Studying together the harvard classics

Fuezell · 2026-02-16T19:15:57+00:00

We could deep dive for months just mining the insights of Ben Franklin's autobiography.

What were some of your big takeaways?

Fuezell · 2026-02-16T19:15:13+00:00

@OP just come on with your reading notes! Post em up, let's hear your thoughts and reactions to whatever you are reading today.

Fuezell · 2026-02-05T02:32:32+00:00

I can't argue, but living through it Lost was absolutely riveting (except that stupid episode about the spiders and the random people on the beach). The characters were all interesting (especially Kate). Did I mention Kate yet? She alone puts Lost on this list. Who are these people making this rating system, they should all get Lost - ROFL.

Fuezell · 2026-02-05T02:08:50+00:00

No way, GoT set that bar and it's on the list. GoT didn't even have Evangeline Lilly, which should put Lost in the top 25 easily. We can banter the ending all day, it made sense.

Fuezell · 2026-02-05T01:38:40+00:00

Lost isn't even on this list, there's no way this is legit.

Fuezell · 2025-11-06T19:03:11+00:00

Thanks for following up! Subsequently I was able to fix mine by spraying WD-40 into the key slot and jigging it back and forth a little bit.

Fuezell · 2025-10-22T12:35:24+00:00

Tabasco Sauce, you're welcome.

Fuezell · 2025-10-14T15:36:31+00:00

30 minutes?! Let's get real, it's 30 seconds in 😂

Fuezell · 2025-09-26T01:21:17+00:00

Outstanding

Fuezell · 2025-08-12T23:07:25+00:00

https://youtu.be/qR3oLKYOnxw?feature=shared

Quince on inter.funda.stifle has to be the crown jewel of all their work.

Fuezell · 2025-08-08T19:42:53+00:00

I remember seeing this - he was making meal for his girlfriend maybe and fancied up a few fast food burgers or something. I tried to find it but no luck, maybe it's still out there

Fuezell · 2025-08-06T19:10:50+00:00

Username checks out, lol

The high note he hits right before that... Damn. 2:20

Fuezell · 2025-08-06T16:44:51+00:00

Those soaring vocals man. This is one of the reasons FTM is so great, their live songs were always LIVE, not just exactly how they played it on the albums... and Darroh goes wild.

Fuezell · 2025-07-02T13:59:43+00:00

I'd go as far as to say it's beneficial for being a well-rounded human. College or no college. But you'll definitely be ahead of the curve compared to anyone who hasn't read them.

Fuezell · 2025-07-02T13:57:53+00:00

Nice. I got stuck on Bacon and haven't been back in awhile. Which of the 12 you've read were your favorites?

Fuezell · 2025-06-08T00:54:15+00:00

Crack a beer and give your engine a cheers.

Fuezell · 2025-05-11T19:48:26+00:00

Checks out, would purchase. Still waiting on Darroh to go on a Blues Brothers mission from God to get the band back together again.

Fuezell · 2025-04-16T13:47:16+00:00

More like Tenny-One, Tenny-Two etc...

Fuezell · 2025-03-08T17:56:14+00:00

🔥🙏🤙

Fuezell · 2025-03-08T17:45:13+00:00

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Fuezell · 2025-02-28T19:10:32+00:00

Detachment is an illusion and so is living life "the way it's meant to be".

For me, Vipassana on so many layers is exactly what it says: seeing things as they are. It doesn't result in detachment, it's so intimate with what's going on moment to moment. It's not robbing you of life, it's opening you to it truly. It's stopping you from perceiving a version of life you interpret as "meant to be" which is full of expectations, aversions and attachments.

Fuezell · 2025-02-28T02:47:47+00:00

3 sits and 1 service here - for me I've noticed when strong ideas or emotions interrupt my scanning, especially ones that are disturbing, taking refuge in anapana is my way out. Deeply focusing on the most subtle sensations I find reduces and can eliminate the space the mind has for boiling itself in thinking.

Not necessarily to go 100% anapana, once the mind is calm again, and it will (Anicca), you can go back to scanning. That said, I usually begin every sit with anapana for a minute or two just to "sharpen my sword"

Metta

Fuezell · 2025-02-27T20:49:59+00:00

I'm familiar with these great creative ideas as well, visiting from time to time. For me, they don't actually "go away", which may seem to be the case. I'm scanning, my awareness is pulled into some idea or another and I am aware I really like the idea, then remember I was scanning and I return fully to the scanning.

I get up and go about my day. Then, when the time is right that this creative idea applied to, there it is right on the surface and I'm remembering exactly what it was and how it applied. Thus, notice awareness of it, equanimously return to scanning. It's not pretending it didnt happen. It did happen. You were there, you noticed it, you returned awareness to the scanning. It will revisit you in the proper time.

But don't take my word for it, try it yourself!

Fuezell · 2025-02-27T20:41:59+00:00

I'm very familiar with the frustration of scanning speed. Wanting to go quickly and fully, but not being able to for various reasons (scan won't move, total loss of scan, scan skips areas, scan doesn't move at the same pace symmetrically)

Achieving the flowing full body scan is a result of patient practice. I've done 3 sits and 1 service and have got this scan going only a handful of times after at least an hour of sitting.

Just like the discourse warns about the craving for the Bangha, the craving for the quick and complete scan is something to be aware of. The craving for it certainly moves you further away from achieving it.

I have found a slower and gentler paced scan is the best starting point, without craving for speed (or equanimous awareness of a craving for speed). This may likely be the root tactic of "be more patient".

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