#28 - The present moment
1 month ago
“No matter where you go, there you are.”
- 孔夫子
| 1. |
open the doors of perception
18 cheers |
9 people |
| 2. |
find the perfect squid butter pepper garlic
8 cheers |
1 person |
| 3. |
own an island
9 cheers |
237 people |
| 4. |
be happy
4 entries . 13 cheers |
18,537 people |
| 5. |
turn on, tune in, drop out
4 cheers |
6 people |
| 6. |
Travel in space
5 cheers |
491 people |
| 7. |
become immortalized as a flavor of ice cream
14 cheers |
29 people |
| 8. |
Win the Nobel Prize :)
1 entry . 3 cheers |
72 people |
| 9. |
fly
4 cheers |
1,716 people |
| 10. |
Scale a Himalayan peak
4 cheers |
2 people |
| 11. |
open a restaurant
1 entry . 7 cheers |
448 people |
| 12. |
raise happy children
16 cheers |
55 people |
| 13. |
Do nothing
4 entries . 5 cheers |
141 people |
| 14. |
be a scuba diving instructor
3 cheers |
12 people |
| 15. |
split
4 entries . 2 cheers |
25 people |
| 16. |
own a swimming pool
2 entries . 2 cheers |
14 people |
| 17. |
write another book
6 cheers |
60 people |
| 18. |
go to burning man
4 cheers |
1,236 people |
| 19. |
go to the Rainbow Gathering!
3 entries . 2 cheers |
37 people |
| 20. |
Get a tattoo
2 team members . 1 entry . 2 cheers |
16,894 people |
| 21. |
Swim with dolphins
2 cheers |
6,083 people |
| 22. |
get a dog
2 team members . 7 cheers |
3,161 people |
| 23. |
Buy a Volkswagen
3 entries . 3 cheers |
16 people |
| 24. |
buy a water bed
2 cheers |
4 people |
| 25. |
make a short film
3 entries . 5 cheers |
547 people |
| 26. |
yell "theatre" in a crowded fire
13 cheers |
6 people |
| 27. |
hold my breath underwater for 4 minutes
1 entry . 2 cheers |
8 people |
| 28. |
meditate
1 entry . 2 cheers |
1,874 people |
| 29. |
grow weed
3 entries . 7 cheers |
153 people |
| 30. |
Read all of Kurt Vonnegut's books
3 cheers |
114 people |
| 31. |
dive the great barrier reef
3 cheers |
182 people |
| 32. |
Collect the Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
7 entries . 5 cheers |
6 people |
| 33. |
Get a Nanocube
1 cheer |
2 people |
| 34. |
buy a record player
1 entry . 6 cheers |
79 people |
| 35. |
Learn how to whistle really loud with my fingers
4 cheers |
876 people |
| 36. |
learn a foreign language
8 entries . 6 cheers |
899 people |
| 37. |
watch the IMDB.com Top 100 movies
5 entries . 1 cheer |
919 people |
| 38. |
Have my photos published
3 entries . 2 cheers |
13 people |
| 39. |
go fishing with my dad
6 cheers |
18 people |
| 40. |
get an international driver's license
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12 people |
| 41. |
identify 43 things that make me happy.
16 entries . 2 cheers |
16 people |
“Oh, Sariputra, Form Does not Differ From the Void,
And the Void Does Not Differ From Form.
Form is Void and Void is Form;
The Same is True For Feelings,
Perceptions, Volitions and Consciousness.”
– Avalokite?vara (???????????)
And so I see ??nyat?, in the form of this langur. He stands guard outside the 5th century Ellora caves, as Wu Ch’eng-en’s Monkey King guarded Xuan Zang on his south-western journey to India to find Sakyamuni’s sutras – as Maudgalyayana in the form of the monkey may accompany friend ??riputra. The same is true for perceptions. The void is me.