@kdfrawg True, but flicking from one thing to another is unsettling.
// @skematica @hazardwarning @peemee
@hazardwarning Multi-tasking is usually not a good idea, and it leaves me feeling jangled, which I don’t like. I feel more scattered than I remember being in the past, and I’m not sure if it’s just age, or too much time on the computer.
// @skematica @peemee @kdfrawg
@hazardwarning Constant attentiveness is hugely demanding. When I try it, things usually go badly wrong. One time, I was so busy paying attention to my breathing, and the feel of the floor under my feet, that I tipped an entire box of salt into the pasta water. Ho hum. There went my illusions of mindfulness!
And yes, Sanskrit is on of the old Indo-European languages. It’s quite complicated, with lots of verb groups, eight different cases for nouns, and each of those comes with singular, dual and plural forms. I never got beyond learning that skeleton plus a few words and the script.
// @skematica @peemee @kdfrawg
@kdfrawg Sanskrit — there’s a Pali version too, but since most of my background is more yoga than Buddhism, I’m more familiar with the Sanskrit expressions.
// @skematica @peemee
@kdfrawg It’s possible Patanjali & the Buddha weren’t specifically fretting about the design choices of a mobile phone operating system, but where they concentrated on speaking about human nature, it still works.
// @skematica @peemee
@kdfrawg Exactly. The trick is to enjoy the dance without trying to hang on to it.
// @skematica @peemee