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Excellent write up I found this really interesting, especially the budget deficit section.

Hi Craig :)

Rat and rat adjacent links on meditation:

https://qualiacomputing.com/2021/12/03/high-valence-meditation/

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/tvuLWPJXjvoQfpbSG/book-review-altered-traits-1

https://vividness.live/

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z4S3tcybdvCymFs7zQ0ki1NIDQfBUP4EfWWDJjOf_Zw/edit#heading=h.ihi3yd1oa2d5

https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/me9FSqxQ8q63ihdia/meditation-course-claims-65-enlightenment-rate-my-review

Thanks for following along! <3

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Thank you, I appreciate the kind words.

I had a "πŸ”…" emoji in the title, which is my own personal symbol for this line of thought. Turns out an emoji in the title is a good way to immediately get downvoted through the floor and ruin your day πŸ˜….

And I was in Iveland! Β I'm back in Australia now writing up my thoughts, but I'd like very much to return. It was a beautiful country.

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Emrik
It displeases me that this forum is now a place where innocent and personality-unfolding shibboleths are frowned upon. I feel like we've been invaded by a mob o' hoity-toity professionalism-fanatics. I'm indubitably miffed, I say! Stay beautifwl!
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Austin
Glad you think so; thanks for checking us out!

Thank you for the kind words 😊

re developing the case clinic format we use, I was lucky enough to receive a case clinic at a microsolidarity workshop, so I've basically just been trying to re-create the experience I had for others. Beyond that it's just been following the PDF / trial and error πŸ˜…

You're right to home in on step 2, I think it's the most powerful / important part of the process.

A typical response might be something like "when you opened saying X, I felt strong empathy for you, because I've gone through something similar. And I really liked th... (read more)