CLIMBING DOWN

#Hirayama, in #Perfect Days, is not a failed climber.

He is someone who saw the #ladder clearly and stopped obeying it.

That is a very different thing.

The world keeps whispering: more #status, more #usefulness, more #achievement, more #improvement, more #proof that the self is becoming something.

No one has to #whip us anymore. We do it internally and call it ambition.

Hirayama’s freedom is not that he cleans #toilets. That could easily be another prison.

His freedom is that he is not using his life to become impressive.

Water does not need to win.

The useless #tree does not need to justify its #existence.

And “I need do nothing” does not mean sitting around uselessly. It means I do not need to #manufacture a self.

The #body can #clean, #breathe, #walk, make #coffee, light #fires, put #shoes on, feed #dogs, and #love the ones nearby.

But there does not have to be a grand inner project of becoming #Worthy

Simple living is not automatically #holy.

Low status is not #awakening.

A small life can still be full of #grievance, vanity and comparison.

But a life without #comparison ?

That is #freedom.

Maybe the real act is not #climbingdown.

Maybe it is stopping the argument with where I am.

https://youtu.be/pOCCfExW7FQ?si=M7T8VSe8OG1JqKCB

#fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #newthought #eckharttolle #buddhism #breathwork #connection #healing #pridemonth #Karma #TrueNature #Awakening #Meditation #Mindfulness #Spirituality #intermittentfasting #nonduality #reality #life #quantum

Arthur Boyd tapestries of Saint Francis of Assisi on display after 50 years

"Twenty enormous tapestries depicting the life of Saint Francis of Assisi, commissioned by artist Arthur Boyd, will be displayed at the National Gallery.The workshop's director, Vera Fino, said weavers worked shoulder to shoulder around the clock, adding 3 centimetres to the tapestries each day." >>
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-19/arthur-boyd-tapestries-saint-francis-assisi-national-gallery/106814094

The artist and the weavers

Who wove the twenty enormous tapestries?
On the websites/ exhibition it mentions the name of a male artist

Has he done 8 million individual stitches on each of the 20 tapestries on eight-hour shifts?

Who spun the wool?

So many questions.
So much to see.
So much to ask.

Inspired by A Worker Reads and Asks, B Brecht >>
https://www.the-tls.com/regular-features/poem-of-the-week/a-worker-reads-and-asks-bertolt-brecht-poem-of-the-week-andrew-mcculloch

Manufactura de Tapeçarias de Portalegre>>
https://www.mtportalegre.pt/en/galeria

Saint Francis of Assisi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_of_Assisi
#textile #crafts #art #tapestry #work #invisibility #manufacture #environment #birds #pacifism #crusade

LIVE: SpaceX debuts on the Nasdaq exchange

SpaceX shares debut on the Nasdaq exchange. Elon Musk’s sprawling rocket, satellite and AI company priced the biggest-ever U.S. initial public offering at $135 per share, making it one of the world’s most valuable companies. #spacex #nasdaq #ipo #elonmusk #companyvaluation #business #tech #us #spacecraft #manufacture #markets #live #Reuters #News Keep up with the latest news from around the world:

https://fllics.com/en/video/live-spacex-debuts-on-the-nasdaq-exchange/

Ever wanted to #demotivate your workers? Make sure they don't work to their full potential? Don't want them to think outside the box, take those logical leaps to achieve things nobody thought possible before?

You would be hard-pressed to find a technique more effective than what Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan just talked about.

https://wccftech.com/intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-threatens-to-fire-anyone-whose-chip-exceeds-b0-stepping-14a-pdk-0-9-october-2026/

Background: for years, #Intel, which had a significant advantage in #lithography process technology (chip making), kept that as a trade secret. Then they made some huge mistakes, and because their internal corporate #culture had degraded, people inside the company were unable to admit errors and correct the mistakes. The result? They fell far behind #TSMC and #Samsung, and were unable to #manufacture competitive chips, and they basically coasted on the strength of their previous dominance - it takes a long time for companies to switch #server product lines from one company to another.

Intel's board finally decided to fix things, and brought back Pat #Gelsinger to turn it around. He did - and started establishing Intel #Foundry, to make Intel's #manufacturing tech available to outside customers. He was about 80% there, when a boardroom coup ousted him, and brought in Tan.

Tan's move (above) is *exactly* what led to Intel's previous culture problems. When #employees are afraid to make mistakes because they'll get fired, they won't take chances. And they won't admit errors, instead trying to paper over them and hide them.

Yiwu – Le plus grand marché de gros de la planète pour les petits produits manufacturés
🔸«Chaque année, près de 600 000 conteneurs sont chargés ici avant d’être expédiés vers plus de 200 pays ou territoires.» (Maëlle Mariette, Le Monde diplomatique, mai 2026, à la Une)
https://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/

Yiwu International Trade Market (site officiel)
https://en.chinagoods.com/
#YITM #Chine #commerce #marché #monde #exportations #manufacture #conteneurs #produits

IP empowerment: from made in China to created in China

https://tankie.tube/w/weuYRZReXM87UMQSkn7xtB

Les travailleurs: https://www.aurianneor.org/les-ouvriers/

#actionnaires #art #automatisation #bio #conditionsdetravail #coopératives #déplorables #destruction #dictature #environnement #équitable #frontnational #héritage #islandbuilding #Kaizen #lutte #luxe #maind’oeuvre #manufacture #mineur #ONU #ouvriers #pauvres #paysendéveloppement #photomontage #politique #qualité #rémunération #réputation #riches #salaire #sansdents #social #souveraineté #Tiers-monde #travaildécent #travailleurs #ubérisation #usine

“A Reason for Optimism: America’s Moral Break with Endless War”

by Ramzy Baroud in The Palestine Chronicle on Substack

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“Ordinary Americans are no longer passive recipients of power, but active participants in shaping a more morally conscious political reality”

https://open.substack.com/pub/palestinechronicle/p/a-reason-for-optimism-americas-moral

#Press #SocialMedia #Gaza #PalestinianGenocide #Zionism #SettlerColonialism #Resistance #DismantleZionism #DecolonizePalestine #GlobaliseTheIntifada #Iran #War #Trump #Israel #Lebanon #Hezbollah #MSM #NarrativeControl #Manufacture #Consensus #Palestine