I highly suggest "The Tibetan Book of The Dead" and "The Power of Silence." Try to find the TBOTD version translated by W.Y. Evans-Wentz if you're not one for happy meal, watered-down philosophy. Take these texts with a grain of salt at first only because they will be thoroughly alien to your mind; once absorbed use wisely.
"...that which clingth not no fall can come. Where no fall cometh, there is rest, and where rest is, there is no keen desire. Where keen desire is not, naught cometh or goeth; and where naught cometh or goeth there is no death, no birth." -GB, TBOTD
"Cutting our chains is marvelous, but also very undesirable, for nobody wants to be free." -CC, The Power of Silence
EDIT: btw yogic flying is for idiots. Those who've practiced meditation for years and those fewer who've reached Nirvana have accessed and gained control enough to manipulate what they call the dharmakaya which is connected to the right temporal lobe I believe (also referred to as the silent mind). Those with this degree of mastery have OOB experiences with great maneuverability.
Both the practice and the book are honest and simple in approach. I used to hunt for complex, cerebral stuff, dismissing anything else, but have slowly realised the error of my ways.
Your problem is that you thought understanding could guide you in meditation. It can't. But it's still necessary for advanced techniques. Anything worthwhile takes time and discipline--don't give up. Real meditation isn't a weekend retreat. Sorry yuppies. :(
Why on earth would an old translation in that kind of Biblical language be preferable above a newer translation? That kind of language is perfect for suggesting wisdom, through age, where there isn't any.
Definitely agree this juggling rests in experienced hands. A vet knows what balls can be dropped and which ones cannot. My thoughts on this are:
1) As a rule of thumb, the longer the project the more structured it should be--which should be a no brainer.
2) Having a clean dispatch module allows you to sweep the mess under loosely coupled rugs.
3) Programmers are code excavators first, curators second, developers third.
Out of curiosity, what barter product was it? I've been working on an offline sharing site (http://pickupon.com/) specializing in direct trade for a while and just started inviting friends. Any opinions/advice in this area?
It would be interesting if features and the amount of content produced by them scaled with the frequency of interactivity between contacts. WLN seems to draw just another arbitrary line. Although it has some flaws, using levels of shared knowledge in the form of questions to be answered to access content isn't a bad proposition either.
Thanks, this was the type of answer I was looking for. S3 definitely sounds affordable. I knew bandwidth would get expensive but had no clue exactly how bad.
MVP is convenient. It allows users to pay for their level of involvement from what I understand. I agree if a startup is going to play that game they should be transparent.
Some people get paid to stick company advertisements on the sides of their cars. Perhaps an analogous plan could exist where people agree to post/blog/tweet about the company and use a company avatar in exchange for an MVP account. More followers = better account. I'm sure there's stuff like this already but certainly having a universally recognizable karma system online would help--as sinister as it sounds--still good for business.
Also, sites can and do allocate system resources corresponding to account level. This hypothetically gives the user a taste of the real deal on a meager allowance.
