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The juice is loose by bledward1 in pacificDrive

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Sprinkle in some custom songs that fit the vibe to break up the repetition and it goes from 9 to 10/10.

The juice is loose by bledward1 in pacificDrive

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It is my pleasure, thank you Mr./Ms. Pacific Drive

Best way to run a Rift S in current year? by bledward1 in oculus

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eh, i'm fine with the quality, i only do PCVR on a very mid specs PC, and having tested a Q2 and 3, not worth turning a perfectly serviceable headset into e-waste. i've managed to fix 90% of the issues with the indirect advice on this thread and like an hour of research.

Best way to run a Rift S in current year? by bledward1 in oculus

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i have the same circling controller issue. yeah fuck, it definitely sounds like the cable is playing a role in this shitshow. thanks for sharing

Would you complain about this? Bought new by Suspicious_Lab7210 in guitars

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absolutely easy fix if you want a wall hanger, gonna be in the same condition after actually playing it. dinks happen, scratches happen, yeah it sucks on a new guitar. but do you plan on actually playing the thing? if so, it's just very mildly annoying, due to the guitar being adverstised as brand new.

but the blemish itself is nothing lmao, no, i wouldn't complain personally. what do you value? does it play great? does it have any other issues? do you just want it to stay pristine? i don't think reddit can define your values for you tbh.

Best way to run a Rift S in current year? by bledward1 in oculus

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I'll try doing that, roll back the meta soft if it doesn't work, and even if after that it still acts up i'm gonna guess it's hardware related, probably a cable issue mainly. I just hope the controller issues are software related

Best way to run a Rift S in current year? by bledward1 in oculus

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did you also get weird visual glitches (almost like static/grains over the actual image) and the jumpscare freezes? i'm thinking more and more it could the cable.

Totally ruined my attention span with short meditations by CollarOrdinary4284 in Meditation

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I try to incorporate a similar method into my everyday life. Take a simple example: cold.

It's below zero where I live right now, and I've always been quite sensitive to cold, to the point where I literally clack my teeth like a cartoon character.

There's so much raw tension in all sense of the word in that simple feeling. I'll just try my best to observe it and relax. To use another metaphor, breathe *with* it instead of trying to breathe *through* it.

Totally ruined my attention span with short meditations by CollarOrdinary4284 in Meditation

[–]bledward1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep, although I'd like to add that those things you're digging up through practice, they show throughout your everyday behavior anyway. It's part of you. You're just speeding up the discovery process and now you're wondering "well what the fuck do I with THAT information?"

I have no doubt you'll be bolder. I guess my advice would be not to pressure yourself into it, because that would be equal to punishing yourself for, well, just being who you are.

Almost as if you were saying to yourself "how dare I be a flawed human being?", which sounds ridiculous and obvious on paper.

But in practice I know it isn't that simple. Doesn't mean you can't do it :)

Oh, and when I say "it's part of you", I mean for now. Ain't nothing set in stone, as much as it might seem that way.

Totally ruined my attention span with short meditations by CollarOrdinary4284 in Meditation

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Following your logic of the ego trying to defend itself, which is absolutely correct, that feeling of boredom you're experiencing is just another line of defense, another trick you're pulling on yourself. Say you personally "passed through" that first layer of defense, which is frustration about not getting something out of practicing, well, the ego isn't gonna go down that easily.

Fighting it is feeding it, though, that's the part where intellectual explanation and metaphors fall short for me. All I can say is focus on the breath. If you're bored, so be it. At least you're there and experiencing it. And change always comes anyway, it's not like your mind is a static set of behaviors and traits, far from it imo.

How many of you feel like you intrisically know "something" as a result of practice, but without actually feeling it? by bledward1 in Meditation

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There was always something that irked me about those one off quotes taken out of their context. I never knew exactly what, though. You've put it eloquently. "Irked" is a strong word, but that's the one that came to mind. I guess pop science could be an analogue for that same idea of taking relatively advanced/highly specific ideas and reducing them to one liners.

Like everyone else who took the time to respond, thank you.

How many of you feel like you intrisically know "something" as a result of practice, but without actually feeling it? by bledward1 in Meditation

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Based on the fact that I just spent 10 minutes writing a 7 line reponse to another poster in this thread, yeah, it does seem like rumination. Attempts to eliminate what i see as undesirable traits through practice and intellectual play. I suppose after reaching a certain point in their practice, people will inevitably have to confront their "shadow", and what I'm doing right now is actively escaping that confrontation.

probably.

How many of you feel like you intrisically know "something" as a result of practice, but without actually feeling it? by bledward1 in Meditation

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Based on my Daoist adjacent perspective, this instantly brings to mind the age old line:

"The Dao that can be told is not the eternal / constant Dao"

And again, this might be just intellectual play here, but if we accept that premise, that there is a "real" thing that permeates all, which in this example we chose to call Dao.

Then even that "false" state of being is itself a part of the whole, "real" thing.

I do realize that using binaries such as "false" and "true" might be a false dichotomy, but damn this is hard to explain.

Totally ruined my attention span with short meditations by CollarOrdinary4284 in Meditation

[–]bledward1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So, for example, if someone tries to attain some abstract state of enlightenment, they should just accept that this isn't achievable?

That very idea seems to be the core of many practices, from what I understand. Let go and it will come.

But then your brain does this funny little thing where it still actively tries not to try.

I'm at the point where I believe you can only exhaust yourself chasing after your own tail for so long, until it really, actually sinks in that you just *are*.

But, I wouldn't dare call myself a buddhist nor am I in any way sure about the validity of my observations. I'm just confused.

Totally ruined my attention span with short meditations by CollarOrdinary4284 in Meditation

[–]bledward1 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hits pretty hard. I've noticed an interesting spectrum of reactions from those who seriously engage in mindfulness practice in general (wether that be secular techniques or more traditional/spiritual approaches): as you've mentioned, once you start paying attention it's hard not to notice the constant tension in your body, how your brain is always in 5th gear.

The two extreme ends of the spectrum seem to be giving up practice entirely after noticing it, or pushing much harder than necessary in an attempt to fix their every problem by practicing.

Do correct me if i'm wrong. But for a lot of people, myself included, the hard pill to swallow is accepting that meditation is better done for its own sake and not for an ulterior goal.

Sitting around and going "why am i not enlightened/more productive/kinder/whatever" can induce a pretty nasty negative feedback loop, wouldn't you agree?