u/Scared_Cicada_9898

I consider myself a Buddhist, and what started out as just some light research has fullt transformed how I think about the world, but I struggle to continuously learn, and practice dharma. Meditation is also difficult for me to do daily, and if i skip a day I end up just not doing it anymore. I think part of it is the lack of Sangha in my practice. Im 14, and while there are a suprising number of buddhist communities near me I am unable to go due to the fact my single mother is too busy to drive me somewhere every Sunday, and its just not the same online.

When a bug is killed by me, accidentally of course, how should I proceed? Its just so easy to accidentally kill one as they are obviously very small, and I am very big.

What would be the best way to proceed in other situations like, for example: my family a while ago was pressuring me to kill a spider in out bathroom that had made a fairly large home above our cabinet, and at the time is was my job to clean the bathroom. I couldnt easily remove it, and Ive grown quite fond of spiders anyways, so I refused which led to a few members of my family being slightly annoyed with me. I dont enjoy being stubborn, I just didnt want to kill it.

Im gonna be honest; I dont really listen to the mountain goats, but I love Full Force Galesburg so much. Its one of my favorite albums, but I cant find any that arent stupidly expensive cause there are no modern pressings of the album.

Edit: id also really like it so I can add to a sub collection i have going with my records that feature Hindu gods on the cover

In the song Schottkey 7th Path theres this quiet boom followed by a beeping noise (the best way I can describe it), and i cant put my finger on exactly where, but I swear ive heard it while playing a half life or half life related valve game

I myself am not christian, but think that the religion is worth studying, and im reading this book (Adam, eve, and the serpant) about the first sin and how/why early Christians demonized sexual acts or acts revolving procreation/non procreation like homosexual sex(or what the early christians would call sodomy), abortion, sex before marriage, sex in general, and even marriage as a whole. I have been able to get a lot out of the book such as the knowledge that christinaity, when stripped down, is a very radical religion, but people historically have trouble excepting that.

I want to learn more because the book brings a lot of different interperatations and stories and modified versions, and opposing veiws of what happens in the bible, and its a lot to swollow, and I have trouble wrapping my head around all of it, so id like people to reccomend some other sources that discuss the first sin, Adam and eve, the christian view on sex, and what jesus says about these topics vs how christians view the bible because I personally think those are two very different things.

So im on vacation, and I accidentally got a bit of pink algea in my mouth while brushing my teeth. I ran my toothbrush under the tap instead of using bottled water, and I immidiatly realized after a few seconds of it being in my mouth and spat it out/rinsed my mouth. I rinsed my toothbrush with clean water them brushed my teeth normally, but now im really freaked out because ive heard of what it can do.

I feel like corook gets hated on waaayy too much because people focus on their more "cringy" (i hate that word🙄) songs and not the ones that are actually smart. People did like them in the early 2020's because there was still some of that 2010's progressive optimism lingering, but that we've shifted to a more hateful aproach to the world people have started to join the corook hate train, and its really sad to see.

Im trying to find physical versions of kimya dawsons album thunder thighs, (cd or vinyl), but everywhere I look is either sold out or sort of sketchy, and im wondering if physical copies are still being sold. Id also like to know if you can get any official physical copies of any of her other albums (besides remember that I love you cause i already have that).

What does your copy of the book smell like? Specifically the full color remastered edition. Im asking because I opened up my copy to fact check something that happened in the book, and I was suddenly hit with this huge wave of nostalgia that no other book has given me from Simply openning it till I realized it was the smell.

It had a very sweet, slightly mildewey smell with a hint of glue, and im wondering if anyone elses copy smells simmilar or has had a simmilar experience

I recently had a really concering nightmare about sex, and I dont really know what to do because im unable to seek out therapy. Its also not the type of thing I can talk to anyone, so I dont know where to go. I think i know why I had the dream I just dont know how to deal with the fact I had it, and this isnt the first nightmare about sex ive had