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

Friday, June 26, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/06/friday-june-26-2026/

#NorthYorkMoors #Yorkshire #NYM #NorthYorkshireMoors #Moors #UK #NorthYorkshire #England #Fires #Wildfire #Wildfires #Moorland #Fire #England #Britain #News #BBC #Countryside #Country #Warning Considering the UK’s moorland becomes tinder dry in summer, the stupidity of some people is hard to believe. The fire damage was catastrophic, and the second inferno was started by a smoker who dropped a cigarette after stopping to watch the first…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c77yz8lpl6xo

All #solar panels temporarily switched off at 80 #Suffolk #schools following a number of #fires in roofspaces - whilst Suffolk #FireandRescue investigate.

Its not confirmed the fires occurred for the exact same reasons, but there's a lot of high current equipment involved which can get very hot indeed if things go wrong..

Alas, this has happened just as Reform have control of Suffolk County Council so might be used as an argument against solar energy (rather than ruthless capitalism and cost cutting which is more likely to have caused these issues)

https://archive.ph/qIr9z

Commentary: Chicano neighborhood faces a week of poisonous flames

Los Angeles, CA – On June 17 at approximately 2 p.m., a cold-storage facility erupted in flames. Tremendous black clouds causing a burning of the eyes and throat covered the skies of East Los Angeles and the Boyle Heights neighborhood. Confusion was observed as people stepped out of their homes to look up at the sky, initially suspecting a thunderstorm, only to discover a capitalist crime in action.

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https://fightbacknews.org/articles/commentary-chicano-neighborhood-faces-a-week-of-poisonous-flames

We have severe drought in most of Utah. Wouldn't this be the year to prohibit fireworks everywhere in our state? Our numbskull of a governor is sitting quiet.

https://www.ksl.com/article/51522274/fireworks-sales-begin-wednesday-amid-widespread-fire-restrictions-active-wildfire-season

#Utah #UtahPolitics #fireworks #dry #fires #smoke #airquality #ban #health

Widnes fire LIVE as 20 fire engines tackle 700 tons of cardboard ablaze at recycling facility

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/widnes-fire-live-huge-plumes-34168267

https://wsvn.com/news/local/miami-dade/multiple-wildfires-in-west-miami-dade-burn-over-22k-acres-force-road-closures-as-crews-continue-battle/

#Fires #Florida #USA