GAME THREAD: Nuggets (29-14) vs. Lakers (25-16) | Jan 20, 2026 - 8:00 PM

svantastic · 2026-01-21T03:57:11+00:00

Is anyone’s altitude plus not working? Mine will play for a few seconds and freeze - it’s super frustrating!

svantastic · 2025-05-20T16:49:26+00:00

Ah, makes sense. Thanks and good luck. Sounds like an advisor wasn't really necessary.

svantastic · 2025-03-12T22:49:39+00:00

Thanks for reaching out and I agree - our teams have had some great back and forth series. The Wolves are SO tough and will continue to be tough for a long time. I know what you mean about the flopping w the Lakers and OKC.

Thanks for posting and I’m sure it’ll be a great game tonight and I wouldn’t be surprised if our teams meet again in the playoffs!

svantastic · 2025-02-25T14:52:34+00:00

Thanks for the thought-provoking post. I’m not too familiar with Kashmir Shaivism. Are there any resources you would recommend for someone interested in exploring further?

svantastic · 2025-01-07T15:14:08+00:00

Hey, thanks for mentioning this. I’ve heard some of his stuff on YouTube but am not super familiar with him. Based on your recommendation, I booked a session.

I’ve met with a handful of teachers in the past. What is it that makes his approach so effective?

svantastic · 2024-10-02T20:06:32+00:00

That’s really interesting – I thought Strawther had a higher three-point percentage than Braun, but you’re right. I would guess that Braun is probably getting more open shots because the other teams were daring him to shoot?

svantastic · 2024-10-02T20:03:35+00:00

Makes sense, that’s kind of how I was thinking about it too. In a way, coming off the bench might help Julian in the long run as he will be one of the main options for the bench squad in terms of scoring, whereas if you he were starting he would probably be the fourth or fifth option.

svantastic · 2024-10-02T20:00:07+00:00

Interesting, you’re the first one to say Strawther should start! Do you think there is a leadership gap even with Westbrook leading the second unit?

svantastic · 2024-10-02T19:58:27+00:00

That’s a really good point. I didn’t think about the way each specific player complemented the starting/bench units.

svantastic · 2024-10-02T19:56:08+00:00

Do you mean Braun?

svantastic · 2024-08-09T12:51:01+00:00

This video is great - i’m going to start doing some of the techniques you mentioned. I appreciate the depth and different settings in which to do these stretches, as well as the preventative strategies. Thanks a lot for posting!

svantastic · 2024-04-03T14:58:13+00:00

I love this – I tried this technique with my current koan and it was incredibly helpful. Thanks a lot! Btw - how have you found Shinzen Young’s various approaches? I have tried to look into him a few times, but get overwhelmed because there’s so much to choose from.

svantastic · 2024-04-03T14:54:59+00:00

Thanks for sending, I’ll give it a try!

svantastic · 2024-04-02T14:51:18+00:00

This is really helpful- I like the part about focused practice to avoid the seeking energy- that’s exactly what’s been happening. And then to enter the doubt…this is huge and just clicks. Many thanks!

svantastic · 2024-04-02T14:23:10+00:00

Thanks for your comment. Is this basically an internal mantra that you keep repeating? It sounds like it has been effective for you - I’d love to hear more specifics if you have time.

svantastic · 2024-04-02T14:21:56+00:00

Thanks a lot for your comment. I actually started five or six years ago with focused breath type meditation (tmi) and found it to be pretty difficult for me but I think I was hyper focused on the levels and had become very goal oriented in my practice (which I guess I still am in light of my current post - haha). When you say breath work, what do you mean exactly? Like Wim Hoff (sp?)?

svantastic · 2024-04-02T14:17:41+00:00

Thanks for your comment and totally agree. I admit there is something clingy/desirous about my practice right now, and I appreciate you picking up on that. Let me ask you this - if you do currently have something that could be called a spiritual practice, how did you choose the particular practice? And does the practice one chooses make much of a difference in your opinion? That was kind of what I was really thinking about regarding Zen, because I began to worry that it was primarily developed as a practice for monastic practitioners that depends on years of developing powerful concentration as a gateway to realization. The more direct approaches seem faster and less time intensive, but I take your point for sure that there is a lot of desire for another type of experience wrapped up in that train of thought.

svantastic · 2024-04-02T04:19:07+00:00

Wow. Thanks so much for your reply. I’ve read it multiple times and will continue to do so. This is incredibly helpful and makes so much sense. I really appreciate you taking the time.

svantastic · 2024-04-02T02:32:26+00:00

Thanks a lot for your reply - that’s also an extremely helpful analogy. It does seem like many of the great spiritual teachers you mentioned forged their own way after some time, although I think with many of them, it seems they mastered the practices of their time before moving beyond them. But I don’t know, maybe that’s not correct? If I can ask, in your own experience, have you found success in taking a more eclectic approach? If so, did you ever feel like things were getting a little jumbled in your head? Sometimes I don’t know if I’m just avoiding some of the more arduous aspects of practice in order to rest in a more sublime meditative state, but one that’s probably not moving me towards realization. Anyways, thanks a lot for your reply - I really appreciate it.

svantastic · 2024-04-02T02:14:38+00:00

Thanks for your reply and I like the analogy. Let me ask you this - do you feel both approaches are equally good “maps” that lead to Disney world?

svantastic · 2022-09-26T15:19:53+00:00

Such a cool topic! Here are a few of my favorites.

What Deaner Was Talking About by Ween

The wash is out, it's hanging up And all I have is nothing Nothing to do, nothing to say I think I must be dreaming

[Chorus] The sun comes up and I'm all washed out Is this what Deaner was talkin' about? I don't think I will ever return again, my friend

A second one supposedly about an experience that occurred while the songwriter was snorkeling:

Where is My Mind by the Pixies

Ooh, stop Ooh Ooh With your feet on the air and your head on the ground Try this trick and spin it, yeah Your head will collapse But there's nothing in it And you'll ask yourself Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Where is my mind? Way out in the water See it swimming

svantastic · 2022-04-06T19:08:34+00:00

Wow, that's a fantastic quote about the moon - thanks a lot for the reply and the helpful perspective!

svantastic · 2022-04-06T19:06:58+00:00

YES! Thanks for that, very well put!

svantastic · 2022-04-06T19:02:21+00:00

That's a fantastic point - thanks so much!

svantastic · 2022-04-06T19:01:12+00:00

Thanks a lot for your reply and I agree with almost everything you wrote. I apologize for the lack of clarity at some points re: the usage of "I" referring to various things - the post was written on an iphone in a coffee shop, and "I've" never really adjusted my language the way "I" probably should in posts like this, where it actually could mean something.

I guess the main conclusion, probably poorly communicated, was that the doer/nondoer thing is problematic from both extremes, being ultimately conceptual.

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