Joe Cecil

No manual for DMs

A funny thing about 1-1 PMing/DMing is that — unless you are a terrible snoop* — you never see any but your own. You have no outside examples to draw on. Unlike conversation there's no overhearing a DM. I suppose they could appear in a work of fiction. If

Tweets and retweets and quote tweets and replies and quote-tweet replies, oh my...

I created a Twitter recently. As part of this I'm getting to grips with all the different ways of interacting on there. From what I can tell, your options are: 1. Tweets. These show up publicly on your account page. All of your followers will see these. 2.

Boredom

They said meditation meant boredom. I didn't believe them. Including: 1. Aro e-mail course. "After the boredom, more boredom." Email 28. 2. The Aro e-mails collection. "Here's to boredom!" 3. In this post, David Chapman wrote that: "Like Dzogchen, shi-ne is

Compassion includes achievement

A quote from E-Mailing the Lamas from Afar, email "something of a big deal." The questioner is asking about compassion, given "the exciting new term: changchub sem (byang chub sems — or bodhicitta)." In Ngak'chang Rinpoche and Khandro Dechen's response, Ngak'chang

Irritation/curiosity

I'm reading Seeing That Frees, the first five chapters irritated me, and this irritation is working a lot like curiosity. It's making me want to hear what other people found in the book. It's making me want to read on a little more and

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