[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 1 points 3 hours ago

Hey sorry for the late reply, I hope everything is still going well. I’m happy to hear that there is some benefit you’ve seen with meditation already. Meditation is a lifelong journey (if you’ll forgive my corniness lol) and it can also come in phases. In my life so far, I’ve had periods where I stop meditation completely and then come back to it when I feel like I need it. It would be better to be consistent and as one’s discipline grows it can/should be. But I’ve heard that for many people they have these “waves” in their life. Breht actually discusses it in the revleft episode you mentioned! That was actually originally posted on the Red Menace podcast with Alyson. They actually have a part II of their discussion: On Mysticism II: Enlightenment, Non-Duality, & Perennialism and I wanted to let you know of it. It’s an interesting episode as it talks about mysticism from a Buddhist (Breht) and Abrahamic (Alyson) perspective.

In fact revleft has a lot of episodes about meditation and mystical traditions across various religions. I’ll spam you with a few:

Buddhist Philosophy: The Four Noble Truths and The Eightfold Path

Buddhist Enlightenment: Impermanence, No Self, and the Dark Night of the Soul

Awakening from the Dream of Separateness

Meditation, Materialism, and Marxism

On Meditation (Patreon Teaser)

[UNLOCKED] Buddhist Perspectives: Self-Immolation and Political Struggle

Is Marxism just Religion by Another Name?

Religion and Marxism: Thinking Through the Human Condition

Approaching Organizing and Spirituality w/ Rev Left Radio

Contemplative Practice and Political Struggle

St. Francis of Assisi: Patron Saint of Ecology & Brother to All Creation

Early Christianity: Psychedelics, Ancient Greece, and the Emerging Church

Sufism: Islamic Mysticism and the Annihilation of Self in God


I know what you mean by being ‘anti everything spiritual’. I was definitely like that, but I was still in to philosophy as I have wanted to seek solutions to the emotional problems I feel I’ve had my whole life. I found Buddhsim, but my anti-spirituality forced me to adopt a secular Buddhism. Then later I was interested in Lacan, existentialism, etc.. I then came back to Buddhism on a more spiritual level through realizing that there’s a lot of overlap between Buddhism and the concepts in Lacan (and other psychoanalysts) of ‘lack’, ‘The Real’, etc. It wouldn’t do any good to explain it, but I found a way to ‘make sense’ of the mysticism in a way that wasn’t too antithetical to my materialist worldview. In fact, I’d also argue that there is a lot in common between the metaphysics of Buddhism (or other traditions like Daosim) and Dialectical Materialism.

What really set this off for me was reading about the similarities between Tiantai Buddhism and Zizek’s psychoanalytic philosophy despite the latter’s criticism of Buddhsim Is Žižek a Mahāyāna Buddhist? śūnyatā and li v Žižek's materialism. The text was my introduction to Tiantai Buddhism, which actually opened me up to mystical ideas in a context I was already comfortable with. Unfortunately, Zizek is very much a western chauvinist and has become more and more cringe over the years.


Regarding my comment about meditation taking you to dark places if one’s not careful, Breht actually talks about that in the above episode I linked. Essentially, though, meditation is part of a mystic or, if you can stomach the word, sprititual practice. Certain spiritual truths may emerge when doing meditation. And if you don’t have the context or community to help you may find that mediation can worsen some existential crises or reintroduce trauma that you have suppressed. Imagine your mind as a pool of rough and murky water. Meditation helps still the waves so the murk can settle. When that happens you can see much further into the pool, but you may see things you aren’t ready for. That probably sounds cliche, but I think there is some truth to it. And Breh talks about how people who have been thrusted into intense meditation retreats can have trauma from it. If you are just meditating for 5 to 30 minutes a day, though, I don’t think you have to worry about psychotic breaks or anything. But, I wanted to mention this because meditation is part of a spiritual practice. Eventually, some truths will come out of it.

Another reason that it can be dangerous is that there are “gurus” and teachers who have done a lot of meditation. They probably have seen or felt certain truths on life, but they still end up acting unethically. They abuse their position and act ego-ically. Their meditation can give them greater control of some parts of their ‘selves’, but without an ethical practice they abuse what they’ve gained. Once again, meditation is just one part of a spiritual practice. Ethics must be part of it too. Some will say that by doing meditation ethical practice naturally follows, others disagree.


I hope you continue to do well, and best of luck!!

