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  • 💝 Meaningful Connection 2023-M10

    💝 Meaningful Connection 2023-M10

    Welcome to Meaningful Connection, where I share October resonating ideas, thoughts, and realizations for those who want to grow mindfully in 7 minutes. I will try to answer the following questions: let me know how I do. Meanwhile, see if you can find the answer.

    ✨Thought-provoking questions

    1. How can one differentiate between healthy ambition and greed while expanding?
    2. What are some effective strategies for balancing personal growth with relationships?
    3. In what ways can mindfulness practices contribute to finding balance while expanding?
    4. How can one identify and overcome limiting beliefs that hinder growth and expansion?
    5. What role does self-compassion play in balancing personal growth and self-care?
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    MEANINGFUL
    CONNECTION

    👓 What’s New?

    Thinking about my recent activity, I wrote about CoDA Promise Nine because I’m all about self-care. Meanwhile, I discovered a few new ways to stay balanced while awake. The thought led me to keep an eye on how I want to live my life without telling others how they should live theirs. Ultimately, I’m glad to be back for this month’s meaningful connections as I leave you with a few final wishes to prep for the new month. With that, let’s dive into the resonance!

    🔔 What is Resonating?

    During October, I had many inputs revolving around studying the 12 CoDA promises. Each set of promises has questions assigned to them. When I go through each, I love to reword the questions to get a better connection with my life and how CoDA relates to it. Of the 12, promise Nine caught my attention because I enjoyed the answers I gave in my notes. For reference, here is promise nine.

    “Acknowledge that I am a unique and precious creation.”

    Twelve Promises – CoDA.org

    What makes me unique?

    I want to focus my life on the 📝 Vye 12 Favorite Problems, for example, 🗺 How can I find balance while wanting to expand or 🗺 How can I meditate before acting? I use these questions to gather ideas to lead my life.

    How do I treat myself in a way that is paved with loving-kindness?

    I meditate in the morning and evening to preview my thoughts. Then, I can ask what is heavy on my soul, which begs me to show self-love. When my energy goes outward, I can catch myself looking at people, places, and objects. Then, I can trigger a new path called manifestation. After that, I try to recall my gratitude and blessings. If I start believing in stinking-thinking/monkey brain and catch myself, smile at the thought, and find a better way forward. It’s like a game, a treasure hunt. When I feel better, I can move to my body because 📝 The body does its best to maintain balance. In the end, I need to tune in.

    Why do I believe I was created?

    Each time a thought enters my mind, I remember the following question. 🗺 How can I find balance while having a desire to expand? For me, creation is 📝 When my energy goes outward. My 📝 Confidence is flowing, and then I know I exist. I need to be careful and start 📝 Noticing when I’m addicted to overthinking. Sometimes, the thinking is fun, but it can be draining. Therefore, I need to be aware of 📝 The balance of consideration. Meanwhile, 📝 Slowing Down will get me to the Wisdom.

    🌻 What’s Growing?

    When October rolled over, I had several new experiences that added to my 12 favorite problems. To start, 📝 Like Hugging a Red Balloon, Experience life and let go. I don’t want to hold on to anything in the Fleeting Notes.

    Instead, check it against my 📝 Vye 12 Favorite Problems and find a way to Stumble Upon the Idea as an Atomic Note. The idea led me to consider 📝 ZettelKasten’s Depth is the Compass Thinking. In other words, I was making connections between ideas. For example, what is similar to the concept? Another, where can the thought lead to? Finally, that month made me consider 📝 Everything I do tests me to be awake. Knowing that 📝 When the suffering is processed, I can focus on happiness. Happiness is the test of life. Living is a test of being awake.

    🥑 Mental Nourishment

    Throughout October, I started focusing my thoughts on my 12 favorite problems. For example, 💭 Live my life, don’t tell others how to. I wrote the idea because it connected to 🗺 How can I find balance while wanting to expand? Building on the context, I told 👤 Juliana Jul that I would like her to move and live with me in the United States. During this, I felt sad, strong, and concerned. As a result, I came up with two major focus points. 📝 Don’t tell people what to do. In other words, I have my own life and don’t need to tell people to be part of it. If I want to 📝 I need to build my friends in my interests. I shouldn’t tell them how to live their lives. Since I have common interests, it will be easier to be around them. Going to in-person events in my area or moving to a location where I can find my tribe is a healthy way to live.

    Moreover, 📝 I can improve my comfort with people by taking an Improv class. A coworker suggested Toastmasters—a bucket list event.

