• a [[game]].
  • not to be confused with [[braid]] -- which is amazing by the way.
  • Braids is a solitaire/coop game I think I may have invented :)
  • It goes like this:
    • you [[count]], from zero up.
      • I do this while meditating, but that's optional, I guess.
        • unless we're always meditating?
          • ([[buddha nature]] and all)
        • or we're entities programmed to do so.
    • as you count, you visualize the [[number]].
      • I do a version of [[box breathing]].
        • It helps me reach [[samatha]].
        • as I [[breathe in]], I count [[up]] the side of a square 👆
        • as I hold, I traverse a lateral edge ▶
        • as I [[breathe out]], I try to [[factorize]] the number if I want and I [[go down]] 👇
        • as I am yet not breathing in, I optionally rest as I [[go left]] ◀️
      • I start at [[0]] and move up according to three default rules:
        • increase the number by one
          • so after [[1]] comes [[2]]
        • increase one of its [[factors]] by one and multiply
          • this is equivalent to the above for a [[prime]], it reduces to the rule above
          • the choice can be made to encode a number by convention, like order
        • extra rules can be agreed and numbered
      • a braid is what players achieve by counting up to a certain number through different paths
    • player 0
      • 0
      • 1
      • 2
      • 3
      • 4
        • 2 2
      • 5
      • 6
        • 2 3
      • 7
      • 8
        • 2 2 2
      • 9
        • 3 3
      • 10
        • 2 5
      • 12
        • 2 2 3
      • 13
      • 14
        • 2 7
      • 15
        • 3 5
          • 3 6
      • 16
        • 2 2 2 2
      • [[17]]
      • 18
        • 2 3 3
      • 19 - player 1 - 0 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 2 2 - 5 - 6 - 2 3 - 7 - 8 - 2 2 2 - 9 - 3 3 - 10 - 2 5 - 12 - 2 2 3 - 13 - 14 - 2 7 - 15 - 3 5 - 3 6 - 18 - 2 3 3
      • 19

meditation technique

• a [[process]].
  • I meditate 10 minutes on [[waking up]], and then 5 or 10 more most days in the evening.
    • #pull [[samatha]] [[vipassana]] [[buddha nature]]
    • [[breath is the palace of buddha]]
  • #push [[numbers]]
    • While meditating I sometimes do variations on [[box breathing]] combined with [[counting]].
      • It's maybe a bit idiosyncratic but it helps me focus; I'll write more about it in this node.
      • It's important to let go of the process after a while, instead of becoming [[attached]] to the counting.
    • While I [[breathe]], I sometimes visualize a box.
      • I started by using [[single time]] to count with the help of this box.
        • On breathing in, I count and optionally visualize a number inside or near the box as I go up the leftmost edge.
        • On not yet breathing out, I go right through the upper edge.
        • On breathing out, I go down the rightmost edge.
          • While I do this, optionally, I [[factorize]] the number or evaluate it according to some well known function.
          • If the number is known to be prime, optionally, I calculate its multiples until I start another breath.
            • If some multiple is known to be interesting, I stop there and make a mental note of where I stopped.
            • [[119]] is known to be interesting, for example, because it was the first multiple of [[17]] which I found interesting in one particular run through this process.
              • It was the first number that I couldn't decide as prime or composite based on some procedure simpler than knowing it was a multiple of 17.
      • On occasion I find it useful to [[double time]].
        • That means, to count up both when [[inhaling]] and [[exhaling]].
        • This can feel more engaging, which makes it easier to maintain focus.
        • It also lets one make use of our body's natural [[parity bit]]: breathing in and out follow each other like odd and even numbers.
        • I start counting at one, so odd numbers happen when inhaling and even numbers when exhaling.
        • Interesting noting related to a number takes place on two consecutive edges.