From c44a4517cf9feb33d8f4b7bd2b0d65d24499d48e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 20:56:59 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 1/7] make links clickable The links as written on this page were not clickable, for the most part. A little magic and now... tada! More user friendly. --- bonus/paracosm-immersion.feature | 9 +++++---- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/bonus/paracosm-immersion.feature b/bonus/paracosm-immersion.feature index 3dbe028..c7456d5 100644 --- a/bonus/paracosm-immersion.feature +++ b/bonus/paracosm-immersion.feature @@ -18,17 +18,18 @@ Feature: Paracosm Immersion visualize and experience things better. It's really not hard unless you make it hard. Make it easy and it will be - trivial. I have been noting my progress here: https://write.as/ma-insa/ + trivial. I have been noting my progress here: [ma-insa — Write.as](https://write.as/ma-insa/) - If you want to read more on the topic, look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracosm - This subreddit may also be useful: https://www.reddit.com/r/paracosms/ + If you want to read more on the topic, look here: [Paracosm - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracosm) + This subreddit may also be useful: [r/paracosms/](https://www.reddit.com/r/paracosms/) > If you want to view paradise > Simply look around and view it > Anything you want to, do it > Want to change the world? > There's nothing to it - - Pure Imagination: https://youtu.be/SVi3-PrQ0pY + - Pure Imagination: [Gene Wilder - Pure Imagination](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVi3-PrQ0pY) + Background: Given you have a mental world in mind From ae08592d676c621f3886de421821521ed09c2084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:11:00 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 2/7] modify internal links from absolute to relative --- intro.md | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/intro.md b/intro.md index 81b4537..fac1093 100644 --- a/intro.md +++ b/intro.md @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ feature: > Note: "the body" means the sack of meat and bone that you are currently living inside. For the purposes of explanation of this technique, please consider what makes you yourself separate from the body you live in. -You are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are something [you can witness](https://github.com/Xe/when-then-zen/blob/master/bonus/noting.feature). +You are not your thoughts. Your thoughts are something [you can witness](/bonus/noting.feature). You are not required to give your thoughts any attention they don't need. Try not immediately associating yourself with a few "negative" thoughts when they come up next. Try digging through the chains of meaning to understand why they @@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ sub-par teachers. A lot of it got so ingrained in the culture that the actions themselves can be confused with the culture. I do not plan to set too many expectations for what people will experience. -When possible, [I tell people to avoid having "spiritual experiences"](https://github.com/Xe/when-then-zen/blob/master/bonus/quantum-pause.feature#L12-L16). +When possible, [I tell people to avoid having "spiritual experiences"](/quantum-pause.feature#L12-L16). ## Other Topics I Want to Cover From e4de92dfcd825bd0f88c91e046855a6e19eff3ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:21:04 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 3/7] update Art of Living link the Art of Living link was dead, thus replaced with a Wayback Machine/archive.org link to the previous source. --- bonus/anapana.feature | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bonus/anapana.feature b/bonus/anapana.feature index 4e4e71b..2f3d0ec 100644 --- a/bonus/anapana.feature +++ b/bonus/anapana.feature @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Feature: Anapana meditation The method presented in this feature is based on the method taught in The Art Of Living by William Hart and S.N. Goenka. If you want a copy of this book you - can get one here: http://www.cicp.org.kh/userfiles/file/Publications/Art%20of%20Living%20in%20English.pdf + can get one here: [The Art of Living: Vipassana Meditation: As Taught by S. N. Goenka](https://web.archive.org/web/20160910121731/http://www.cicp.org.kh/userfiles/file/Publications/Art%20of%20Living%20in%20English.pdf) Please do keep in mind that this book definitely skews towards the Buddhist lens and as it is presented the teaching methods really benefit from it. From df7827f24d0339b21ff7b7d9e30e441f82d19427 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:29:10 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 4/7] make link clickable link appeared on the page as unclickable plaintext. Modified as markdown but needs testing. --- bonus/metta.feature | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bonus/metta.feature b/bonus/metta.feature index 53aecd5..d69b9f9 100644 --- a/bonus/metta.feature +++ b/bonus/metta.feature @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Feature: Loving-kindness (metta) meditation if that person is yourself. Generally as you are starting out it is best to choose people you consider loveable as targets for metta. - The method in this feature is based on metta as described in http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/allmetta.pdf + The method in this feature is based on metta as described in [Loving-kindness Meditation by Ven. Sujiva](http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/allmetta.pdf) This book HEAVILY slants into the Buddhist lens. If you read it, please be prepared to scrape out the wisdom from its casing. From d2662622c39312bd7c11e6e630f163ba9dddef1b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:31:27 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 5/7] make link clickable updated link that appeared as plaintext on site. Needs testing. --- bonus/noting.feature | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bonus/noting.feature b/bonus/noting.feature index 2e97998..b301a9b 100644 --- a/bonus/noting.feature +++ b/bonus/noting.feature @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ Feature: Noting Definitely start with basic sensory noting before jumping into the free noting. You'll know when it's time. - If you want to read more, look here: https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/articles/mental-noting/ + If you want to read more, look here: [Mental Noting by Gil Fronsdal](https://www.insightmeditationcenter.org/books-articles/articles/mental-noting/) Background: Given no assumption about meditative background @@ -67,4 +67,4 @@ Feature: Noting Examples: | time | - | five minutes | \ No newline at end of file + | five minutes | From e1377bbb3404031d75952ae6ae18e38451760f5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:36:37 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 6/7] modify dead link to archive.org source --- bonus/quantum-pause.feature | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/bonus/quantum-pause.feature b/bonus/quantum-pause.feature index 75fd1f7..41e3418 100644 --- a/bonus/quantum-pause.feature +++ b/bonus/quantum-pause.feature @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Feature: The Quantum Pause of contact with your inmost self, allowing you to work through situations by their wisdom, and reinforcing their presence in the life of the individual. - A longer introduction to this process is here: http://wespenre.com/pdf/Appendix-cognitive-section-quantum-pause-breathing-exercise.pdf + A longer introduction to this process is here: [The Quantum Pause Breathing Exercise](https://web.archive.org/web/20121224082813/http://wespenre.com/pdf/Appendix-cognitive-section-quantum-pause-breathing-exercise.pdf) At a high level this is metta mixed with box breathing mixed with mindfulness. @@ -91,4 +91,4 @@ Feature: The Quantum Pause Then I consolidate Then I repeat the breathing cycle and consolidation a few times Then I thank the session for happening - Then I end it \ No newline at end of file + Then I end it From 7d6a6095937b21952f47fbcacebec4c9481258bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brent Gervais <7018928+gerbrent@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Sat, 12 Aug 2023 21:38:36 -0600 Subject: [PATCH 7/7] make link clickable --- bonus/void.feature | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/bonus/void.feature b/bonus/void.feature index 5a76150..a1705ba 100644 --- a/bonus/void.feature +++ b/bonus/void.feature @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Feature: Void Meditation falling asleep during meditation. This method is based on a method handed around occult practice IRC channels - and is adapted from this pastebin link: https://pastebin.com/7JCfUJKZ + and is adapted from this pastebin link: [Void Meditation - Pastebin](https://pastebin.com/7JCfUJKZ) Please note that the pastebin link is written in more of an occult/magickal lens and as such will use in-lens terminology.