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 57 points 1 day ago

https://www.tasnimnews.com/en/news/2024/10/03/3170997/iran-s-president-urges-unity-among-muslim-brothers

https://en.mehrnews.com/news/222360/Pezeshkian-stresses-need-for-integration-with-Muslim-states

“The Zionist regime’s crimes in Gaza are a result of divisions and indifference among Islamic countries. If we don’t unite, today it's Gaza and Lebanon, and tomorrow it will be other Islamic cities and nations,” [Pezeshkian] warned.

“If the Zionist regime has today dared commit crimes and genocide in Gaza, it is due to the Islamic countries’ rifts and indifference,” [Pezeshkian] added.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 22 points 3 days ago

the “I LOVE AMERICA” Union

Well fuck those guys then

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 9 points 3 days ago

I saw that today, and I felt so crushed (though I should have expected it)

Anytime American workers get me excited they gotta go do this shit debord-tired

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 38 points 6 days ago

Hezbollah fires barrage of rockets at Sa’ar in occupied lands

"The Lebanese Islamic Resistance (Hezbollah) combatants bombarded Sa’ar settlement with a salvo of rockets, in response to the Israeli brutal aggression against cities, villages, and civilians," Hezbollah said in a statement on Sunday.


Already mentioned earlier: Israeli airstrikes on Hodeidah port, airport, power stations

Israeli airstrikes struck oil tanks at Ras Isa Port in Yemen, with additional strikes on Hodeidah Port on the Red Sea, west of Yeme, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported on Sunday.

Local sources told Al Mayadeen that more than 10 airstrikes targeted Hodeidah port, causing explosions that shook the city.

Our correspondent explained that the Israeli aggression in western Yemen targeted the al-Hali power generation station in the coastal city of Hodeidah.


Ansarullah vows response to Israeli attack on Hudaydah


Israeli regime closes airspace till October 31st

Following the assassination of Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah which took place on Friday, all flights from the occupied territories to Europe and vice versa have been canceled until the end of October.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 42 points 6 days ago

From Al Mayadeen:

19:49 - The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon says it targeted the Zovulon military base with barrages of rockets

21:32 - Israeli media platform: A single missile was launched from Lebanon, and it appears to be a ballistic one

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: A surface-to-surface ballistic missile was launched from Lebanon toward Haifa

21:33 - Israeli Army Radio: More than one million Israelis are rushing to shelters following Hezbollah's rocket fire on Haifa and the northern region

From Quds News Network: According to Israeli media reports, more than a million settlers rushed to shelters after Hezbollah fired a rocket at Haifa and northern Israel.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 12 points 6 days ago

I get it about people, there's the ambient background hitlerion particle exposure of Western life, and it get's concentrated at places like work for me. Stay safe, and you got to take antidotes when you can find them.

As for some resistance new, the following comes from a comment by @Al_Sham@hexbear.net. I'm very much in debt to her for these links.

The following is simply a reformatted version of her comment I linked above:

Legitimate news sources affiliated with the Axis of Resistance. Some of them are official state/resistance media and others are not. I have only linked the English sites.


Iran:


Lebanon:


Palestine:


Yemen:


Syria:


The Cradle is good for up to date information but I didn't list it because it's >not affiliated with any resistance axis.


There's also the (the Electronic Intifada)[https://electronicintifada.net/]


Islamic World News is another great outlet but I also have no idea their >financing situation. They have maps though.


Others may have others to add, and I'd definitely welcome it. I've found Al_Sham's list to be very useful and I really want to thank her for it.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 27 points 6 days ago

I'm sorry comrade, I wish I could help cuddle

I'd say that in times like these it's good to take a break from any social media or even the internet in general. And if you can, definitely away from pro-Zionist people in your life - but I don't know your situation so I don't know how possible that is. If you are online you can find some good spaces where resistance news is being reported and see that the resistance is alive continuing.

Like others have said here, engaging with mainstream sites and people is just exposing yourself to hitler particles. It's pretty much self-harm. Avoiding it can be easier said than done, though, so I'm sorry if I'm sounding presumptuous.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 56 points 6 days ago

Missile from Lebanon hits IOF target near Quds, drones swarm Nahariya

A missile fired from Lebanon impacted a target in the occupied West Bank where fires broke out on Saturday night.

