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I think I see what you mean, but I suppose I'll leave it to the puzzle solvers... I think a lot of folks just do the five letters, so I'm hoping people will put it together

ESGST fixed the links for me after going to a 404.

The therapeutics are something I'd like to be able to offer people, as I'm able and as people around me are interested, though I think the timing of the course and the impetus to do it now were largely personal-- I needed something enjoyable and healing to look forward to this year, and having this on the calendar gave me a lot to look forward to when I needed it most.

Also, working with SteamDeck Neck...

One vision was of the earth supporting us, yet also ready to consume me. I feel fortunate that some teachers along the way made space for remembering the indigenous people and their ancestors, there was even an off-hand comment about being weary of "Bringing colonized practices to recolonize native communities" that stuck on me; in my rational brain, I'm more of a traditionalist who is just chasing after dharma and those authorities, but several points in the trip felt like the land and its people were alive, aware and knowing-- it was a knowledge that's beyond me, and I feel honored to have been allowed to pass through its space.

😅 You can take the gamer to Mount Meru, but you can't take the game out of the gamer... I was honored that the puddle gave me the angle in spite of my photography skills

Appreciate you Maya. If it's of interest, there are only two jigis, both 63 pieces (there's a very simple puzzle the connects the last 4 GAs immediately after the second jigi). My times have been ousted off the jigidi leader board, but both puzzles took me about 5 minutes.

I was completely out of work but got a job offer the day before this trip, started yesterday! It's not the flashiest job in the world, but it's working with great people in a great atmosphere, and to me, that sparkles ✨

We have lots of different traditions of temples around the cities-- actually, even here in the photos, there was Khmer tradition temple on the same property as the Nichiren / Japanese style one. I think a lot of Americans who may not be Buddhist mostly go to temples for meditation instruction, a very cool function which I never saw much of in China; closer to the city, a lot of temples also have a sangha around them supporting the monks while the monks offer all the services that we think of as religious-- pujas, memorials, etc.