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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Yes, the bullies of the world will have a lot to answer for if there is a next world. The bullies like to control the masses with the latest toys too, from medicine, to computers, to weapons, they want to restrict the masses, while they have full...

13 Aug

emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Everything is more just what it is, and the negative, or positive side of it is placed on it by the user. The user can use, or abuse, scientific discoveries, depending on their own attitude, and mindset..

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Trump is certainly a grandstander, liking to be the king of every castle. In some ways, we are still moving forwards, rather than backwards, as science, and new discoveries, tend to more help us, than worsen our situation, especially breakthroughs...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Trees also live a long time, but are at the mercy of plunderers, and vandals, too, as happened in this case in England. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-16/two-men-jailed-for-sycamore-gap-tree-felling/105536180 We should do our best to live...

9 Aug

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Yes, the only problem is that life seems to be set up to bring us pain, and suffering, as even the Buddha said too. We are imprisoned here in our bodies, and just have to try to do our best to placate the jailers, and live as best we can do so, as...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 l try to just cope as best l can, as trying to do my absolute level best also stresses me. I just try to get past the hurdle in any way l can, not necessarily always the best way, as l will take short cuts where l can to get past it...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair @Shiva49 When we are in the middle of a big issue, it is hard not to fret, as anxiety about the outcome, bites us annoyingly. If we can stay peaceful in our connection to our soul, and to the bigger picture view, we can sweep some of the angst aside,...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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emptychair @Shiva49 I also changed my password on my email, and I made it a much stronger one this time, but my old emails are gone for good, (I mean bad, lol), it seems.

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Erly Maglangit @cacay1 (85716) • Cagayan De Oro, Philippines 4 Aug

It is the power of our mind that leads us to the right direction, unless you do not like to utilize your own belief but rely only on the opinion of others, and that would make your mind disabled. If your mind tells you to become a...

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emptychair @cacay1 Thanks.

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair Yes, we should all try to better ourselves from one day to the next as much as we can by observing life, and becoming more aware of what is really going on within each life experience. Most people do just react reactively, and do not ponder more deeply about...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 4 Aug

The old Zen master was sitting under a tree, when a branch snapped off, and fell down on him, and knocked him out. When he finally came too, a good while later, he quipped to himself. "Another branch of Zen has opened up...

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emptychair Yes, we need to try and expand our wisdom, learning something from everything that happens to us, and around us, in our lives.

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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emptychair @Shiva49 I get those links too, plus a few every day about packages, I am supposed to have ordered, or threats that my account with Apple is about to be closed, unless I click here, and I do not even have an account with apple, as I am android. The companies...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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emptychair @Shiva49 Yes, we really need to adapt the philosophy of living more for the day, or one day at a time, in some respects, while also trying to do nothing that will hasten our exit, or leave us unprepared for a possible next life. I changed my name and icon, as...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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emptychair A slow knockout is often worse than a quick one, though, as a slow lingering death sentence, from a terminal disease, is hard to recover from. Even so, many can fight on from that slow lingering sentence of doom too, like Stephen Hawking fought on for nearly...

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 1 Aug

Alexandra was a good shepherd, looking after his flock of sheep, until one night he fell into a deep sleep, while looking after them, and several sheep were then eaten by wolves. He was very upset when he awoke, but the...

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emptychair They were certainly unbalanced to vote for Trump, and perhaps he is a little unbalanced himself too.

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Tendz @Tendz09 (284) 27 Jul

Life can get overwhelming sometimes, and it’s easy to feel lost in the chaos. How do you stay grounded when things get a little out of control? Any tips or simple practices that help you stay calm and focused?

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emptychair @Tendz09 Yes, exactly. That is the point I was trying to make. When we stay connected to the bigger picture, chaos disturbs us less.

30 Jul

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 25 Jul

The old Zen master was found once in his room, seated on a cushion, on the floor, in the dark, in the middle of the night. The student checking up on him, asked him: “Why are you not sleeping at this late hour, oh,...

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emptychair @arunima25 I agree. Wisdom seldom comes from knowledge alone, yet at all. Wisdom comes, as you said, from experience, and awareness, or conscious living.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (113054) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Jul

A Glendale Arizona police officer whose name was not released to the public answered an emergency call on Wednesday July 16 when a dog fell inro a canal and the poor dog could not get out of the canal on their own power. The...

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emptychair @Deepizzaguy I thought so too. He was snooty, and nasty in his manner.

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George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (113054) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 28 Jul

A Glendale Arizona police officer whose name was not released to the public answered an emergency call on Wednesday July 16 when a dog fell inro a canal and the poor dog could not get out of the canal on their own power. The...

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emptychair @Tendz09 He showed little interest in my robbery, telling me just to claim it on my insurance.

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emptychair @innertalks (23061) • Australia 25 Jul

The old Zen master was found once in his room, seated on a cushion, on the floor, in the dark, in the middle of the night. The student checking up on him, asked him: “Why are you not sleeping at this late hour, oh,...

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emptychair Yes, both light, and darkness, play their roles in creation, and for creation to work seamlessly, we need to see that they supplement each other, and are not antagonistic, towards each other. The great psychologist, Carl Jung once said this about light and...

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