TSCLT 12.0: The pantheon hates a pussy 2.0
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As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.
—Henry David Thoreau
By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.
I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was something unpleasant.
But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery. In the midst of a gentle rain while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly sensible of such sweet and beneficent society in Nature, in the very pattering of the drops, and in every sound and sight around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once like an atmosphere sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.
Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me. I was so distinctly made aware of the presence of something kindred to me, even in scenes which we are accustomed to call wild and dreary, and also that the nearest of blood to me and humanest was not a person nor a villager, that I thought no place could ever be strange to me again.
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I do not know if I am singular when I say that I believe there is no man with whom I can associate who will not, comparatively speaking, spoil my afternoon. That society or encounter may at last yield fruit which I am not aware of, but I cannot help suspecting that I should have spent those hours more profitably alone.
—Henry David Thoreau
By my intimacy with nature I find myself withdrawn from man. My interest in the sun and the moon, in the morning and the evening, compels me to solitude.
I have never felt lonesome, or in the least oppressed by a sense of solitude, but once, and that was a few weeks after I came to the woods, when, for an hour, I doubted if the near neighborhood of man was not essential to a serene and healthy life. To be alone was something unpleasant.
But I was at the same time conscious of a slight insanity in my mood, and seemed to foresee my recovery. In the midst of a gentle rain while these thoughts prevailed, I was suddenly sensible of such sweet and beneficent society in Nature, in the very pattering of the drops, and in every sound and sight around my house, an infinite and unaccountable friendliness all at once like an atmosphere sustaining me, as made the fancied advantages of human neighborhood insignificant, and I have never thought of them since.
Every little pine needle expanded and swelled with sympathy and befriended me. I was so distinctly made aware of the presence of something kindred to me, even in scenes which we are accustomed to call wild and dreary, and also that the nearest of blood to me and humanest was not a person nor a villager, that I thought no place could ever be strange to me again.
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I do not know if I am singular when I say that I believe there is no man with whom I can associate who will not, comparatively speaking, spoil my afternoon. That society or encounter may at last yield fruit which I am not aware of, but I cannot help suspecting that I should have spent those hours more profitably alone.
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Happy Saturday!!! Slept okay, but it could have been more. Washed the dishes while the coffee made itself. Well, I did assemble its parts. Got an email that my insurance company is paying a dividend and will deposit into my bank account with them in the next week or 10 days. I think that's nice.
I did ask the maintenance guy last week about how company bonuses arrive. He said that it is usually in February. My guess is, that lets the beanies see how much is left over to distribute. He said raises usually come at the first of the year after an evaluation, which I haven't heard a word about as of yet. So, we'll see. He also said that raises are somewhat more than the "cost-of-living" 3% that I got so accustomed to at my former life.
Taking Dr. Tyler to breakfast later this morning. After coffee, of course.
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity, the third element of the path. If we have proper understanding of our motivation and are getting used to our enlightened qualities, chances are we can deal with speed and stress more effectively. First we can create space in our mind to see where we are. Then we can reorient ourselves by remembering what we're doing.
~ Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
~ Sutta-nipata
I did ask the maintenance guy last week about how company bonuses arrive. He said that it is usually in February. My guess is, that lets the beanies see how much is left over to distribute. He said raises usually come at the first of the year after an evaluation, which I haven't heard a word about as of yet. So, we'll see. He also said that raises are somewhat more than the "cost-of-living" 3% that I got so accustomed to at my former life.
Taking Dr. Tyler to breakfast later this morning. After coffee, of course.
It's one thing to have the attitude of enlightenment and another thing to act in an enlightened way, which is conduct or activity, the third element of the path. If we have proper understanding of our motivation and are getting used to our enlightened qualities, chances are we can deal with speed and stress more effectively. First we can create space in our mind to see where we are. Then we can reorient ourselves by remembering what we're doing.
~ Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche
A person of wisdom should be truthful, without arrogance, without deceit, not slanderous and not hateful. The wise person should go beyond the evil of greed and miserliness.
Do not get excited by what is old, do not be contented with what is new. Do not grieve for what is lost or be controlled by desire.
~ Sutta-nipata
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Bonuses in the beginning of the year give the company more cash to show on the balance sheet at the end of the year. I'm not a fan of February bonuses, because the bonus should reflect performance in the year it's given. Just my no-business mentality.
