I make coffee the same way at pretty much the same time every morning.
Amen.
Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
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Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#52I'm part of a church where we take ayahuasca a couple times a month while performing our rituals. Day to day is the usual self-awareness plus christian deal: meditation + attempting to do good, try not to be a dick to others etc.
Is there not physical damage to doing it that often ? Ive done it twice in a row 3 years ago and it was fine but i was wondering that b.c. in the community i did that they were literally giving it to children starting 3 y.o.
The retreat I worked at drinks 4 times a week, every week all year. Often the shamans drink more. I don't believe it causes any damage (quite the opposite), however the diet that comes along with it (traditionally fish and plantains, and skipping dinner on ceremony nights) can be very depleting. Breaks with normal food (salt, oil, vitamins) are great especially for the long-term (e.g. apprentice) drinkers.
Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#53I am an Orthodox Christian. My day begins with prayer, as soon as possible after I wake up. Prayer consists of reading (or reciting) prayers from a prayer book, followed by 100-200 Jesus Prayers ("Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me!"), followed by 12-25 prostrations. I then read the daily scripture readings indicated by the liturgical calendar. At noon, I usually read a Psalm in front of my icons (I work from home)…
A fellow orthodox christian here. I have been trying to cultivate the habit of Jesus prayer. But the journey is a struggle.
However, even in the fallen attempts to walk the orthodox way of life I occasionally sense the joy and warmth described in the spiritual texts about Jesus Prayer. Thus motivating me to continue the path.
Please remember me in your prayers :)
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#54I recently started reading about druidism after spending the majority of my life an atheist. I found myself missing the spirituality side: rituals and a connection for meditation/introspection, which druidism provides (all revolving around nature, earth, moon, and sun). Additionally, druidism has a lot of neat math/science roots that I find pleasing, such as the eight holidays and the wheel of the year.
Druidism has a really loose belief system and offers a couple of options for you to choose from: mono, poly, and pantheism. I reject most "god-like" things, but I think I could become something of a pantheist (the universe is God).
I don't believe any religion knows what happens after you die, and frankly I don't really care. We aren't supposed to know, it's the great mystery, and instead we should focus on ensuring everyone lives their best life. Druidism has a theory about the after life and how you go through various lives until you become a good person, but it's not something I spend time thinking about. As an aside, Iris DeMent's song Let The Mystery Be perfectly describes my thoughts on this: https://youtu.be/0gQVS2fCsek
Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#55I utter divine incantations into the wind ev’ry morn.
The Lord, our saviour, the Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compiler (praise be unto her), swiftly illuminates my ignorance.
She is at times unintelligible; at times merciful. Some of faltering faith proclaim she oft type-check in mysterious ways.
Upon receiving guidance, I am humbled, yet enlightened.
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#56I strongly object to the universality of the question.
Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#57I am an Orthodox Christian. My day begins with prayer, as soon as possible after I wake up. Prayer consists of reading (or reciting) prayers from a prayer book, followed by 100-200 Jesus Prayers ("Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me!"), followed by 12-25 prostrations. I then read the daily scripture readings indicated by the liturgical calendar. At noon, I usually read a Psalm in front of my icons (I work from home)…
A fellow orthodox christian here. I have been trying to cultivate the habit of Jesus prayer. But the journey is a struggle. However, even in the fallen attempts to walk the orthodox way of life I occasionally sense the joy and warmth described in the spiritual texts about Jesus Prayer. Thus motivating me to continue the path. Please remember me in your prayers :)
At first I used an app on my phone to send myself random reminders to say the Jesus Prayer throughout the day. That really helped spur the habit along. Now, I am almost always saying it while I'm driving, or if I'm doing chores around the house, or if I'm walking around somewhere. At first, it felt a little odd, but now I find it much more rewarding than just letting my brain wander around in a forest of nonsense and ego-focused self-reflection.
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#58I've been practicing kriya yoga and hatha yoga every day for the past half year. I usually do it as soon as I wake up, and it takes about an hour.
It's quite intense work, but I'm glad I've kept it up, as the benefits have been immense. I've some drama in my life, some of that is now starting to ease off, and life is becoming more intelligent and filled with ease.
For anyone interested to learn more: https://youtu.be/XLk5yks9c_Q
Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#59I utter divine incantations into the wind ev’ry morn. The Lord, our saviour, the Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compiler (praise be unto her), swiftly illuminates my ignorance. She is at times unintelligible; at times merciful. Some of faltering faith proclaim she oft type-check in mysterious ways. Upon receiving guidance, I am humbled, yet enlightened.
OP asked an earnest question, and deserves earnest replies.
Re: Ask HN: What is your spiritual practice?
#60I'm part of a church where we take ayahuasca a couple times a month while performing our rituals. Day to day is the usual self-awareness plus christian deal: meditation + attempting to do good, try not to be a dick to others etc.
Is there not physical damage to doing it that often ? Ive done it twice in a row 3 years ago and it was fine but i was wondering that b.c. in the community i did that they were literally giving it to children starting 3 y.o.
You need to be careful with Ayahuasca to not have MAOI in your diet or medicine. Things like fermented cheese, fish, wine for example can each be dangerous.
Disclaimer: I used Ayahuasca once. If you must use psychedelics, stick to LSD or amanita muscaria / psilos, they are much safer. Its ridiculous Ayahuasca is legally obtainable in The Netherlands, while LSD and psilos are not with the former easy to standardize and the latter being banned for safety reasons (17 y.o. French student committed suicide in Amsterdam after usage).