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ow would things sound if I stopped thinking?</li></ul><h2 id="9fa8">Somatic Field</h2><ul><li>Which part of my body is the least comfortable?</li><li>Which parts of my body are hardest to detect?</li><li>What happens when I concentrate on two body parts at once?</li><li>Do any bad emotions arise during the body scan?</li><li>How would my body change if I stopped thinking about it?</li></ul><h2 id="778a">Taste Field</h2><ul><li>Does the taste change as I roll it around my tongue?</li><li>How does the intensity compare with other things I have tasted?</li><li>How would it taste if I had never smelled it?</li><li>Does my feeling about the taste change between first contact and swallow?</li><li>How would it taste if I were asleep right now?</li></ul><h2 id="a87c">Olfactory Field</h2><ul><li>Would I recognize the smell if I had not seen it?</li><li>What adjectives are suitable? (Smooth? Bold? Sweet? Floral?)</li><li>How close must it come to me before my nose can detect it?</li><li>Does it improve my mood or worsen it?</li><li>What memories does it bring to mind?</li></ul><h2 id="5631">Cognitive Field</h2><ul><li>If my thoughts were rabbits in a yard, how crowded would the yard be?</li><li>If my attention was a dog, which rabbits would it chase?</li><li>How much of my focus three seconds ago was on the past?</li><li>How does a little circle make me feel?</li><li>What would I be dreaming now if I were not awake?</

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li></ul><h2 id="9690">Emotional Field</h2><ul><li>How easy or hard is it to turn each feeling on and off?</li><li>What changes will happen when I start to pray?</li><li>If I were the prow of a ship would my sea be bright under the sun?</li><li>Who have I shared this suffering with?</li><li>How deeply do I love you?</li></ul><figure id="ef74"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*31vXTbzWPAdDxN72iuu31w.jpeg"><figcaption>Photo by Author | Dancing with the Goddess</figcaption></figure><h2 id="1f17">Questions After the Scans are All Finished</h2><ul><li>Did I close my eyes for most of the scans?</li><li>In what ways are mental fields like maps?</li><li>If I were only allowed to keep one field, which one would I choose?</li></ul><h1 id="010c">Note</h1><p id="4022">To the best of my recollection, all the questions are in my own words. If I copied anybody from unconscious memory it was probably my first remote meditation teacher, <a href="https://www.thegreatcourses.com/professors/mark-w-muesse/">Mark Muesse</a>, a Therevada practitioner from Texas.</p><h1 id="d3c3">About the Author</h1><p id="f104">Tom spends his workdays asking people in a big store if they would like any information about heating and cooling. He often wears an Indiana Jones hat. A grapevine in his front yard convinced him to let her live and to even provide her with a little support. That’s all. :)</p></article></body>

US Senate Candidate Panders to Black Voters By Smoking Weed

Black people don’t care about some damn weed. Foundational Black Americans need specific tangibles and resources.

Gary Chambers Jr in his campaign ad. Photograph: Gary Chambers

The Democratic Politicians are out here once again pandering to Black people. Some of the local Democratic politicians are pulling one of their old worn-out tricks to get the Black vote by making themselves look hip.

Gary Chambers Jr., a United States Senate candidate from Louisiana, recently released an ad where he’s smoking some weed.

Do you know how desperate that is? This is pure desperation. Black folks do not give a damn about any weed. You see, when it comes to us, it becomes all of this gutter pandering and lowbrow nonsense — forget about what we’re asking for, we’re asking for historic tangibles that are due to us. And they’re like “No, no nigga. Let’s bring out some barbeque pork ribs, collard greens, and cornbread. Let’s break out the blunts, let’s break out the music, and let’s all do the dougie.” Newsflash Democrats, we’re not trying to do the symbolism thing anymore, we’re going to need some tangibles if you want us to support these candidates.

I’m extremely proud and happy at the fact that more and more Black people are getting on code and not falling for the symbolism trick that these politicians, especially the Democrats, love to pull on us. Just like how they thought by putting our beloved Foundational Black American ancestor, Maya Angelou, on the back of a quarter next to George Washington, the First President of the United States and slave master, was going to satisfy us — we don’t care.

So Black folks, continue to stay on code with these Democrats and Republicans. If they are not going to ride for us, we don’t need to ride for them. It’s just that simple because I refuse to drive to the nearest voting center to help put people in these seats that are not going to provide specific tangibles — like reparations — to my community.

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