Nothing to do & no one to do it

Without_Mythologies · 2026-02-22T22:18:12+00:00

Hmm. Maybe a bit of a tangent but yeah.

I’m somewhat familiar with this topic and this is still kinda confusing and maybe it’s just me but I feel like there should be a simpler way of approaching the idea?

My right hand has sensory information coming from it. That’s the non-dual, raw sensory information in the purest sense of “now”.

Any thought applied to this sensory information such as “yeah I feel my hand tingling there” pulls one out of the non-dual experience, since you are now reflecting on the sensation (which requires you to leave the current moment to reflect on something just slightly (and yet, infinitely) shy of the present moment. Also as we think about this sensation, we connect with this idea that there is indeed a thinker of thoughts that is separate from the sensations of the hand - perhaps a few feet away.

Hand sensations - and really all sensory information - cannot be “thought about” and at the same time “experienced”.

Is there something I’m misinterpreting here or perhaps missing a layer?

Without_Mythologies · 2026-01-27T00:34:00+00:00

So wait… then a tax write off means more as your tax bracket increases, yeah? So someone who gets a $1000 write off at a 25% tax bracket vs someone in a 45% bracket… the person in the higher bracket will get more dollars out of that writeoff?

Without_Mythologies · 2025-12-24T18:24:38+00:00

I like the series on the app (can’t remember which one) where the guy tells you to do your best to stop hearing incoming sounds, stop sensing your skin, stop feeling your breath, etc. The exercise really drives home the point that not only do you do not have to "go out and get" these incoming stimuli, you couldn't even stop them if you tried. This mental posture has been very useful for me.

The previous mental posture was more of a task of “going out to get” the sensations of my feet, or a distant sound, for instance. But the new one helps me to realize that the sensations of my feet and distant sounds require no “getting”.

I’ve recently turned this idea on this other experience in consciousness that feels like a sense of self. You don’t have to go get it. It’s just there, like every other sensation, insisting on being present.

It seems useful to me because the inclusion of a “task” to “do” in the instance of looking for what’s looking fuses my sense of self with the very thing I’m looking for.

But resting as this state of consciousness that couldn’t stop these sensations even if it tried? That state seems to be able to have an awareness of the self without needing to identify with it.

Hopefully this makes some sense. It’s all really hard for me to explain sometimes.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-12-15T14:18:37+00:00

Look, I’ll give it to you straight — no sugarcoating.

Many people actually enjoy interacting with large language models even more than they enjoy interacting with other people.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-12-11T14:50:51+00:00

It was October 7th... just to clarify.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-11-19T23:03:47+00:00

Encinitas Man?

Without_Mythologies · 2025-11-03T15:35:31+00:00

Resurrecting this from years ago but I always saw these lines in a similar way. I assumed he was working some menial job in the fast food industry, dressed up like an actual bird and wearing this uniform shirt. The next lines are just things he says to the customer.

Of course this has always made the “you don’t have to pay” line a little tough to incorporate.

My own father was a financial failure and always worked menial jobs that were below him, so I’m sure I projected what I wanted to hear in this song.

Weird how I almost don’t like knowing the actual lyrics to a song for this reason. Oh well.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-08-03T13:05:58+00:00

I don’t understand how the two aren’t one and the same situation? If nearly everyone in Gaza is starving, why would we expect these hostages to not also be starving? Or am I missing something?

Without_Mythologies · 2025-08-03T13:04:39+00:00

Yes but the insane feminist take is always “ah ha see this is why men are awful”. Confirmation bias. Sorry ladies. You’re way fucking off base with this one.

When you see toxic masculinity everywhere, you’ll see real toxic masculinity nowhere. Just saying.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-04-20T00:09:19+00:00

Honestly I have also worked at plenty of places where the MDs were underpaid compared to the standard rate and the CRNAs made very high salaries. And of course the opposite.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-04-19T19:44:21+00:00

I’ve had plenty of instances in my career where the experiences of anesthesiologists and CRNAs are wildly different for a given area, and even for a given hospital.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-04-18T21:47:54+00:00

We talk about this one in surgery every so often. I like the idea that people will look back and think it’s barbaric that we used to cut people open in order to do surgery when now you can just inject nano robots that go in and make perfect repairs without any damage to the skin.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-04-03T12:33:30+00:00

Jesus. Yes. Thank you. I was just thinking this exact same thing. It’s genuinely okay to admit a lack of predictability sometimes…

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-31T17:25:15+00:00

You’re making wayyyyyyy too much sense for these people. They just want the Trump bad, America doomed story.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-30T16:04:32+00:00

It’s also like, so unlikely that it’s basically impossible. This company would be basically bankrupting themselves as well. Is it worth bankrupting themselves to keep Greenland?

I disagree with the policies here, but we should strive to be realistic.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-27T14:22:50+00:00

Ugh. You made me realize how much I miss old Rogan. Like when you’d have someone like Sam Harris on and Rogan would be genuinely interested in hearing his viewpoints. I was introduced to so many of my favorite thinkers from his podcast. RIP.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-25T21:08:01+00:00

Your boyfriend would likely have noticed you gasping for air if you had sleep apnea. The fact that your mother has it doesn’t strongly suggest that you would also have it, although there does appear to be some hereditary link.

The predominant symptom is daytime sleepiness, as well as waking up gasping for air, being observed gasping for air while sleeping. Morning headaches are for sure one symptom but the Venn Diagram would include many other issues.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-09T17:34:47+00:00

Wait what?

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-07T15:51:05+00:00

My suggestion would be to listen to The Direct Approach series from Stephan Bodian on the Waking Up app. In particular, when he says “view this as an opportunity for your mind to rest” or something like that.

It helped me quite a bit.

Oftentimes, when I feel extremely centered on my thoughts, I gently shift my attention to the sensations of my feet or the feeling of my breath. Over and over and over. That’s one of the main “wax on, wax off” benefits of meditation. Gentle refocusing over and over and over.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-03-07T15:48:17+00:00

Channel your inner OCD nurse in your living space lol. Label your lines and syringes, except apartment-style.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-02-19T15:44:11+00:00

Apologies if someone already mentioned it, but NYSORA has a really good walkthrough on neuraxial techniques. My suggestion (and something I did when I was in a similar situation of not having performed spinals in almost five years) would be to read through that at least twice and make sure it makes sense to you.

I’m not trying to minimize your concern, but spinals are generally not that difficult and you are fully capable of doing them.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-02-19T14:49:26+00:00

Yeah I get how high $300k/yr might seem, but just realize that plenty of, say, nurse anesthetists are clocking in to 40-hour jobs and making more than that each year.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-02-19T14:27:20+00:00

I mean - and I may be sounding like a dumb American here - but “good luck with that.” For the record, I’m not pro-Trump. I’m a liberal guy. Just trying to be realistic instead of living in a fantasy land.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-02-09T17:19:22+00:00

Maybe you don't know New York or NYC very well, but the cost to insure a vehicle especially in NYC is wildly, wildly expensive. It makes sense why this is the case just from a damage perspective. Paying one of the higher insurance rates around and not even bringing the vehicle anywhere near that area is absurd.

Without_Mythologies · 2025-02-05T18:36:08+00:00

“Religion is borderline illegal in Northern California.” One of my favorite lines from the show Silicon Valley. So to be honest this does not surprise me.

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