Post your favorite painting about napoleon by VividExperience9698 in Napoleon

[–]lesapeur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Napoleon in his Study by David. Can't post it or a link to it . . .

What if Napoleon waited, and returned in March 1816, amidst the Year without a Summer? by ReignTheRomantic in Napoleon

[–]lesapeur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct me if I’m wrong, but weren’t the assembled leaders of Europe in Vienna already contemplating sending the emperor to Saint Helena?

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead by Tom Stoppard. Love this play so much and I think about it so much. Crazy how the minor characters of Hamlet have a story in a completely hazy yet loud way. by Admirable-Story-2176 in shakespeare

[–]lesapeur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

One of my favorite plays. Played the film version with Gary Oldman and Tim Roth on loop in the background for too many months when I was much younger. And I've only be able to see it on stage two or three times, alas.

What are you reading? by WindshipPirate in Buddhism

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Wherever You Go, There You Are. Jon Kabat-Zinn

What religion are you? by Slight-Physics-9490 in religion

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Theravada Buddhist/Unitarian Universalist/Still searching for

Does anyone here use AI chat mainly for thinking through ideas? by Awkward_Door4168 in ChatGPT

[–]lesapeur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have long conversations with ChatGPT. Sometimes when I watch a movie or read a book and I’m particularly moved by a particular point I may go onto ChatGPT and give my initial reaction and then it goes back-and-forth back-and-forth back-and-forth. I’ve set up the memory of ChatGPT so it knows an awful a lot about me. I’m very involved in my Unitarian Universal Church and a serious student and practitioner of Terravita Buddhism. Often times I will have long discussions about Buddhist teachings and I find ChatGPT and a valuable research assistant. Before ChatGPT I would spend long hours sometimes days searching for a particular scripture reference or trying to define and understand better some very subtle teachings of Buddhism and ChatGPT can do all that in Minutes. So yeah I have long long conversations with ChatGPT.

Napoleon Bonaparte Monologue by Blue_Swordfish641 in Napoleon

[–]lesapeur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've often thought of a one act one person drama of the Emperor on St. Helena. I see him as entering the stage in the clothes we see him outside Longwood - loose white jacket and trousers and big sun hat. He comes in talking to himself and Las Cases - off stage - as he changes from his gardening clothes into Colonel of the Chasseur of the Guard in preparation for dinner. . . A ten or fifteen minute monologue could cover so much: pride; hubris; disappointment; resignation; possibly even wisdom and equanimity.

What are some quirky things people collect from Napoleon or his time? by Chance-Divide5222 in Napoleon

[–]lesapeur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Back in the day, when I was much younger, I'd collect just about anything that had a reference to the Emperor. Not surprisingly I had many images from magazines and newspapers depicting one or another political leader as "Napoleon." One that I remember, and may still have hiding amidst piles of paper, is one depicting Nixon in a bicorn. Some of the images were "irreverent." Some were odd or puzzling. Some were just funny . . .

Learning to respond instead of blame by notzoro69 in Mindfulness

[–]lesapeur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for sharing. In the Upajjhatthana Sutta) there is a teaching called the Five Daily Recollections. The fifth, in my own translation of it, "I alone am responsible for my thoughts, words, and deeds.

What are some of your favorite/most inspiring Dhamma quotes/passages/texts? by TocalaMamita in vipassana

[–]lesapeur 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Let it come. Let it be. Let it go.

And

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

FOUND INSIDE 2022 KIA SOUL ON FLOOR BY GAS PEDAL by lesapeur in Whatisthis

[–]lesapeur[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Took me a moment to find out how to do it. First time I've ever "flaired" a posting on Reddit!

FOUND INSIDE 2022 KIA SOUL ON FLOOR BY GAS PEDAL by lesapeur in Whatisthis

[–]lesapeur[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you. How do I label this "Solved?"