November 4th USA

Theradithi's drawing

Love these YouTube monk talks. This one is "How To Sustain Your Mindfulness". Going to listen to one every full moon. I'm copying monks, cut hair on moon day, talk Dharma and confess (with myself if I can't find a friend).

I like this blog by Dhivan Jones.

I'm upset this morning, I thought I would wake up to good news. It has reminded me to turn inward and control the things that I can control. Be the change I want to see.

I liked this answer in r/Buddhism to the question of whether it's possible to be omnipotent:

"...if I have omnipotence, I would snap and everyone attains to nibbana immediately. Snap, even hell beings are liberated, and instantly goes to heaven and attained to arahanthood, awaiting the final death. Snap, includes all beings from lower realms to have the same effect, snap, all beings in all realms, in all multiverses become enlightened, no more need for Buddhas to appear. Snap, why stop at arahant? Everyone become fully enlightened Buddha. Why if there's a God, had he not done all these just by having the power of omnipotence and knowledge of Buddhism?" by u/DiamondNgXZ

I was going there to say it doesn't matter, irrelevant about whether you're mindful or kind. I hadn't thought of that answer.