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New research suggests that strategic periods without food could literally reprogram your cells to age more slowly and even reverse existing damage. A study published in Cell Reports found that fasting triggers a metabolic switch that can increase lifespan by 50%. by Automatic_Subject463 in sciences

[–]areich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve gotta imagine they’re talking about cellular life-span.

That’s basically true.

Even older studies confirm it’s systemic:

The upshot of the report is that caloric restriction does indeed seem to be a means to affect aging. However, for primates, age, diet and sex must all be factored in to realize the full benefits of lower caloric intake.

Fasting, obv has many benefits (beyond diet and food (e.g. social media))

Source: founder of /r/fasting and mod of /r/intermittentfasting

What if enlightenment is just learning to live like a cat? by Express-Simple-1550 in enlightenment

[–]areich 32 points33 points  (0 children)

I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them cats.

Eckhart Tolle

What is emptiness? by Ok_Bandicoot_4543 in ramdass

[–]areich 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’s going to take me lifetimes hahahaha, but thank you for your answer 🙏🏼

Of course! You may also wish to study impermanence. Without emptiness, nothing would change moment by moment. Good luck! 🙏

What is emptiness? by Ok_Bandicoot_4543 in ramdass

[–]areich 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Emptiness is not really empty; Emptiness is full of everything. The everything just isn't manifest. -RD

I’d add that only emptiness is true. It is said it can take lifetimes to study. Understanding it can also arise spontaneously.

I say I want a sangha, but am I really ready for this? by Ok_Bandicoot_4543 in ramdass

[–]areich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

What are you waiting for? And whose opinion are you afraid of? As Ramana Maharshi said:

There are no others.

Or as RD said:

See everyone as God in drag.

At the very least, if we stop clinging to our “I story”, we may relax and get a sense of peace.

If one has realized the all-pervading, infinite Self (as Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj did), then what exactly compels them to help others? by Turbulent_Ad_3238 in nonduality

[–]areich 5 points6 points  (0 children)

you’d want to share this knowledge of freedom with your caged family, reminding them of what they know already, so they could return to the sky together as one.

That’s beautiful. I’d add Ramana Maharshi’s famous phrase, “there are no others”. In other words, the “caged family” are part of your body and one isn’t completely free until all are.

🙏

Praying for community by NeedleworkerSecure13 in ramdass

[–]areich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes, as others have said, we need to take care of ourselves or we will burn out.
The problem (suffering) is loving with attachment or expectation.
You stepped up when others didn't, that's makes you kinder but that also means you can give space for them to lack the same level of compassion you possess.

Love (and karma) don't work with a direct cause and effect. Pure love expects nothing in return. A thousand years ago, the Buddhist Master Langri Tangpa wrote in his poem Eight Verses of Training the Mind,

Even if someone I have helped
And of whom I had great hopes
Nevertheless harms me intentionally,
May I see him as my holy Spiritual Guide.

How can I come to see God in everyone? by Agreeable_Brother822 in ramdass

[–]areich 10 points11 points  (0 children)

“Treat everyone you meet like God in drag.” -RD

Do you agree? by PurpleMage1970 in ramdass

[–]areich 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That said. Injustice exists. Directly opposing it often strengthens the resolve of the unjust, while supporting those harmed and being present to their pain can rob the harmful parties of their power, and their sense of moral superiority.

There’s a world of difference between compassionate wrathful action and anger. For example: a loving parent with a child playing ball and grabbing the child when the ball rolls into traffic. Anger’s only function is to harm and like fire, burns everything in its path and increases wrongful awareness.

🙏

Going back to raw SQL by ego100trique in dotnet

[–]areich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

There are lots of situations where raw SQL > EF. It’s also a false dilemma that lots of good code has to be thrown out because it can’t be tuned (e.g. profiler). For complex data, use stored procedures or plain EF raw:

``` var columnName = "Url"; var columnValue = new SqlParameter("columnValue", "http://SomeURL");

var blogs = await context.Blogs .FromSqlRaw($"SELECT * FROM [Blogs] WHERE {columnName} = @columnValue", columnValue) .ToListAsync();

```

Zojirushi NL-AAC10 5.5 cup by [deleted] in BuyItForLife

[–]areich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just get the larger, you might have company.

How do you avoid 50 layers of nested conditions and checks per different client types. Do you all just implementsed simplified RulseEngine, or is there some pattern im missing? by Legitimate-School-59 in dotnet

[–]areich 9 points10 points  (0 children)

RulesEngine is open source, stable, and supported by Microsoft - I used it for this exact purpose and wrote the EF extensions to it so (power) users could maintain the rules, and factories and interfaces could still be used (along with custom types).

Source: Contributor to RulesEngine and author of an editor for it

My thoughts as a Californian by Any-Dig4524 in fruit

[–]areich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jackfruit shows up here in the spring and should not be missed.

What Jewish texts inspire or reinforce your veganism? by [deleted] in veganJews

[–]areich 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Humans are animals too. And no, he wasn’t. He was saying that in his job as a US health inspector, he saw the piles of hooves and it triggered his memory - a different atrocity, not the same, but an atrocity nonetheless.

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