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Happy Sunday!!! Slept okay. Nothing special.
There is a marginal risk of severe weather today. So say the weather weasels. I think that they mean rain.
Coffee first.
Lose all your concepts about religion and spirituality and love. Be simple, be humble, and be happy in your way; let no one tell you that this is the right way and that is the wrong way. However you feel—whatever brings you peace and joy—is the correct way for you. Continue in that way and you’ll see the bliss get stronger. You’ll see the peace get stronger.
It is very simple.
~ Swami Sai Premananda
There is a marginal risk of severe weather today. So say the weather weasels. I think that they mean rain.
Coffee first.
Lose all your concepts about religion and spirituality and love. Be simple, be humble, and be happy in your way; let no one tell you that this is the right way and that is the wrong way. However you feel—whatever brings you peace and joy—is the correct way for you. Continue in that way and you’ll see the bliss get stronger. You’ll see the peace get stronger.
It is very simple.
~ Swami Sai Premananda
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She looks like she has three boobs.
It's football Sunday! I'm not superstitious, but I'm not doing, or wearing anything that I did or wore last week.
Winter Squirrel Shoot
# Rounds Expended: 2
Furry-tailed tree rats: 1
It's football Sunday! I'm not superstitious, but I'm not doing, or wearing anything that I did or wore last week.
Winter Squirrel Shoot
# Rounds Expended: 2
Furry-tailed tree rats: 1
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Farging cold snap.
33º!
33º!
Wat_Tyler
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Fucking football team!!! Why cunt they just go ahead and win instead of toying with an inferior opponent? Maybe they'tr cats playing with a mouse.
Sometimes, the mouse bites their foot and runs away . . . .
It was beginning winter
An in-between time,
The landscape still partly brown;
The bones of weeds kept swinging in the wind,
Above the blue snow.
It was beginning winter,
The light moved slowly over the frozen field,
Over the dry seed-crowns,
The beautiful surviving bones
Swinging in the wind.
Light traveled over the wide field;
Stayed.
The weeds stopped swinging.
The mind moved, not alone,
Through the clear air, in the silence.
Was it light?
Was it light within?
Was it light within light?
Stillness becoming alive,
Yet still?
A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be still.
Wait.
Sometimes, the mouse bites their foot and runs away . . . .
It Was Beginning Winter
By: Theodore Roethke
It was beginning winter
An in-between time,
The landscape still partly brown;
The bones of weeds kept swinging in the wind,
Above the blue snow.
It was beginning winter,
The light moved slowly over the frozen field,
Over the dry seed-crowns,
The beautiful surviving bones
Swinging in the wind.
Light traveled over the wide field;
Stayed.
The weeds stopped swinging.
The mind moved, not alone,
Through the clear air, in the silence.
Was it light?
Was it light within?
Was it light within light?
Stillness becoming alive,
Yet still?
A lively understandable spirit
Once entertained you.
It will come again.
Be still.
Wait.
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Happy Monday. Slept okay but awake way too early. Managed not to do any laundry over the weekend, so the machine is in there running the first load now. There is only loading the cats' food dish and changing the water.
And drinking this coffee.
Our life is not our own; yet, at some level, enlightened people know that their life has been given to them as a sacred trust. They live in gratitude and confidence, and they try to let the flow continue through them.
~ Richard Rohr
" Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale? "
" No, I look at the senators and pray for the country ."
And drinking this coffee.
Our life is not our own; yet, at some level, enlightened people know that their life has been given to them as a sacred trust. They live in gratitude and confidence, and they try to let the flow continue through them.
~ Richard Rohr
" Do you pray for the senators, Dr. Hale? "
" No, I look at the senators and pray for the country ."
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Winter Squirrel Shoot
# Rounds Expended: 3
Furry-tailed tree rats: 2
Picked him right off of the feeder. A bold shot for a bold squirrel.
# Rounds Expended: 3
Furry-tailed tree rats: 2
Picked him right off of the feeder. A bold shot for a bold squirrel.
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Managed to survive the two teleconference/meetings this morning. Nothing much is going on there. We do have the residents coming out tomorrow and Wednesday to itemize their damaged possessions. I'm sure that one or two will be trying to get over in the interests of looking for a fat check. And I imagine that the insurance company will see them coming. And I imagine that there may be a reminder that it is illegal to attempt to defraud an insurance company.
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