Natasha

@Shin Wednesday is called hump day because it's the middle/peak of the week (like a hump on a back of a camel). 'Over the hump' means closer towards the weekend. I never heard this expression when lived in Europe, must be an American invention

Did you get the pun?

@abrakamowse

It's Wednesday

You'll have it too...just keep staring at the REAL trees

Yep, can't beat direct experience. It's the only true way to know what's real and what's not

Hi Dodo! Hugged any trees lately?

That person might be some middle aged guy in Africa messing with your all's heads from behind his keyboard and having fun with it Random jungle noise, I'd say

Not as disturbing as you telling someone you barely know from the forum 'If you go I'll go!" Seriously now?

Yes, very true. I work with some girls in their early 30s who already look 10 yrs older their age. What they eat for lunch and snacks are pure junk. They always complain about how tired they are esp after lunch when you should have a surge of energy if consume healthy food. They constantly distract themselves with coffee breaks too. Our manager is hiring 11th person to help do the job of what a team of 7-8 people could easily do if everyone stayed sharp and focused throughout their work day.

The bees are bee-ing the mindful ones... minding their own honey-do business

Yeah it's all about bee-ing mindful

Good one

A couple clarifications for folks out there: What 'die' means in this context is experience of no-self/ de-activation of the conceptual self. Not in a sense that your IQ or even EQ will automatically go up and you'd become a walking encyclopedia, but that from the perspective of no-mind you won't have existential questions to be answered anymore. Clear and easy and still yet just one of the ways.

Awakening

Yep

Last words uttered by Steve Jobs, "Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow". In the moment observing the illusion dissolve.

Yep, the end of maintaining the illusion that there was someone. The best way to go is with this realization.

@iGhost I have that happen all the time. It's like you waking up to a dream instead of from a dream.

Who is 'us'?

Being playful and not taking life too seriously also makes you live longer

@Shin Careful or I'll bite that finger off

That's survival speaking

Not for ever. Body cells can't be fooled for long. Don't tell me you had pizza and coke again

@Shaun Leo has a good video called 'Ten Things You Don't Know You Want'. I re-watch it when I feel I need to break out of the survival mode.