| mitcho: | why is that not yet on twitter? |
| me: | twitpic is being slow. I tweeted it before I emailed. My priorities are in the right place. |
| Alex: | okay. |
| Alex: | your tweets and tumbls are starting to really come together. |
| me: | my entire life is a cohesive unit. |
| me: | I am the future. |
“Each type has a spiritual task to accomplish. The spiritual task of the greedy type is to transform the desire for sense objects into a desire to know the Three Jewels: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Greedy types need to balance their optimism with an awareness of suffering. Practices that can help the greedy type include: contemplation of old age, sickness, death, and impermanence, meditation on the 32 parts of the body; generosity; renunciation; noticing the ending of experiences; putting oneself in uncomfortable, unpleasant situations (in order to become disenchanted with sense pleasures); slowing down; and taking the Three Refuges.”
Which is to say, it seems, I like things too much. This is true.