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Om Swami
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Om Swami's personal blog at os.me covers philosophy and health. Since 2019, 6 different Hacker News readers have linked it 22 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (5) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link Om Swami's personal-growth posts on self-forgiveness, career doubt, and what success means. One commenter points readers to his blogposts for questions about career drift and feeling insignificant.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 5 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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What Hacker News says?
You can try a two-step exercise mentioned in this post: https://os.me/forgive-yourself/
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on “The Lesson to Unlearn”Submitted Eight Signs of Progress in Meditation as a story · 3 points
HN discussion> However, there are some questions left unanswered. > Why did I need to do the absolute most to reach this point? > Why couldn’t I just leave Loom and say “I don’t know what I want to do next”? > Why do I feel the need to only be on a journey if it’s grand? > What is wrong with being insignificant? > Why is letting people down so hard? For these questions, I would suggest, you please read blogposts on https://os.me…
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on “I am rich and have no idea what to do”Submitted Walk the Dragon as a story · 2 points
HN discussionThere are four stages of mental stillness as per an awakened meditator mentioned in his book [0]. As per my understanding, you seem to be at stage 3 which is a great achievement. > On your journey so far, you’ve come off the freeway and you have driven through a suburban road. Now, you’ve hit the countryside road, the third stage of mental stillness. Just like effusive rivers rush into the sea but the sea remains un…
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on “Emerging evidence that mindfulness can sometimes increase selfish tendencies”Submitted The Four Noble Truths as a story · 2 points
HN discussionQuoting from https://os.me/the-heart-of-success/ > In Indian villages, even today, when an elephant passes through a village, all the elders gather and fold their hands in reverence. They also nudge the children to do the same and bow to the majestic pachyderm. “This is Lord Ganesha,” they say. And the kids quickly bring their hands together in reverence and holler, “Ganapati Bappa Morya!” and so on. The women step…
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on “Haters”Submitted What Is Dharma – Ultimate Path to Enlightenment as a story · 2 points
HN discussionI don't believe drugs whether prescribed or recreational can cure Mental disorders. yes they may alleviate the symptoms but they don't really work on the root cause which are basically ones mental tendencies, thought patterns or habits acquired over a period of time. here[0] is a different take on what depression is and gives a high level road map to come out of it, for more details this [1] is a book by the same au…
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on “Psilocybin 'promising' for depression”Submitted Eight Stages of Anger as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttps://os.me/not-found
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on “Ask HN: Happy 404 Day. Whats your favorite 404 error page?”Submitted Black Lotus – The World's Best Meditation App as a story · 2 points
HN discussionA conditioned mind (of an unrealized one) needs to be engaged in some activity to feel worthwhile (one of the definitive ways of measuring your progress in meditation is to check how long you can sit with just yourself without engaging in any activity [0]). It's also a fact that only few seem to demonstrate interest in creative/selfless pursuits at any point in time if you see in our history. For most people, the wo…
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on “Political trolling twice as popular as positivity, study suggests”Submitted Outlive as a story · 1 points
HN discussionThere's no age to start afresh. From [0]: > Colonel Harland Sanders created the world’s largest fast-food chicken chain, Kentucky Fried Chicken or KFC. From an early age, after his father’s death, Sanders was responsible for looking after his siblings. He worked numerous jobs including being a streetcar conductor and a railroad fireman. When he was 40, he was running a service station in Kentucky which he eventually…
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on “I’m 22 and I’ve failed”Submitted Dealing with Negative Thoughts as a story · 1 points
HN discussionLet me share few extracts from couple of articles on tackling Fear I've found quite good 1. The Source of Fear [0] > Often, it is said that face your fear but what does facing your fear really mean? And whatever it may mean, how to go about it? To begin with, personify your fear. Whatever is your fear, personify it and go for intense visualization. Imagine your fear is actually a person and you are facing it. Talk t…
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on “Rethinking Fear”Submitted Mind, O Mind as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Expansion of Consciousness as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Commitment as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Revenge as a story · 1 points
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