Systems imply repetition, practice, following a method. If you follow a method, a system, a practice, it becomes a routine. And when the mind becomes a mechanical thing, then you have conflict, then there is an escape through sex, or through other forms of activity. Therefore, at all costs, avoid any system of meditation, because a mechanical mind can never find out what truth is. The mechanical mind can become very disciplined and orderly, but that orderliness is in contradiction to the order we were talking about. In the orderliness of repetition, there is contradiction between what you are and what you should be, between the ideal, the perfect, and all the rest. There is contradiction in that, and where there is contradiction there is distortion, and therefore a tortured mind. And a tortured mind can never find out anything. So don’t belong to any system; don’t follow any guru.

From Inward Revolution

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I am questioning the whole process of following, not the substitution of one authority for another, or of one guru for another – those are all childish activities. But if we can inquire into the question, into the problem of why we follow, then perhaps we shall understand the problem of authority. When you are asked why you follow, you do not know the reason why. The reason is fairly obvious – you follow for satisfaction, for a motive, for gain, for an end in view. But the whole instinctual response to follow somebody, to follow an ideal, to follow an experience which you had ten years ago and which you want now, and therefore follow and strive after in order to get that richness – this total process of following is the problem. The moment you follow or have a guru, you create the authority. But if there is cessation of following, there is no authority, there is no guru; then you are a light to yourself.

From Collected Works, Vol. 8

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20, 30, 50, who knows.... Let's keep going...

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

Day 35/20

#bookstodon #Books #BookChallenge #20daybookchallenge
#day35

#rausgeschafft

#everydayRide #noExcuses #day35 #MdRddG #thatIsWhyWeRide #MdRddN #Nachtradler #Nachtradeln #teamNachtradler #keineAusreden #natenom #ripNatenom #dailyBiking

#100DaysOfCode : #VanillaJS

#Day35 : #JSON Exercices from #30DaysOfJavascript

Source Code : https://github.com/teotimepacreau/JSON-Exercices-Day35-of-100DaysOfCode

Learning :
- basic JSON structure : double quotes
- change JSON to object with JSON.parse(const, (key, value))
- change something JS in JSON with JSON.stringify(obj, replacer, space)

#WebDev #Frontend #WebDesign #LearnWebDev #Javascript #LearnToCode #LearnJavascript #JS

#Day35 of #100HappyDays / #365HappyDays is making progress on this #crochet project that’s been lurking in my bag for the past couple of weeks.

Still three legs and an ear to go before it looks like this, mind.

#bunny #comforter

#30MoreSongsChallenge

#Day35 – Sing-Along
I know the lyrics to this song by heart, start to finish.

Obviously this applies to almost all #Queen songs, but the first song that came into my mind is something completely different.

Here's Thomas D. with Rückenwind:

(Yes, a german Rap song)

https://youtu.be/6IMZBl721HE