lobster @Lobster@social.cleverlibre.org

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The best technique to stay warm in a cold room is cocooning while sleeping. This technique consists of creating a cocoon around one's body and a sleeping bag has this shape prebuilt into its structure.

The downside of going without a sleeping bag is that one is more prone to breaking out during #sleep, since most people shift during slumber.

The setup I follow is: first a sleeping bag, on top of that a crochet merino wool weighted blanket, and finally a cover to entrap the rest of the heat that could have left through the crochet holes.

Imagine educational outcomes in which the individual values what they have learned and are prepared to use it to address relevant problems in their own lives.

@peertube has released a new major version of their video platform software framablog.org/2023/11/28/peert… - these people are amazing and are making Peertube the best video platform software in the world.

We will try to get new creators to our instance videos.trom.tf from now on, because what we lack is content. Everyone flocks to Youtube because "everyone is there" and youtube allows them to make money off of their videos (a very bad incentive). Even the people who complain about how there is no online privacy anymore, and hate ads and data collection (basically hate the these online trades and their side effects), are still in a bondage relationship with these monsters. They are enslaved to them. But them and we, have to find the will power to ditch the old world and create the new one, be it online or offline.

Be brave people, have the guts, and prioritize Peertube over Youtube! Else we cannot change anything....

#tromlive

A prayer for pocket friends, who mean so much even if they are so far away.

#PrayerADay #Prayer #Druid #Animist

I feel the infection spreading.

#xmas #yule

Frost Moon rite is prepped, all I have to do is a tech check and fill the pitcher.

#Druid #Moon #Pagan #Polytheist #animist #FullMoon #Frost

https://themessenger.com/tech/cult-house-east-anglia-king-england-archeology #Pagan (1400-Year-Old Pagan 'Cult House' Discovered in England.)

When someone does something you don't like, never ask why they did it.

Most of the time, PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW why they did something. But their brains will invent a plausible explanation that's consistent with their identity. It's this fictional story they then share as an "explanation."

Instead, just say that you liked something, or that you didn't like something and felt this way about it, or just ask that they don't do that thing again.

Your relationships will feel safer and happier.

@zelda
Just a few thoughts...

With #mindfulnessmeditation, all the intrusive thoughts felt for me like a hot game of ping-pong. Made me nervous.

A little #zenmeditation may help if you crave more structure and sharing of experience with others.

#walkingmeditation helped me finally get comfortable - the add'l sensory input reduced my intrusive thoughts enough that I could advance.

It could also be that you have feelings nearing the surface, and they're ready to come out.

Zen meditation can be incredibly boring. For most people new to it, it is incredibly boring.

There have been periods of my life when it wasn't for me.

Also, not all forms of meditation are good for all people. My own Zen Master suggested chanting meditation for another person when I put a problem to him. Chanting meditation has the ability to keep you in the here and now more than sitting meditation.

This being said, I'm still offering virtual mediation to autistic people (or people willing to tolerate us). We're going to just be sitting. It starts this weekend on Saturday and Sunday morning.

No chanting for now, even though doing chanting meditation can be absolutely wonderful.

Shin myo jang gu dae dharani...

The page below has more information:

https://www.yourautisticlife.com/virtual-meditation/

#meditation #SittingMeditation #ChantingMeditation #ZenMeditation #Zen #ActuallyAutistic

In meditation today we had an interesting talk.

The lady who was talking told us about a heart-wrenching story. I cannot go into details because I'd have to put my post behind a CW.

In the story there was a man, who by his behavior was demonstrating that he was not allowing himself to feel his feelings. He was closed off.

The lady who told us the story told us that she found something to say that would make him open up. It worked. He then felt the grief that he was trying not to feel. This lady *deliberately* exposed herself to this man's emotions.

I don't recall the exact words she used, but her method seemed a bit more active than just listening. Maybe if I were faced with someone in this situation I'd also try to find a turn of phrase to make him open up.

My advice right now is to just listen to someone who is grieving or in a shitty mood. Sometimes, however, one more step may be necessary to get the person you're trying to help to open up to their own feelings.

Do note that she was not trying to bury his feelings or telling him to find silver linings.

#Zen #meditation #ZenMeditation #grief #feelings

Hoar frost on pixie cup from yesterday #lichen #WinterPictures

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-67510670

'What went wrong? It isn’t that the past 25 years of consciousness studies haven’t been productive. The field has been incredibly rich, with discoveries and applications that seem one step from science fiction. The problem is that, even with all these discoveries, we still haven’t identified any neural correlates of consciousness. That’s why Koch lost the bet.'

https://aeon.co/essays/are-we-ready-to-study-consciousness-in-crabs-and-the-like