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Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu by Sept 30 2025 <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a> <a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.patheos.com/blogs/religi...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.patheos.com/blogs/religionprof/2025/07/cfp-interpreting-the-hunger-games-prequels.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Hunger Games Prequels Call For...</a></p>
Valerie Estelle Frankel📚👩‍🏫🌌🎲🎮🏰📜🧷🧛🏻‍♂️🦇🎭✡️✍️🧙🏻🎃<p><a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23CFP" target="_blank">#CFP</a>: Interpreting the <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23HungerGamesPrequels" target="_blank">#HungerGamesPrequels</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23hungergames" target="_blank">#hungergames</a> name, affiliation, 100wd bio, 250-500 wd abstract by Sept 30 2025. submissions/questions to Tom Paradis tparadis@butler.edu <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23childdevelopment" target="_blank">#childdevelopment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23classics" target="_blank">#classics</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23dystopia" target="_blank">#dystopia</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Enlightenment" target="_blank">#Enlightenment</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23history" target="_blank">#history</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23mediastudies" target="_blank">#mediastudies</a>, <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23literature" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23music" target="_blank">#music</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23philosophy" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23YA" target="_blank">#YA</a></p>
Adrian Fellhauer<p>It is a pity that the "peace talks" regarding the <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gaza</span></a> strip that at first seemed somewhat hopeful have now degenerated into a farce, with the <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/POTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POTUS</span></a> now discussing <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ethnicCleansing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethnicCleansing</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> was the one country where one would have thought that such atrocities could never happen. Where is the Israeli <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a>? Is there a broad <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/peace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>peace</span></a> movement? These are voices lost in the wilderness.</p><p>The bitter irony is that <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Palestinians</span></a> are themselves <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/Jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jewish</span></a> according to their ancestry.</p>
Tikkhapaññā<p>Question: How long does it take to get enlightened?</p><p>Answer: This question may be answered with an old story:</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dhamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dhamma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Theravada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Theravada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BuddhistPractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuddhistPractice</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Dharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dharma</span></a></p>
Subir Pal vedic astrologer<p>KEY TO ENLIGHTENMENT IS TO BECOME DESIRELESS</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spiritualknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spiritualknowledge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desireless" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desireless</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/buddhaknowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhaknowledge</span></a> </p><p>CLICK TO READ . . . .<br><a href="https://qr.ae/pAVC4b" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">qr.ae/pAVC4b</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History July 1, 1766: François-Jean de la Barre, a young French nobleman, was tortured, beheaded and burnt on a pyre for reading Voltaire's Dictionnaire philosophique and, more importantly, for not saluting a Roman Catholic religious procession in Abbeville, France. The articles in Voltaire’s work included critiques of the Catholic Church, as well as Judaism and Islam. The general public loved the book, which sold out quickly after its first, anonymous, printing. The religious authorities hated it and censored it in France and Switzerland. Charles Dickens reference the torture and murder of la Barre in his novel, Tale of Two Cities. Voltaire tried, unsuccessfully, to defend la Barre. His writings immediately after the arrest did help several other young Frenchman get acquitted for the same offenses.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/freespeech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freespeech</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/torture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>torture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/voltaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>voltaire</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/execution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>execution</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/philosopher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosopher</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dickens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dickens</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstadon</span></a></span></p>
נאריש זשלאָב מענטש<p>"Incorporating the best of world <a href="https://babka.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a>, “Between the Bridge and Barricade” argues, helped <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Jews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jews</span></a> emerge into the modern era. Between 1450 and 1800, countless <a href="https://babka.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> were made accessible from <a href="https://babka.social/tags/European" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>European</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Latin</span></a> through <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Yiddish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Yiddish</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ladino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ladino</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/JudeoItalian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JudeoItalian</span></a> versions. They were produced by <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Sephardi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sephardi</span></a> and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Ashkenazi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ashkenazi</span></a> Jews, printers and doctors, rabbis and proponents of the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>. “<a href="https://babka.social/tags/Translations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Translations</span></a>,” writes Idelson-Shein, “seem to allow us to travel throughout the world without visas, passports or border crossings."</p><p><a href="https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/books/382422/worldly-wisdom-and-the-jewish-tradition-of-translation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jewishjournal.com/culture/arts</span><span class="invisible">/books/382422/worldly-wisdom-and-the-jewish-tradition-of-translation/</span></a></p>
Nikolas Kozloff<p>"He’s a child of the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>. He is a major supporter of both the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>arts</span></a> and the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/sciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciences</span></a>. He plays the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/harpsichord" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>harpsichord</span></a> and the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/organ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>organ</span></a> and he’s a great patron of the <a href="https://federated.press/tags/theater" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>theater</span></a>.”</p><p>Doesn't sound like <a href="https://federated.press/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion/trump-king-george.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/06/21/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-king-george.html</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,<br>And the rocks melt wi’ the sun…</p><p>James Hutton met Robert Burns in 1787. Later that year, Burns chose to visit some of the sites discussed in Hutton’s THEORY OF THE EARTH. Is there an echo of Hutton’s “deep time”—oceans evaporating, rocks melting—to be heard in Burns’s “A Red, Red Rose” (pub. 1794)?</p><p>2/3</p><p><a href="https://sunnydunny.wordpress.com/2011/10/11/robert-burns-and-geology/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">sunnydunny.wordpress.com/2011/</span><span class="invisible">10/11/robert-burns-and-geology/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DeepTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepTime</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>James Hutton (1726–1797), father of modern geology, was born <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 14 June (NS; 3 June OS). One of the first European proponents of “deep time”, the conclusion of his 1788 paper “Theory of the Earth” has been called one of the most lyrical sentences in all of science:</p><p>The result, therefore, of our present enquiry is, that we find no vestige of a beginning,—no prospect of an end.</p><p>1/3</p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/art-and-artists/2808" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nationalgalleries.org/art-and-</span><span class="invisible">artists/2808</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/DeepTime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeepTime</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a></p>
The Zen Art Center :verified:<p>You don’t need hours of meditation to begin transforming your life. Just five minutes of sitting or moving meditation each day can help you develop consistent focus, enter flow states, and experience your true mind.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meditation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DailyPractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DailyPractice</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/FlowState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FlowState</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpiritualGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Awareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awareness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Dhyana" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dhyana</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consciousness</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/5o2NSwLKU6k" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtube.com/shorts/5o2NSwLKU6k</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
