From e9a32cced51ce9886a5e7ea5d97fa1e8961db131 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hyperling Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 13:56:55 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Further edits and addition of content for My People. --- content/posts/blog/my-people.md | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/blog/my-people.md b/content/posts/blog/my-people.md index a328338..3db1f32 100644 --- a/content/posts/blog/my-people.md +++ b/content/posts/blog/my-people.md @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ --- draft: true +pinned: true title: "My People" subtitle: "Searching for Community" author: Bug @@ -24,9 +25,13 @@ series: categories: - musings aliases: + - /my-people + - /pinned/my-people --- -## Desired Traits +**Table of Desired Traits** + +`A few of the characteristics which a spiritual entity would demonstrate.` | Chakra | Trait | Liberation | Explanation | | :-: | :--: | :-----: | :------------- | @@ -40,29 +45,31 @@ aliases: ## Prologue -I have met a few others who live a lifestyle similar to myself. Long term vegans who are active and say No to processed foods. Any health ailments are due to stress and lifestyle, and even then they are so minuscule that they are nearly negligible compared to the current level of health being displayed by the mainstream. +I have met a few others who live a lifestyle similar to myself. Long term vegans who are active and say No to processed foods. They're physically active, even if older than most people would think possible. Any health ailments are due to stress and lifestyle, and are typically minuscule and considered nearly negligible compared to the current level of health being displayed by the mainstream. -Yet most the time, since these folks are so far and few, all spread thin across the globe, it is easy to feel that others do not exist. I've visited communities, ashrams, festivals, "healthy" restaurants, trails, gyms, X, and Y, yet found no place where we are abundant. Most people, even if they have awakened their mind to the madness consuming our world, still remain ignorant when it comes to their Health. They do not fully align themselves with Nature and seek a more natural lifestyle. +Yet most the time, since these folks are so far and few, all spread thin across the globe, it is easy to feel that others do not exist. I've visited communities, ashrams, festivals, "healthy" restaurants, trails, gyms, [TBD: X], and [TBD: Y], yet found no place where we are abundant. Most people, even if they have awakened their mind to the madness consuming our world, still remain ignorant when it comes to their Health. They do not fully align themselves with Nature and seek a more natural lifestyle. Some of the closest folks I have met with these traits are vegan Hare Krishna monks. Those which are not vegan are typically overweight and sometimes even have a less than desirable attitude towards life or others, which in my opinion does not reflect true Krishna Consciousness, and pushes me further from their "spiritual path", which appears to me as a religion. There is decent overlap with objective moral codes, and there is also oddness and absurdity in some of the rituals which does not align with what I see being truly needed in this world. -## What I Am Seeking +### What I Am Seeking Folks who care about themselves or others so much that they are willing to take their lives seriously; improving themselves to be the best being they can while striving to help others in an effort to make the world a better place. -Gardens, orchards, [TBD] +Gardens, orchards, [TBD: berry patches], and all sorts of ways to grow our own food, foraging what we can't. Tending to both the cultivated crops and the native plants of our surroundings, being a benefactor of the area and allowing it to enjoy our prescence. [TBD: more?] -Community kitchens, group rituals* such as sweat lodge, [TBD: X], [TBD: Y], and [TBD: Zs]. [TBD]. +Community kitchens, sweat lodges, group activities such as hikes, drum circles, and stargazing. A rotating schedule of checking in on community members to see if they could use a hand in any projects or personal [TBD: problems? emotions? healing? dilemmas?]. [TBD] + +All of this in a respectuful, voluntary, non-culty way which also respects people's desire for solitude from time to time. Obligatory events would mean coercion. Oppression and violence would have no place in such a group. ## The Problems -Truly, going out into society feels like a fairy tale when I am present. People are so far removed from Nature in today's world. +Truly, going out into society feels like a fairy tale when I am present. People are so far removed from Nature in today's world. I sometimes must pause and remind myself that it's not a dream, and that I too was once living under these conditions. ### Technology Addictions -Perfumes and colognes, makeup and [Z],and the overwhelming obsession over technology. A complete addiction at this point. Even in remote areas such as mountain tops or hike-in hot springs, you will be sure to see smartphones being used to take photos or videos of the landscape. I see using them as a map as one thing, since the user is in control and the device is a tool for adventure. +Perfumes and cologne, makeup and [Z]. Many artificial [TBD: objects] exist in the cities which most people are so desensitized to that they don't even notice. Enter the overwhelming obsession with technology. A complete addiction at this point. Even in remote areas such as mountain tops or hike-in hot springs, you will be sure to see smartphones being used to take photos or videos. I see using them as a map as one thing, since the user is in control and the device is a tool for adventure. This new trend feels more like a perversion, a distraction, of what is truly important. -Consuming the landscape as a social media [TBD: hit,blurb], however, feels sacrilege. Insulting. I would rather see the beautiful sunrises and sunsets, waterfalls, forests, hillsides, rivers, and mountain peaks as paintings and drawings, listen to an instrumental piece created in their honor, or hear campfire stories of how amazing it was. When someone puts a digital device in my face to view pictures, they feel mute, dead, and dishonorable compared to the real thing. +[Consuming the landscape as a social media [TBD: hit,blurb]], however, feels sacrilege. Insulting. I would rather see the beautiful sunrises and sunsets, waterfalls, forests, hillsides, rivers, and mountain peaks as paintings and drawings, listen to an instrumental piece created in their honor, or hear campfire stories of how amazing it was. When someone puts a digital device in my face to view pictures, they feel mute, dead, and dishonorable compared to the real thing. This doesn't even get into video games, television and streaming, etc which also take up obscene amounts of time. Engaging in a distraction here and there can be helpful in reducing stress. Living this way leads to a consumerist attitude and sidebars creative feats and [TBD: ABC'd] endeavors from coming to fruition. @@ -102,3 +109,7 @@ Don't have a yard, you say? A friend or family member may be wishing they had he Joining a Master Gardener group was a simple and easy way that I got involved with educating myself on these topics. It required taking a single course which was about a semester long (12 weeks) and you get filled with all the required horticultural, botanical, and soil science knowledge that it takes to then know how to find the answer any gardening type question. That's all a Master Gardener is, not one who knows it all, but one who knows how to find out. If there's truly not anywhere to tend to your own plants, perhaps learn foraging instead. This skill is highly efficient at getting you outdoors and you may learn there is quite a bit more food around than you thought! + +## Conclusion + +[TBD]