Susan Piver

@[email protected]
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#Buddhist student for 30 years (well, 29.5). #Meditation teacher. Founder of the Open Heart Project. New York Times best selling #author of 8 books. Latest is “The Buddhist #Enneagram". Nyingmapa. New student of fediverse customs. Lover of sanity. And music. Boston/Austin. Send #cat pictures.
Online communityhttps://openheartproject.com/
New book: The Buddhist Enneagramhttps://openheartproject.com/the-buddhist-enneagram-nine-paths-to-warriorship/i
InstagramSusan.piver
Susan PiverNov 28, 2022

This works for me as an explanation of #Buddhist views on no-self. Relatively speaking.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkyYzmXA6VR/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

#buddhism #emptiness #heartsutra
(Photo of child in costume waving at self in mirror.)

Susan Piver|Buddhist Teacher on Instagram: "As good an explanation of Buddhist views of no-self as any I’ve encountered, really. Reposting @goodnews_movement"

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Susan PiverNov 25, 2022

The 5 Buddha Wisdoms are, for me, an endless source of insight and compassion toward self and other.

Vajra/Mirror-Like Wisdom
Ratna/Wisdom of Equality
Padma/Discerning (or Discriminating) Wisdom
Karma/All-Accomplishing Wisdom
Buddha/All-Accommodating Wisdom

A beautiful mandala. If you are interested in the #enneagram, you may enjoy it.

#buddhism #vajrayana #sambhogakaya

Susan PiverNov 25, 2022
iddybud Nov 24, 2022
"Who among us hasn’t noticed it—the strange doubling of forms and faces—the echo in the world? The waves in rock, the veins in leaves, the ghostly flowerings of frost…the sound of wind to the sound of water, the ruffling of field to the ruffling of fur, the memories of the living to the hopes of the dead. A familiar universe. A sea of small recognitions. A vast brotherhood of thoughts and things."
– Mark Slouka, Lost Lake
Susan PiverNov 24, 2022
Show threadYudron Wangmo 🪷 📿 🏔Nov 24, 2022
@madeofclay Okay. Here are some accounts I perceive (rightly or wrongly) as Buddhist or Buddhist adjacent. You might enjoy.
Note: There may be typos:
@[email protected]
@minnas
@KonchokWangpo
@[email protected]
@impermanen_
@pipsish
@dorjepadma
@bodhidave
@JaysenWaller
@sameetkumar
@Ogmin
@susanpiver
@triveni
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@[email protected]
@donnadechen
Susan PiverNov 19, 2022
Peter West CareyNov 19, 2022

It's still a little odd to think: I click on stuff and no one/computer is tracking me. My clicks won't lead to me seeing more posts about Subject X or Person Y. And certainly won't skew the adverts I see.

That is so refreshing and freeing. My boosts and favorites won't lead to an algorithm-increased echo chamber.

#fediverse

Susan PiverNov 19, 2022
Arachno PhobiaNov 19, 2022

Great essay by @ct_bergstrom in the New York Times: "Twitter Was Influential in the Pandemic. Are We Better for It?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/19/opinion/pandemic-twitter.html?unlocked_article_code=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEIPuonUktbfqYhlSVUaCibSRdkhrxqAwuDGxrAxg371aTSKSCpewv5TA5SF_w2FQ5tfUOYJ_mbRQs5dYvhoTeZuz-RbMgs8QgTw-8SIwNEMeStt7N_vVTtz1cydUPVn_zK1PjXlI7whlOb19wiLPzmRLa_b1H0qIQllo4I0Ng35nCxVmdqWV7J9ydJ83vw-BphlRTdmZCaCvvjgCRkWK8zRJ1iHqVFwA7cFLGmVyd2M6LsAcxFRCkbETh585mU-4dBdP7AHLUebaz1GDKI8ZImMnca504U&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

With many important points and questions. My favorite, because it's one I am pondering, too:

"Can a social media platform optimized to sell ads ever do a good job of ‌fostering open, good-faith exchange of accurate information?"

#Twitter #Corona #Pandemic #Science #SocialMedia

Susan PiverNov 19, 2022
Susan OrleanNov 19, 2022
Here’s my #introduction : I’ve been a staff writer at the New Yorker since the Ice Age; author of #lots of books (The Orchid Thief; Rin Tin Tin; The Library Book); redhead; animal fan; not tall.
Susan PiverNov 19, 2022
FediFollows has moved!Nov 18, 2022

Picks of the Day:

🌟 @drdan_o - Historian studying funerals in 18th Century England (lots of pictures of skeletons)

🌟 @andybell - British singer, songwriter and musician, co-founder of the band Ride

🌟 @georgetakei - Actor, author and activist

🌟 @shavian - Discussing the Shavian alphabet, an attempt to make it easier to write English phonetically

🌟 @trailspotting - Website about hiking in the United States, especially New Hampshire and California

More follows at https://fedi.directory

Susan PiverNov 19, 2022
Listening to Booker T Jones play Green Onions. No big deal. Except HUGE DEAL.
Susan PiverNov 18, 2022
Chris TrottierNov 18, 2022
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