An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

Article

The Israeli occupation's military command said that at least one missile was launched from Lebanon and impacted a settlement in the occupied West Bank, near occupied al-Quds, late on Saturday night.

Circulated footage showed a missile impacting its Israeli target after sirens sounded in multiple illegal Israeli settlements near al-Quds, including Ma'ale Adumim, at 10:05 pm (local time).

Later, more footage emerged of the site of the impact, where Israeli authorities had gathered to assess the damage and where a large fire had erupted.

Since then, the Israeli military command has been warily silent about the long-range attack from Lebanon.

Israeli military assets have come under several attacks by the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon - Hezbollah in the past few days, however, this marks the first instance where a missile has been fired at the area.

Moreover, Israeli media reported that a building in the suburbs of occupied al-Quds was damaged and that settlements in the area suffered from a power outage. Other outlets reported that the missile impacted an Israeli base in Ma'ale Adumim.

Al Mayadeen's correspondent said the missile impacted near an Israeli colonial outpost, Mitzpe Hagit, near Ma'ale Admumim.

Drones swarm Nahariya

An hour after the missile attack, sirens sounded in the coastal city settlement of Nahariya, where unidentified aerial objects were detected flying over the area.

Explosions were heard in the city, however, the Israeli military command has yet to comment on the matter.

These attacks come after the Israeli regime launched a wide-scale aggression on Lebanon killing hundreds of civilians in the past week.

The Israeli regime's aggression also saw the carpet bombing of a neighborhood in the suburb of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, where Hezbollah and Resistance leader, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, was martyred alongside several of his comrades.

Hezbollah launched eight operations in defense of Lebanon and in support of the Palestinian people on Saturday, including a rocket attack on the Qatsrin settlement in the Israeli-occupied Syrian Golan.


Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq says the latest operation was in support of the Palestinian and Lebanese people.

Article

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was "in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly."

A video released by the group's military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah's commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

In the early hours of Saturday, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq carried out a drone attack against a vital Israeli target in the occupied Syrian Golan.

Additionally, two other operations were conducted by the Iraqi Resistance against Israeli targets, one military in northern occupied Palestine and another vital target in the southern part of the occupied Palestinian territories.

The Resistance also announced that it had attacked a vital target in the northern occupied territories for the third time during the early morning hours.


Israeli Media: 'Israel' under attack from Yemen, Lebanon, and Iraq

Israeli media reports indicate that the Israeli occupation is facing a 'coordinated and wide-ranging' attack from multiple fronts, causing damage across different areas of occupied Palestine.

Article

Israeli media reported that the occupation entity is facing what it described as an "attack from Lebanon, Yemen, and Iraq." This was accompanied by reports of explosions heard in Eilat, located in the south of occupied Palestine, without the activation of alarm sirens.

In parallel, the Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced its operation on a "vital target in the occupied Umm al-Rashrash (Eilat), using drone strikes."

Additionally, Israeli media noted the outbreak of "four large fires in four settlements east of al-Quds due to rocket fire from Lebanon," along with the activation of sirens in Nahariya and its surroundings amid fears of drone infiltration.

In turn, Al Mayadeen's correspondent reported that drones were launched from Lebanon toward occupied Palestine, resulting in multiple explosions in various areas following the deployment of swarms of drones.

The correspondent also mentioned explosions in the settlement of Ma'ale Adumim, followed by fires after drones fell in the area.

The Israeli occupation forces also confirmed detecting missiles launched from Lebanon toward occupied East al-Quds, where sirens sounded in nearby settlements on Saturday.

Israeli media, moreover, reported damage to a building in the suburbs of al-Quds, power outages affecting part of the area, and the outbreak of a fire.

Iraqi Resistance attacks vital Israeli target in Tel Aviv with drones

The Islamic Resistance in Iraq announced that it attacked on Saturday morning a vital target in Tel Aviv (occupied Yafa) using drones.

In a statement, the Iraqi Resistance indicated that the latest operation was "in continuation of our path in resisting the occupation, in support of our people in Palestine and Lebanon, and in response to the massacres committed by the usurping entity against civilians, including children, women, and the elderly."

A video released by the group's military media showed that the operation was dedicated to Hezbollah's commander Ibrahim Aqil (Hajj Abdul-Qader), who was martyred last week in an Israeli aggression that targeted the Southern Suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut.

[-] Sebrof@hexbear.net 72 points 4 months ago

Did China not get the memo that is was supposed to collapse?

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