    What did I learn?

    • Suffering will come. It will hurt my friend more than me.
    • My life would be better if another person lived with me. In a plus one form and not a need to form.

    Were there any related CoDA patterns?

    What is the plan for the future?

    The plan for the future when I’m stuck deciding if my thoughts are good in merit, perhaps I can 📝 Focus on my blessings. In any case, I had many views; feel free to comment with your ideas. Otherwise, let’s keep on going to the stream of consciousness.

    🎇 AI Assistant

    Had told me I needed to work on the following. What do you all think?

    1. Add subheadings to make the post structure more transparent and improve readability.
    2. Incorporate more visuals or examples to support the ideas and make the content more engaging.
    3. Consider revising some sentences for clarity and conciseness, especially in the section about mental nourishment.
    4. Link external resources such as CoDA patterns, Atomic Note, and ZettelKasten for readers who want to explore further.
    5. Add a concluding paragraph or a call to action to encourage readers to share their thoughts and engage with the content.

    🚿 Stream of Consciousness

    You may have noticed that I skipped a month in the writing. My goal is to provide meaningful connections. I can reach my goal by reducing the effort of creating content. That led me to 📝 stop treating all thoughts as knowledge instead become a 📝 Smart Collector of information. A better way would be to Stumble Upon the Idea as an Atomic Note. Also, the writing process felt boring and annoying. I hate to force myself to write. Writing my thoughts down with greater meaning allowed me to grow as a person and come to the table thrilled to put together an outline.

    Well, that’s it for Oct; feel free to share your ideas or if you have something on your soul. If you want to know how I became an artist, subscribe and follow my blog for more.

  • 💝 Meaningful Connection 2023-M06

    💝 Meaningful Connection 2023-M06

    Welcome to meaningful connection, where I share June resonating ideas, thoughts, and realizations for those who want to grow mindfully in 6 mins. I will try to answer the following questions; let me know how I do. Meanwhile, I left you some bonus thought-provoking questions.

    • What is the significance of Vipassana meditation? 
    • How does the graph view in Obsidian help with the author’s publishing workflow?

    Meaningful
    Connection

    👓 What’s New?

    So what’s up? I started searching in my vault for fresh ideas from the last month, and on my graph view, I had a double connection from 💭 Vipassana at Burmese Meditation Center 10 Day 2023-6-29. Similarly, I wanted to speak to my therapist about feeling good when in the flow state. In particular, I discovered that I feel stronger and more confident when I experience progress. For example, during my stay at the Burmese temple, I didn’t understand the words or the language, but I made myself worthwhile by practicing the 💭 Mahasi Vipassana meditation. 

    In the past, I would allow visions of negativity to control my mind. In the present, I’m doing my best to notice the impermanence of thoughts and practice being free and awake during the suffering. Buddhism doesn’t have a place for Godly worship. Similarly, I believe my ⛰️ Higher Power is inside.

    In their belief, believing in a God is based on fear. For example, I am going to hell if I don’t do XYZ. Similarly, I believe in a loving Higher Power, which is inside of me that guides me to a non-fearing authority figure. That is why I don’t need to follow a human God. I don’t want to do idols. My higher power is inside me. A robust and loving force to develop. I want to stay open;

    Moving away from Buddhism momentarily, I sought new connections under reflections and tasks. I noticed that 💭 Im motivated to work when I do the things I love

    . I remember feeling curious when it occurred to me. When I work, for me to do good work, I need to be fulfilled spiritually. Then I thought about it’s time to change jobs. Then the thought led me to learn when I switch between the carrot and stick, and work better. Finally, I noticed a task to speak to my therapist. I’m going to stop here with the reflections and move to resonators.

    🔔 What is Resonating?

    During June, I chose something that I rated high and now is in my life. In such a case 📥 Keto Constipation DrBerg Explains Constipation on Keto Diet because gut biology is complicated, and it is easy to make a mess of things. 👤 Dr. Berg left a few tips for me to find healing. He suggested reducing cruciferous vegetables, fat, nuts and seeds, and dairy with high lactose and casein. While lowering, I need to see how my body reacts and mindfully increase each area to improve my mineral absorption. During the video, he suggested using cabbage and spinach instead of kale because it’s easier for the body to process.

