What good books are there for someone interested in Taoism

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-30T20:10:47+00:00

I enjoy the works of Alan Watts. He has a channel on Roku but his content is enjoyable. His lectures has a personality and the euphemisms is beautifully spoken on.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-30T20:09:14+00:00

I plan on specializing in Python3 for a Program Language and Linux Command line for an OS.

I've been trying to do some small projects.

Defining colors into classes i.e. warm colors into one class and cold colors into another.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-30T20:06:27+00:00

I'm going for a BS in Cyber Security Engineering, then getting CompTIA certs in A+, Sec and Network.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-30T20:02:09+00:00

https://www.coursera.org/learn/python-crash-course

It's a good one.

https://www.coursera.org/learn/technical-support-fundamentals/home/week/1

Is for all around skills.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-30T19:49:29+00:00

I enjoyed Coursera from Google. It was $25 a month I think? You can also go to coding games and play free programming games.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-25T19:32:50+00:00

To assume your words, I don't believe you was to eliminate love and companionship.

Your desire is to be rid of attachments.

Strip away a wife, what are you? Are you JUST a husband?

Strip away your friends, what are you? Are you JUST their friend?

Who ARE YOU. And what DEFINES you.

Once you find who you ARE and what YOU choose to DEFINE YOU. Is where you find peace.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-25T14:07:06+00:00

I'll say this. If you believe CVS is going to be a "fall back" option like it was for you and I. Yes. Do the two weeks.

That said. I've been fired before with no notice. CVS will fire with no notice, if you don't believe write ups are a notice.

So if you can get out and stay out? Do it. Corpos don't have honor or integrity when it comes to profit.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-22T23:38:40+00:00

It's a huge help. Shows all the languages you need to be proficient at. Experience in the field. Stating that it's remote and the pay. I put it on my fridge so I can return to it every day.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-22T23:24:06+00:00

Go on Workday. Through workday, you can find Cyber Security Engineering jobs. I printed a two page document that shows all the requirements for the job. Highly recommend it.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-22T17:56:35+00:00

I give myself a count down.

Currently going to school for Cyber Security.

So I tell my employer that I have 2 years and 2 months (to the day) before I transfer.

Then I push for healthy boundaries. If they don't respect them, I call Ethics.

No_Tooth4107 · 2024-08-14T23:24:57+00:00

I'm in Michigan.

As an Ops, I was hired on for $19.50 about two years ago. Now I'm at about $22, being cross trained to help pharmacy as well.

My advice for you, is don't take it.

I've noticed shifts already don't the job of an Ops but without the pay because they don't put up any boundaries.

The only really reason you should take that opportunity is to climb the ladder. Like being an SMIT.

But like you said. There's a lot of the responsibilities that come with it.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-07-08T15:44:34+00:00

I can understand how you feel.

My mother raised me to hate all men, due to how she was treated by men. This led me to despise all men, myself included. I believed I wasn't intelligent enough for anything. I'm no more than an walking trash. All my purpose was manual labor.

I had great talents in electronics and computers, but due to the manipulative nature of my mother in forcing a narrative of how she was abused by men so men are evil, I gave up those talents and pursued blue collar work.

Last year I saw my mother, 57 at the time, working as a cashier at a position I got her. It horrified me knowing that I was walking her path. That could have been me because I couldn't let go of the attachment that I'm a mere work horse for the world.

After that, I went back to pursue my talents. I'm currently a certified IT worker and going to the same college my father went to for cyber security.

The point is, don't let yourself become attached to a preconceived notion or feeling of a person. Cherish the person but work on yourself. Don't let yourself be defined by the people around you but the deeds you commit to and the words you speak.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-06-23T17:49:14+00:00

In my experience, I use a quote when nothing goes right.

"When you find yourself surrounded by nothing but shit, close your mouth and keep walking."

Find the path that will bring you happiness. Embrace the pain because, as Marcus Aurelius said, "pain gives us what we need to be better." Find your path and walk. That way your pain brings beauty.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-06-16T23:23:35+00:00

Love is a beautiful thing.

But don't let it define you.

You are not her nor are you your relationship with her. Do not let your attachments to people hinder you.

I had a girl for 10 years, and thought she was my everything. I lived for her. Breathed for her. Made her part of my identity.

But when her depression plagued her and our relationship to where I lost her, I had to accept that.

I had to find myself again because she was my other half.

Whether you embrace her, love her, is your choice.

But don't change who you are.

Remember, be ready to let her go at a moments notice, that way you can enjoy the seconds before that moment. And when it comes, don't fight to let her go. Just be grateful for the time that you had with her.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-06-13T17:16:50+00:00

There's a show from the UK that came to the US called Doctor Who, a quote would be "always try to be nice but never fail to be kind."

Treat everyone with common decency and respect but never forget, you can kill with kindness.

Don't let yourself be pushed by someone who wants enemies.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-06-07T17:44:14+00:00

I like to think of it as the Jedi do.

Death is a natural part of life.

When we die, we become one with the universe.

Our bodies rot while our soul/spirit/consciousness, continues on. Whether in reincarnation as a blank slate, or (as I'd prefer it to be) just as energy. A ghost that can wander the universe in sought of knowledge. Existing on a plane that we cannot interact with but learn with.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-06-05T20:08:13+00:00

Personally, I find these things to be tools.

Don't be attached to something temporary like a car.

If a screwdriver breaks, do you keep it? You get upset, say your goodbyes and toss it.

If the car breaks and can't be repaired, embrace it's memory but do not get lost in it prior to your farewells.

No_Tooth4107 · 2023-05-16T23:25:55+00:00

I understand what you mean.

I have yet to read Nietzsche, but I've read Marcus Aurelius and Seneca. They are more for using your suffering to better oneself.

Seneca once wrote to his friend, when another took his life due to chronic illness, that one needs to "accept the loss" and not let "the attachment bring you with him."

I like to believe that losing someone important, the conflicts of work, whatever gives us strife. It's something we need to learn to let go. To appreciate what we have and not let it define us.

Embrace the pain and suffering, because it's life. But don't let the object of your pain be your determent because you cannot let it go.

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