com
(Screenshot your results)
Like, this is a real Hawaii dive look (not me). When I was there I wore a thin short sleeved wetsuit that stopped above my knees, but I could have gotten away with a bikini.
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"why are millenials (so mentally ill/chronically exhausted/not having children/not buying X/not planning for retirement/so "radical" in their politics/complaining so much)?"
Remember that the older end of "millenial" is now ~39 years old.
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