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What We Want to Hear Night Sky Sangha Inquiry into Awakening (Facebook posts Ju l y 201 8 – December 201 8 ) Chapters Rattle me this Batman? ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 5 Iridescent Fracticality: The Case of the Missing Emptiness ................................ ................................ ....... 6 Delight & Erasure ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 8 May as well be lizards ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 9 Radioactive Presence ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 10 Somatic Self Reference ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 11 A break from delusion ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 13 Being & Convincing ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 14 What should I do about myself? ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 15 Face it, you're the most annoying person you know ................................ ................................ .............. 17 Om No More Shivaya ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................. 18 Doomers Gloomers & Preppers on the verge of NTE ................................ ................................ .............. 20 An Uninvited Opinionator ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 22 Whataya want from this? ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 23 The Etherium Delirium ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 24 Loitering in a drifting fifth ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................... 25 Desertification is not a confectionery treat ................................ ................................ ............................ 26 Quotes & Roses ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 28 The root of it ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 29 Better than life everlasting ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 30 Outside the perimeter of human implication ................................ ................................ ......................... 31 Specificity is made of distraction ................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 33 Understanding never occurs ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 34 A parasite of presumption ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 35 We are the .806% 'ers ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 36 The nearly intolerable bliss of simplicity ................................ ................................ ................................ 38 The key ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 39 Ode to sanity ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 40 Attend to the dreaming, not what is dreamt ................................ ................................ .......................... 41 The Free Will Argument ................................ ................................ ................................ ......................... 42 It doesn't matter how you feel about things ................................ ................................ .......................... 44 I'll meet you at the reception ................................ ................................ ................................ ................. 45 Climate & Weather ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 46 A lot less than you might be prepared for ................................ ................................ .............................. 48 My own private delirium ................................ ................................ ................................ ....................... 49 Prior to Launch ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ...... 50 We're the fall guy ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 51 Why no progress? ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 52 No Longer Beyond ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 53 Shelter from the storm ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 54 DP, it's not what you think ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 55 The Art of Uselessness ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 56 Casual Impeccability ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 57 Between a lingam and a hard place ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 58 Elsewhere Than Here ? ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 59 Contrary to What? ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ 60 The Companion ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 61 Pervasive ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 62 What we want to hear ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................... 64 ? ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 65 Someone broke into the evidence locker ................................ ................................ ............................... 66 Snowed by an Eskimo ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 67 Welcoming may be all that's needed ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 68 Repossessed Possess ion ................................ ................................ ................................ ........................ 69 Grounded, Centered, & Losing It ................................ ................................ ................................ ............ 70 Utopium ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 71 Person - Hood ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 72 Emptiness & Craving, all there is to find ................................ ................................ ................................ 73 Mercurial P ermeability ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................... 74 Mercurial Permeability - part II ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 75 Toto, I think maybe we're in a cult ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 76 Advaita Litmus Test ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 77 Yoni Worship - the fall of John o f God ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 79 OMG TiSPU ...............................
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