SolarBoy

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Yeah, I think all the incense sticks that i've used are with a stick.
The reason I asked is because I have some indian incense at home and when they burn, the smoke stings my eyes. So I have to ventilate well, but then I don't smell much anymore.

Supposedly, the japanese incense (more specifically Kōdō incense) is supposed to burn cleaner and have less strong smoke. They are usually also very consistent.

Invictus:


Out of the night that covers me.
black as the pit, from pole to pole.
I thank whatever gods may be,
for my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance,
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance,
my head is bloody but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
looms but the horror of the shade.
And yet the menance of the years
finds and shall find me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
how charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate,
I am the captain of my soul.


It's the only (english) poem I know by hard.
Many people know the last 2 lines.

Sounds very much like what I should try to do. The only thing is that I don't seem to remember anything. Or at least nothing with an emotional load.

I can't really trigger any memory. Sometimes I notice I'm feeling overwhelmed when my partner would scold me. But it still doesn't make me remember anything, just feel very bad. And it's not really consistent. Some days I'm fine with it.

Definitely matches my experience.
I don't really have any reaction to what people say, or when watching a movie for example.

I think my default strategy of dealing with feelings is suppressing them. Good or bad.
Even to the point that it happens automatically.

Not sure what to do about it though.
Meditation seems to help, but only if I do it very long and consistently.

Maybe also related, I don't really experience racing thoughts that people often describe when meditating. If I do it long enough I can occasionally notice something.

Having less power in those centralised organisations is definitely a good thing.

Online communities are helpful, and also sometimes necessary for those who are not able to easily participate in local communities, or who live in a place where nobody is interested in the same things as them.

And still I found it much better to interact with people in-person.
Even when their interests might not align perfectly with yours, it's just much more fulfilling than online-only interactions.

Not sure I would say inward focused. That can be a good thing in a lot of situations.
I would say they are more outward focused, but not on other people, but rather the concepts, ideas, and beliefs that are pushed upon them by whatever is pushed on them by the social media platforms and news they engage with (instead of talking to actual people, or taking time to do introspection.)