Laura Cannon
@lauraccannon
Laura Cannon
is from Bhante Henepola Gunaratana’s Mindfulness in Plain English. Here is the passage as it commonly appears in English translations:
“Somewhere in this process, you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill,... See more
“Somewhere in this process, you will come face-to-face with the sudden and shocking realization that you are completely crazy. Your mind is a shrieking, gibbering madhouse on wheels barreling pell-mell down the hill,... See more
Death
Transformation
Lyric Poem
Quietness - fact Summary
From Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
This short poem, from Rumi’s Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, presents a clear Sufi teaching: renounce the ego, break free from inner confinement, and seek silence as evidence of spiritual transformation. The voice issues urgent imperatives that equate dying to the old self... See more
Transformation
Lyric Poem
Quietness - fact Summary
From Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi
This short poem, from Rumi’s Divan-e Shams-e Tabrizi, presents a clear Sufi teaching: renounce the ego, break free from inner confinement, and seek silence as evidence of spiritual transformation. The voice issues urgent imperatives that equate dying to the old self... See more
Taste is the new intelligence
The anti-AI crowd will lose.
There will be an uproar of highly emotional people attempting to discredit those who attempt to leverage AI in their work, especially their creative work. Ignore these people and do not become one, because maintaining a pessimistic mindset for the next few years will only lead to a... See more
The anti-AI crowd will lose.
There will be an uproar of highly emotional people attempting to discredit those who attempt to leverage AI in their work, especially their creative work. Ignore these people and do not become one, because maintaining a pessimistic mindset for the next few years will only lead to a... See more
Dan Koe • You have about 36 months to make it - by DAN KOE
people have been asking me a lot about subject lines lately. so here is my formula for choosing the perfect set of 3-7ish words that encapsulate a stunningly gorgeous email.
there are three approaches (person and mood dependent, ofc) to writing a subject line that may prevent you from crumbling under the weight of the... See more
Carly Valancysubstack.com
I am that bridge between the spiritual and the material. Between the human and the being. Between time and eternity.
And as a bridge I know that what is of most fundamental importance is my structural integrity. I don’t need to be a pretty, shiny, peaceful or pleasant bridge. I need to be a bridge that does what a bridge is supposed to do - to hold... See more
And as a bridge I know that what is of most fundamental importance is my structural integrity. I don’t need to be a pretty, shiny, peaceful or pleasant bridge. I need to be a bridge that does what a bridge is supposed to do - to hold... See more
The Underbelly of Awakening
Shiv Sengupta’s Substack
Questions to ask to stay present-
Am I aware?
What am I aware of?
What is my relationship to it?
People talk about thirsting for power or thirsting for money. There is a grasping or clinging or attachment inherent in that kind of activity. So the cause of suffering is the thirsting of the mind, the driven nature or compulsivity of the mind. The second instruction is therefore to begin to abandon or let go of that compulsivity. And it’s very... See more
Four Noble Truths – Insight Meditation Center
Dharma and 4 Noble Truths
Notes on the 2nd Noble Truth from Gil Fronsdal