Interesting Things For you Late @ Night: August 2009

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Saturday, August 15, 2009

Miniature skyline made of stacks of staples — ty.rannosaur.us

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Nine ways of resting the mind - Rigpa Wiki

Nine ways of resting the mind (Wyl. sems gnas pa’i thabs dgu) when cultivating shamatha.

Resting the Mind – focusing the mind upon an object [number 2 on the illustration]
Resting the Mind Longer – maintaining that continuity [9]
Continuously Resettling the Mind – whenever one forgets the object and becomes distracted one resettles the mind [13]
Fully Settling the Mind – by settling in that way, the mind becomes increasingly focused on the object [16]
Taming the Mind – by thinking of the qualities of samadhi, one feels greater joy for meditation [21]
Pacification of the Mind – then seeing the faults of distraction, one’s dislike for meditation is pacified [22]
Complete Pacification of the Mind – then whenever the cause of distraction, such as the subsidiary disturbing emotions or sleepiness or mental unease occur, they are completely pacified [24]
One-pointedness – then one attains some stability through applying the antidotes for distraction [26]
Resting in Equanimity – finally one is able to rest the mind on its object quite naturally, without resorting to any antidotes [28]

The ninth stage of resting the mind is also known as the ‘one-pointed mind of the desire realm’ (Wyl. ‘dod sems rtse gcig pa).

These are taken from Maitreya's Ornament of Mahayana Sutras (Skt. Mahayanasutralankara).

Six Powers

These stages are accomplished through the six powers (Wyl. stobs drug):

Listening/study (Wyl. thos pa) – ‘resting the mind’ is accomplished through listening to meditation instructions
Reflection (Wyl. bsam pa) – ‘resting the mind longer’ is accomplished through reflection and contemplation
Mindfulness (Tib. drenpa; Wyl. dran pa) – through mindfulness one accomplishes ‘continuously resettling’ and ‘fully settling the mind’; whenever one is distracted one gathers the mind and slowly, through habituation, non-distraction occurs
Awareness (Tib. shé shyin; Wyl. shes bzhin) – through awareness one accomplishes ‘taming the mind’, ‘pacifying the mind’ and ‘completely pacifying the mind’; with joy for awareness and seeing the faults of succumbing to thoughts and negative emotions, one no longer falls prey to them
Diligence (Tib. tsöndrü; Wyl. brtson ‘grus) – through diligence one accomplishes ‘complete pacification’ and ‘one-pointedness’; even subtle thoughts and negative emotions are abandoned
Complete familiarity (Wyl. yongs su ‘dris pa) – the final stage of ‘resting in equanimity’ where the mind is unaffected by the obstacles of dullness or agitation is accomplished through complete familiarity.

Four Mental Engagements

All of these stages can be condensed into the four mental engagements (Wyl. yid la byed pa bzhi):

tightly focused engagement – relates to the first two stages of resting the mind
interrupted engagement – this occurs from stage three to stage seven, when one is still susceptible to the obstacles of dullness and agitation and is therefore unable to abide for a long time
uninterrupted engagement – at stage eight one is able to remain unaffected by the obstacles of dullness and agitation without too much exertion
effortless engagement – at the ninth stage one is able to maintain the practice effortlessly

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Accused Florida man says his cat downloaded child porn, not him.

Posted by Xeni Jardin, August 7, 2009 2:06 PM | permalink

Florida law enforcement agents have charged 48-year-old Keith R. Griffin (shown at left) with 10 counts of possession of child pornography after a detective found over a thousand such images on his computer.
In his defense, Mr. Griffin told detectives "he would leave his computer on and his cat would jump on the keyboard. And when he returned there will be strange material downloaded."
He is jail, with bail set at a quarter million dollars. His cat roams free.

Accused Florida man says his cat downloaded child porn, not him. - Boing Boing

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Light paintings, also known as light drawing or light graffiti, is a photography technique in which exposures are usually made at night or in a darkened room. The images we are featuring here are from Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, the guys behind LAPP-PRO. The light art performance photography (briefly LAPP) is a one-shot, long time bulb exposure photography, performed additionally with movement of light. LAPP originates on a real-time basis directly in front of the camera, created between opening and closing the shutter.

The work from Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza was suggested by one of our readers, longo, who mentioned these guys and asked us for a post about them. As they have some really amazing photos, we made this selection to show you here. Long exposure photography involving light effects are really awesome. We also featured a post about it a while ago, Awesome Light Graffiti Pictures, and here we are again showing nice 'light paintings' to inspire you! In writing this post, I remembered the statement, "In photography, it's all about light." I would say that it all depends on the effect that you want to produce - the correct light, the right amount of light, extra light, 'moving' light and maybe no light! Personally, I really liked LAPP-PRO's photos. They are pure art! And thanks to longo for the great suggestion! Enjoy. :)

Bonus - LAPP Nature

Amazing Light Paintings | Abduzeedo | Graphic Design Inspiration and Photoshop Tutorials

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Unusual Fonts

If you want to create your own font sometimes it’s no need to use graphic programms. Just use various objects and try to form letters. These unusual fonts were created by Vladimir Koncar - artist from Zagreb, Croatia.

Cigarette Type

GreenLeaves Type

Hair Type

Narcissus Type

Pills Type

RottenApples Type

BeerCaps Type

Cactus Type

PaperClips Type

Clover Type

TeaBags Type

Soil Type