Hi Daliwali. I just read your Buddha trap essay and had one question.
> Meditation is worse than useless, it is evil
In it you state this, do you believe this on a broad level, including if the meditation does not have the goal of "enlightenment"? Personally I have found that if I spend some time meditating in a day that the mindfulness allows me to just in general make better decisions and feel a bit better.
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Your photography is so lovely! I love birdwatching, and I know it can be difficult to take such detailed photographs of birds. Nice backpack, too β Osprey and REI in general shocked me with their warranty systems. Whenever I worked as a wilderness survival guide in America I finally invested in an Osprey Tempest for my day hikes and I've been loving it ever since. :^)
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literaturegirl
2 days ago
I really like how you've decided to organise your reading list, too. It's very minimalistic whilst still having just enough careful formatting to be very readable. I've found that balance can seem sort of difficult to achieve sometimes. Took a deeper look through your links page, also; there are some great resources in there. Thanks for sharing!
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colexdev
2 days ago
Thanks so much! I appreciate the praise on all the aspects you mentioned. It really means a lot. I haven't taken a look at your site in some time, I need to do that again. That is awesome that you worked as a wilderness survival guide!
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hi sor only you will know what this means but it was me who you were talking to :)
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colexdev
1 month ago
Quick question in my posted update if anyone has thoughts or ideas. It is about car surveillance and crowdsourcing information.
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digdeeper
1 month ago
I think it's a very valuable project. You can make a wiki similar to the Consumer Rights Wiki, even self-host it. I could help popularize it on my page if needed. Hey maybe you could even ask Louis Rossman for collaboration, since this seems relevant to his project.
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Love the bitmap font + whole site overall. I am guessing you are an embedded software engineer based on one of your links, good choice ;)
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hsquare
1 month ago
Thanks! Not quite embedded software engineer yet but I'm studying embedded/computer science in college
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colexdev
1 month ago
Sometimes I feel the black is too harsh so I am attempting a light theme again. Let's see if anyone yells at me for it this time :)
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secular mindfulness is harmful in another way, but it is still evil. the 15 minute mindfulness sessions that the western mental health experts tout, is all in service of you becoming a more efficient worker bee who is not too stressed to return to work and it costs nothing but time, that is all. it is like praying to allah 5 times a day, it is not the God part that is load bearing but giving you a brief respite.
Just because the spread is malicious, does that make the act itself harmful? I feel like if it has genuine benefits that the reason it is suggested isn't as important. I agree with numerous of your criticisms of modern society. I am not suggesting meditation as a cope, the opposite. I believe if one is mindful that they have the ability to escape the drone of daily life and possibly think beyond it to an extent.
Think beyond as in realize that they are stuck and possibly end up taking action. I understand that 99% of people who "meditate" will not do this, but I feel that without being self-aware and or mindful it is practically impossible.
i am not asking for anyone to take any action, there is none to be taken (for now at least). there is actually not really an escape from the drone of daily life, this is all there is, whether you are rotting in prison or hedonicmaxxing buddha, the body will adjust to any baseline. there are no utopias to be had, i am not saying a better world is not possible, but it will not be reached through meditation.