The Zen Art Center :verified:<p>What if your body, your thoughts, and your identity were nothing more than swirling waves in a vast ocean of energy?</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Karma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Karma</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Energy</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Reincarnation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reincarnation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meditation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpiritualAwakening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualAwakening</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DharmaTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DharmaTalk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ZenMaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZenMaster</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NatureOfMind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NatureOfMind</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zenmeditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zenmeditation</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/vkjeoKS7D_c" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/vkjeoKS7D_c</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Buddhistdoor Global (BDG)<p>Buddhistdoor Quote for Today: Mahaparinibbana Sutta</p><p>🔗 Explore BDG on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@BuddhistdoorGlobal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@BuddhistdoorGlobal</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Buddha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PaliCanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PaliCanon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dharma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Dhamma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dhamma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sutta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sutta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sutra" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sutra</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Compassion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Liberation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Liberation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SpiritualGrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualGrowth</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Awakening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Awakening</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a></p>
The Zen Art Center :verified:<p>What is your mind?<br>Before enlightenment, you’re just guessing in the dark. After enlightenment, it’s like turning on the light. Zen is not about gaining something new — it's about seeing what’s already there.<br>🧘‍♂️ Sit, clear your mind, and let the light come on.<br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zenbuddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zenbuddhism</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/awakening" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awakening</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/buddhistquotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhistquotes</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/meditationpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meditationpractice</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zenmaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zenmaster</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/koan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koan</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/zenartcenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zenartcenter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/spiritualgrowth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spiritualgrowth</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/consciousness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>consciousness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/dharma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dharma</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>buddhism</span></a></p>
The Zen Art Center :verified:<p>Before enlightenment: coffee.
After enlightenment: coffee.</p><p>No need to change your drink.
Just change your relationship to it.</p><p>☕ Sit. Sip. Wake up.
</p><p>Join us for meditation and Dharma talks at The Zen Art Center.</p><p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Zen</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Mindfulness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mindfulness</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Meditation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meditation</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/SpiritualHumor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpiritualHumor</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CoffeeWisdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CoffeeWisdom</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/DharmaTalk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DharmaTalk</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ZenArtCenter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ZenArtCenter</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BePresent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BePresent</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/InnerPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InnerPeace</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LetGo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetGo</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@qasimrashid/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>qasimrashid</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@SETIEric" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>SETIEric</span></a></span> </p><p>It’s the revisionist <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> of a Christian Dominionist who doesn’t want you recognize the founders themselves viewed religion irrelevant to the senate, people, and governance of a Republic, all sons of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> engrossed in pagan classics as their forebears of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Renaissance</span></a>, a similar number of generations removed from Constantinople as we are from them.</p>
you╭👺+300╭🐈x5╭⁂+3╭(Ⓐ+a<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> called, they wanted their enlightenment back 🧛‍♂️</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://hear-me.social/@Tharpa" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Tharpa</span></a></span> </p><p>The sons of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> held both in equal contempt as enemies of republicanism.</p>
R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:<p>Kinda frustrated with the state of <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/desktops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>desktops</span></a> in <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bsd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a> / <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Unix</span></a></p><p>You can either have a fully functional, but kind of frustrating-to-use (too mouse-centric) desktop with Gnome or KDE Plasma, or you can have a lean, efficient, and fast wm/compositor like <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/i3" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>i3</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/sway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sway</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/awesomewm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>awesomewm</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/evilwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>evilwm</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/cwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cwm</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/bspwm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bspwm</span></a>, or whatever you like, BUT you will <em>constantly</em> be scratching your head when <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gnome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gnome</span></a> and <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/gtk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GTK</span></a> programs either start very slowly or refuse to run at all, and are constantly trying to figure out what combination of configuration, daemon, and small animal sacrifices are necessary to do what the big, bloated desktops do automatically.</p><p>It's freaking exhausting, and I want to go back to the days that every one just ran <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/icewm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IceWM</span></a>, <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>, or <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/windowmaker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WindowMaker</span></a>.</p><p>P.S., Just for clarity, I really do love <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/kde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KDE</span></a> <a href="https://polymaths.social/tags/plasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plasma</span></a>. I think it's a wonderful, easy-to-use, <em>and</em> extremely flexible desktop. But sometimes I really don't want a desktop, I just want a lean-and-basic UI that stays out of my way (for home stuff vs. work stuff, generally).</p>
The Philosopher-King<p>“Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.”<br>— Jean-Jacques Rousseau, The Social Contract (1762)</p><p><a href="https://blog.philoblognotes.com/2025/05/rousseaus-political-philosophy-briefly.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.philoblognotes.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">5/rousseaus-political-philosophy-briefly.html?m=1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rousseau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rousseau</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SocialContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialContract</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PoliticalPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticalPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/freedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>freedom</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PhilosophyQuotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyQuotes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>