Seems like a second-order effect to me, and this report is a good example

This doesn't really make sense. We're using stand off munitions to bomb targets like missile silo entrances--why would you not just use guided bombs if we had air superiority? Civilian casualties wouldn't be a factor

They've been saying it on stage for a couple years now:

https://x.com/HotSpotHotSpot/status/1996018001368563842

I think your impression of China is outdated by about a decade

I find myself particularly suspicious of efforts block content on the internet these days

I've never liked the way meditation makes me feel, but I really like doing "guided relaxation". To an extent that I think they have to be different somehow, even though a lot of people would probably say they're the same thing.

I feel like staring at walls is similar.

> I've never liked the way meditation makes me feel

This is common. A true meditation practice brings up a lot of stuff, from general body aches and pains to deep emotional things you may be unconsciously suppressing. With time and persistence, and with the right teacher, it becomes liberating though.

I don't think that's it. I've never been one to shy away from any difficult emotional experiences I have (maybe I'm wrong though who knows)

I just end up feeling emotionally "flat" after doing it. Which sometimes feels like that's the goal, but I don't like the feeling

Ah, I see, that's also very common. Taken all the way it can develop into nihilism, which is one of the two extreme views in Buddhism [1]. I fell into that early on and abandoned my practice for many years. I found that once I found the Mahayana teachings on emptiness [2] and then the stories of the Vajrayana masters [3] the practice became joyful again and not bogged down by some narrow view of what meditation is.

[1] https://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Two_extremes

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9A%C5%ABnyat%C4%81 and particularly as formulated in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prajnaparamita

[3] for example Saraha: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saraha and Tilopa: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilopa

Did you noticed the Sri Yantra pattern in the Prajnaparamita article?

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yantra

How would you describe the difference between them?

Bizarre for them to suggest this right after the US unilaterally launched the most unpopular war in modern history. A war with almost no tangible upside for US citizens, and a war many people think was started on the whims of another country.

What are they thinking lol

For the sake of peace... yes ;)

"The United States sent guns to the Iranian protesters through the Kurds, President Trump told Fox News."

"Happy New Year to every Iranian in the streets. Also to every Mossad agent walking beside them..." - Mike Pompeo

Words from one of the world's most infamous delusional liars. Words worth nothing.

Look at where Germany is now?

They're a total non-player on the world stage. They completely kowtow to the US. Hardly a good example

> They're a total non-player on the world stage.

It's the biggest economy in Europe and the de facto "head country" of the EU.