Summer at the pond —
the reflection of a bird
swims through the water.
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Mark
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Writing about early #Buddhism and #meditation. Practising in the midst of family life, sharing what’s useful. Devon, UK.
Using this mostly as a space for reflection.
He/him.
Avatar: white man in glasses and a red hat standing outside on a sunny day.
Background: a rainy British country lane. The sign on a barn reads “Slow down please.”
Imagine realising that what you had always thought to be yourself was only a reflection in a mirror.
I've written about a way of looking at the elements of human experience as mutually dependent on each other, like a hall of mirrors.
https://markdcooper.com/posts/024-inside-the-hall-of-mirrors/
Current status: trying to recombobulate but not combobulated enough to stop doing things that discombobulate me.
Daily Haiku 📖Goddess of Mercy
the temple roof overlooks
a cloud of blossoms
– Matsuo Bashō
I’m sure this is quite a drug-fuelled US administration. They gotta keep the light from shining on the pain and shame! Those feelings belong to the enemy, Canada!
What was that lyric from The Verve?
Imagined the future, I woke up with a scream
I was buying feelings from a vending machine.
Except the vending machine is really our phones, of course, and this is actually nice to see.
Surprising things happen when you try looking at Buddhism through the lens of game theory https://markdcooper.com/posts/020-the-hindrances-are-the-lever/
Ian DuntAtlanticists are facing a ruinous refutation of their position: The attempted humiliation of Zelenskyy, JD Vance's dismissal of the British war dead. The emotional quality of the conversation makes it almost impossible to maintain a pro-American position iandunt.substack.com/p/the-dawn-o...
The dawn of a new Europe
The dawn of a new Europe
Sean CastenSome morning thoughts on where we are in this constitutional crisis and what we all have to do - and believe - to get out of this with our democracy intact:
The Great Betrayal.