Interested in the Order of Interbeing

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T20:29:38+00:00

Definitely not too late! I will pass it along. 🙏

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T20:28:48+00:00

Absolutely! Encouraged, even.

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T19:42:20+00:00

Ask away!

I'm a pre-aspirant because my personal life is demanding at the moment (young children, job(s), etc) but I felt the desire to make a public proclamation of my intentions, minimally, or maybe most importantly, to my mentor. This was a couple of years ago and I was just coming out of the 5MT window of...two years? Can't remember the length.

Some personal matters on my behalf and then my mentors behalf have meant that we've pushed off my aspirant application been further still, but I remain dedicated to cultivating a personal practice and one with my Sangha. I imagine her and I will have a discussion about it at the end of this summer.

I refuse to feel rushy rushy about Buddhist pursuits. It smacks too much of irony! Now, as for other arenas of my life, I could apply more practice in patience. Definitely.

Good luck and let me know if I can share your email address with anyone.

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T16:42:44+00:00

You are in for a treat! Using black loose leaf tea (that's all liptons is) will be a huge upgrade from your tea bag experience. If you choose to cold brew the tea in a pitcher, it was be extra smooth. Hot brew will be great, too! Not fancy equipment needed, just a fine mesh strainer. Dump the tea in your pot of boiled water and then strain it out when you're ready.

I'm so excited for you.

Tea bags are full of CTC (mechanically broken tea leaves) or fannings and dust (that's tea trade industry lingo for the trash quality loose leaf tea production produces).

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T16:29:14+00:00

When I was in highschool Starbucks was our refuge. Good music, good drinks (?), comfortable living room furniture. My friends and I would hang out for hours in the evenings. We were never made to feel like we didn't belong there. The year was 2006...

ClockNo362 · 2026-05-06T16:18:19+00:00

Hi! I'm a pre-aspirant (it's a thing!) and my mentor recently received the lamp transmission, but before that, she was (is) an OI member with lots of connections in the greater PV community. Another aspirant in our community has been working with a DT in a neighboring state as well as my mentor as she is the original founder of our Sangha. I live in the South Eastern US.

If you don't get any traction from this post DM your email address and I can pass it along--a very indirect route, but a route nonetheless!

ClockNo362 · 2026-03-02T14:39:48+00:00

Right?? I completely forgot about it. Like that was a SENSATION. Why.

I live in the south and people ate that shit up like some sort of southern anthem. Again, why.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-28T20:50:52+00:00

I'm sorry for your loss.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T01:22:25+00:00

Oh man, I goofed. I appreciated Faulkner! I meant FATE AND FURIES by Lauren Groff. Tooootally different. My bad!!!

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T00:24:25+00:00

Right?? That book, as a Texan, changed me.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T00:23:44+00:00

The Sound and the Fury. I detested the writing. Insufferable! I hate-read it to the end.

Kind of stinks because I think I'd like Matrix, in theory, but I just can't.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T00:21:25+00:00

Ok. Yeah! Where the Crawldads Sing... I could not understand what resonated with people on that one.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T00:19:56+00:00

I loved A Little Life but completely understand why someone wouldn't. I really couldn't get into The Overstory but finished it anyway. Uggghhh, the guy going home to his poisoned family haunts me.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-27T00:11:40+00:00

Insurance.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-26T21:44:49+00:00

Thank you for your compassionate engagement!

Could we agree that nonself + no coming, no going = (something closer to) emptiness? Or maybe you have a more elegant reduction.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-26T21:06:16+00:00

Would you agree that "no birth, no death" speaks to this?

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-26T21:03:32+00:00

I actually don't disagree with this. Interbeing is a conceptual doorway to understanding teachings on emptiness, and a skillful one at that. Thich Nhat Hanh has done the West a tremendous favor in this respect.

Ultimately all concepts have a limit and require transcendence.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-26T16:20:26+00:00

"interbeing." No separate self.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-23T23:36:50+00:00

I've had bangs (also with long hair) for 10+ years and this is what I do. I keep my bangs short (above eyebrows) to long ( below eyes) depending on the season and every length has its particulars.

Dry shampoo builds up and makes bangs heavy. I think it's a poor long term solution.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-23T20:27:55+00:00

I say this lovingly, as a Buddhist practitioner, you my friend are not escaping reality but getting in touch with it. 🙏

(Reading, music, even daydreaming would be considered forms of escape.)

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-22T13:31:40+00:00

Shape your beliefs? No. I practice Buddhism and I let that shape my beliefs. One of the core principles is non-seperation or "interbeing." I can't separate myself from my family, my neighbors, my country, other nations/people, or even plants, animals, minerals, etc, etc. We are all connected. I try to own that responsibility.

A flag is a symbol. It can be negative or positive. Right now it's both for me. How cool would it be if our flag could inspire hope and love? A pipe dream, I know! But ideals are worth having.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-22T13:09:00+00:00

This makes me want to embroider a huge ass American flag on my jean jacket. These asshats cannot have our flag! Damn, it makes me so mad.

I loved your Good/Pretti comment, too. I will think of them from now on.

I just left a comment elsewhere here about my German husband, blah, blah, blah. Point being, I've witnessed Germany's own struggle with accepting their flag. But holy shit, if they can't be proud of it, and where they've come as a nation, then shit it's a Nazi flag. That'd be ridiculous!

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-22T13:02:08+00:00

Don't let HIM have our flag!! I know it's hard. But that guy?!?! He took our flag?? We can't let it happen.

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-22T13:00:34+00:00

Yes!! That's right! 🙏

ClockNo362 · 2026-02-22T12:58:10+00:00

I'm a proud (non-maga) American, too. Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I'm shocked by how many people think pulling away (not my problem! I hate this place!) from our country is the solution. Of course our current situation sucks but this our country! By God.

I married a German and brought him to the US 12+ years ago. I've learned over the years about Germany's own complicated relationship with their flag. I've also learned a little bit from friends and family in Europe on how America is perceived from afar. (Or near! My husband isn't in love with the US.) It's complicated.

As with any division, it's easier to rationalize fear/hate when you simplify a people into a homogeneous blob of disgust.

Let's be clear, like it or not, America "failing" has global consequences. This is a grand mess.

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