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bodhidave
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humanistic psychodynamic Buddhist deconstructionist ... and all-round sweet guy

interested in cross-cultural parallels in contemplative practice

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https://utexas.academia.edu/DavidCollins

[header is the rock garden at Ryōan-ji; avatar is an enso]
I happen to be editing some writing I've done about the Cynics at the moment, and the spirit of your post reminds me of their playful-serious critiques of societal norms and expectations....
November 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
This reminds me that the way we perceive the world is a construction. And when we practice and allow equanimity — we see that that construction is a poem.

🙏 ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
used in a book chapter I'm writing on Socrates...

🙂 🐸
November 13, 2025 at 11:38 PM
nice ... we got just a hint tonight, here outside Asheville
November 13, 2025 at 4:15 AM
one more of the aurora tonight, outside #Asheville, NC
November 12, 2025 at 4:13 AM
another picture of the aurora tonight, from my yard
November 12, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I think I'm* seeing the aurora here, outside #Asheville.

(*more precisely — my phone camera is picking it up)
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I hope you have good insurance 👍
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
me and Bradley (I'm the slightly less furry one)
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 AM
snowy night, outside #Asheville tonight
November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
outside Asheville, it was 69F and sunny here this time yesterday ... it's currently 24F ... and snowing ❄️
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
... and from mine :)

(Pigeon River, outside #Asheville)
November 10, 2025 at 4:18 PM
November 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
really nice day today (though temps are expected in the 20F's tonight, and all day tomorrow) ... so went for a walk, and said hi to my neighbors

(in the second pic they have clover in their mouth, which I picked for them)
November 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I sense it can get subtle — our minds can't help but try to make models of what's happening. And spiritual "effort" and "intention" can have the paradoxical character of "trying to be natural." So it's like how being honest can take effort, but it's an effort towards not doing, not making things up.
November 9, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I sense it can get subtle — our minds can't help but try to make models of what's happening. And spiritual "effort" and "intention" can have the paradoxical character of "trying to be natural." So it's like how being honest can take effort, but it's an effort towards not doing, not making things up.
November 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
tonight's sunset, outside #Asheville
November 8, 2025 at 10:31 PM
on my walk just now, outside #Asheville
November 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
a Yank, I had to look it up ... an online definition:
November 8, 2025 at 3:44 PM
good foggy morning, from outside #Asheville
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
November 8, 2025 at 3:10 AM
... and, in association with khthoniaa's post just now ...
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I am, at this moment revising some writing I'm doing on Plotinus, who I find to to saying something very similar...
November 7, 2025 at 7:11 PM
thanks for this ... and for reference ...

(Wikipedia "Boroughs of New York City")
November 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
keep on protecting the universe Mr Corn 🙏
November 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM