the girl i'm dating is teaching me some kind of lesson about life intentionally or unintentionally not really that important i know that if i'm struggling and i'm frustrated, this means i'm learning something, whether i like it or not.

you have an education and job and you have a stable income, but at what cost? i may not have luxuries or the freedom to travel. but my mind is free to think.

so, dharma as in the natural order of things, justice, law, these are the eternal rules of life and the universe artha as in human health, prosperity, skill, fulfilment kama is about desire, pleasure and enjoyment of the sensory things moksha as in spiritual enlightenment and seeing the bigger picture and those are the four puruṣārthas in Hinduism. all of his emerges from Brahman, the divine creator or the universe. the devas (deities) are the manifestations or avatars of Brahman. in Christianity you can compare to Jesus as an avatar of God, and to some extent, the prophets and saints. it's an interesting viewpoint on what i essentially consider one and the same thing.

ah, this is very interesting. Maslow's hierarchy of human needs is featured in the wiki article on artha - a concept from Hinduism. though oddly, i've seen self-actualisation in that hierarchy include the spiritual aspects, but that's moksha according to Hinduism, because artha doesn't really include the spiritual attainment part. the same general ideas as you find in western philosophy and religion but arranged differently.

so, dharma and moksha in Indian philosophy can be contrasted as "worldly pursuits" on the one hand and "spiritual pursuits" on the other. and different Indian scholars disagree on whether the two are compatible or not. according to some, the path to moksha cannot be attained while also pursuing dharma, and vice versa. and i suppose that's where you get monasticism, an concept that also exists in Christianity. the other school of thought is where you do the good works but in an enlightened way. a union of dharma and moksha. a third option is a union of people who work together as a unit, according to what suits them best, but with a common understanding that these are different roles.

i can relate to the experiences of this guy:

Loneliness During Spiritual Awakening – Jagjot Singh

this isn't about religion or superstition, because the concept is also found in philosophy. but Hinduism and Buddhism have it codified in scripture, in a way that isn't strictly attached to a single belief system. it's a process that a human brain is capable of undergoing. teaching and encouragement can accelerate it but it can also happen by accident.

if you don't follow the doctor's orders, will he put you under cardiac arrest?

Bhagavad Gita - Wikipedia

a lot of the concepts in this ancient Indian text - which is a core text in all branches of Hinduism - are awfully close to concepts used in modern psychology.

man, i was in a bad place yesterday

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it's new to me that someone is having strong opinions about me.

oh buy i'm not very easy to be in a relationship with, i think.

the girl i met is kind of turning out to be a follower i have 2500 followers on Mastodon. likes to hear what i have to say, but what i really respect is if someone takes the step and says something back. does something.

the way i perceive this girl i'm dating, i think she's more introverted and structured than i am. she sets clear boundaries and doesn't share her thoughts as much as i do. for example, it took her most of this week to tell ONE person that she has a crush on me. she keeps it inside more. and she controls and sets boundaries.

the way i perceive this girl i'm dating, i think she's more introverted and structured than i am. she sets clear boundaries and doesn't share her thoughts as much as i do. for example, it took her most of this week to tell ONE person that she has a crush on me. she keeps it inside more.

i was listening back to the voice clips i sent to the girl i'm dating and like omg i kind of sound like a girl at times 😆 i'm most definitely not gay, but i don't exactly have the most masculine conversational style. i'm not ashamed. it's just funny. me when i talk to a girl i like:

i was listening back to the voice clips i sent to the girl i'm dating and like omg i kind of sound like a girl at times 😆 i'm most definitely not gay, but i don't exactly have the most masculine conversational style. me talking to girls i like:

i probably sound like i've never dated before. it's more accurate to say that it's been a very infrequent thing.

a Norwegian expert on youth's mental health says that many people use words like anxiety and depression when they really just mean they're nervous or sad. there are also situations you can be in over extended periods of time that cause you to be nervous and sad a lot. the fix isn't always treatment but a change in the environment, which is usually difficult.

i don't think this was ever a convention in electronic text or typesetting. i'm 40 but i had access to computers at an early age and thought only people much older than me did this. typewriters were a relic to me even from a young age. dad worked as a journalist and even back in the early 80s, everyone had a terminal on their desk for typing articles so they could be submitted directly for electronic typesetting.