Hopefully this helps. almostcomposed.com/2022/10/mappin…

A more apt name for the "mini-budget" might be the "massive expense".

Vince Fakhoury Horn Feel like there’s overlap with the psychedelics debate. I see where the objections come from, but jhanas are conditioned states, often conditioned by being on retreat & certain kinds of practice. If this gizmo puts the right conditions in place for wholesome mind states, why not?

Fascinating. I can relate to some parts of this as my interest in Buddhism has gradually became more earnest. theguardian.com/world/2022/sep…

“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus

7 cool lizandmollie graphics accompanied by relevant philosophy quotes: 1. "Well-being is realized by small steps, but is truly no small thing."  — Zeno of Citium

Kenneth Folk My intuition too. No one has ever had a direct experience of matter. Everything we experience is mental, it arises in dependence on mind. Simplicity suggests that the objects we perceive are also mental in nature. Conversely, it’s very hard to explain how mind arises from matter.

How are you thinking about autism? Have you heard of the double empathy problem? youtube.com/watch?v=A1AUda…

Can anyone help me understand MN 43, Mahāvedalla Sutta? In what way are these four deliverances of mind the same? I think it's saying they are four different methods of reaching an unshakeable deliverance of mind, but that they are the same to the extent that they reach it.