    Meanwhile, I can combine kimchi and kifer so that my gut breaks down the veggies. Also, Dr. Berg’s book New Body Type Guide recommended I increase my stomach acid to prevent the bacteria from growing in the small intestine and prepare the veggies for further processing in the colon. Also, if bile is less because the gallbladder or liver has a problem, it’s best practice to notice that issue. Then adjust my diet to prepare the body, such as adding fennel seeds, eating less dark leafy greens, and walking or standing after a meal.

    More so, I found a few similar articles related to constipation. I tried to eat more fat at some point, but my liver could not keep up with the load. Then, I found an article What to Eat to Produce More Bile in the Liver, which suggests eating more celery and radish. Also, I love adding chia seeds to my kifer and noting that chia is a fiber, too, so it is good to eat it in moderation. To prepare your own, check out How to Soak Chia Seeds – The Ultimate Guide. Finally, I remember making my kimchi too spicy, which might have increased my constipation. To learn more about spicy foods, see the article Understanding the Effects of Spicy Food on the Body. Alright, let’s move on to what’s growing.

    🌻 What’s Growing?

    For June, I will choose a sprouting thought that needs to be elaborated upon further. Of such interest is 💭 using the open graph view in Obsidian to find topics to discuss during my monthly connection. I remember feeling inspired because, in context, I needed a way to find relevant information and stronger relationships. Also, I asked the question, is there a way to query which files had incoming links in the last month? I want to see what my mind has been curious about in the month. For example, I can find thoughts using the following query in the graph view tag:(#thought/reflections) -file:(Feeling) line:(Created: 2023-06). The experience leads me to learn that graph view is powerful in guiding my publishing workflow, and I plan to continue to use it to inform my blog post. Alright, let’s move on to mental nourishment. 

    🥑 Mental Nourishment

    Throughout June, I had many thoughts coming and going, and I was able to capture the reflections, musings, and memories. Of such interest is 💭 Love goes through the fourth dimension of time. I have the ‘reflection’ linked to my mind area because I’m trying to be mindful of Love. I remember feeling curious, happy and inspired. These feelings came because Love goes through the fourth dimension of time. I was watching Interstellar and got some inspiration. Then, many thoughts came and went as I explored the topic. Here are several examples, first about transferring between spaces at the speed of gravity. Then Love is attraction, as so is gravity. Loving somebody is the energy that can make an instant transmission, like in Dragon Ball Z, where Goku can teleport or move between time and space. Love is the fourth dimension that glues gravity and transcendence between ‘dimensions.’

    Last but not least, I was left with a question, what is it like moving to the fifth dimension? These points taught me that shows inspire me to write about human emotion. Finally, I need to keep an eye out for nuggets of gold.

    🚿 Stream of Consciousness

    While writing June’s meaningful connection, I noticed I wasn’t as hungry. I got 💭 Worried Feeling and started doing the walking meditation using the Mahasi Vipassana to gain insight. I remember Dr. Berg saying not to eat unless the body tells me it’s hungry. Yesterday my eating routine got changed a bit in the evening. I wasn’t hungry till 6 pm. I usually eat around 3 pm. My guess was it had something to do with overeating bread. The following day, as insights came, I decided to drink warm water with fennel, lemon, and ginger. I’m hoping that will get my system running smoothly and on schedule. 

    During my second day of writing meaningful connections after my walk, I installed Pokemon Go and removed it. Man, it’s so addictive. I need to be careful because an hour can go by so fast, and I’m not doing what I need to do to finish writing the post. Luckily I know how to meditate, and insight saved me again. I hope I don’t install the app.

    In other news, I want to add a sidebar with a few boxes while visitors read. They might see some of the callouts. I was planning on adding the coaching for nutrition and donation boxes. The donation area is attractive because I draw a line for each donating person. Also, I write out the initials to give them credit. I am still deciding if I will do it, cos I like the space for reading. The menu on the top allows visitors to do those tasks.

    Well, that’s it for June; feel free to share your ideas or if you have something on your soul. If you want to know how I became an artist, subscribe and follow my blog for more.

    🎁 Bonus thought-provoking questions

    I’m leaving you with some thought-provoking questions. Feel free to answer to your benefit. 

    1. What are the benefits of having meaningful connections in our personal and professional lives?

    2. How can technology facilitate more meaningful connections between people?

    3. What role does vulnerability play in building meaningful connections with others?

    4. What common barriers prevent people from forming meaningful connections, and how can they be overcome?

    5. How can we cultivate more empathy and compassion in our interactions with others, leading to more meaningful connections?

    Manifesting a scene of a #nightsky #skyline in a #city life during the #future.