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I started indexing the lists of mnemonic substitutes in my new sources.<\/strong> I worked from Mnemonic Techniques<\/em> by Hoff and Remember It!<\/em> by Dellis. Early on I tried entering the lists themselves, but that took too much time for the number of lists there were. So I decided to put off the data collection and instead locate and categorize the lists I cared about so I could fill them in as I needed them. Along the way I made some observations and clarified some concepts I hadn\u2019t quite picked up on, like how the Person-Action-Object system<\/a> actually works and how memory athletes memorize long numbers. It felt good to finally gain some momentum on this project.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n Bishop Kallistos Ware\u2019s The Jesus Prayer<\/em> gave me some good guidance on how to practice this prayer.<\/strong> I\u2019ve found myself praying it a lot this year, especially during my health insurance crisis, and I wanted to fill in my spotty understanding of how it\u2019s usually done. Ware\u2019s book was a helpful, brief overview. A couple of key points for me: (1) Pray it when you have attention for it rather than literally continuously. (2) The wording can vary, but the most important feature is Jesus\u2019 name. I tend to get hung up on asking for mercy or acknowledging my sinfulness, but the goal of the prayer is loving communion and contemplation of Jesus.<\/p>\n \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n Saturday I flew down with my brother to visit our parents, watch the solar eclipse, and later drive out to our sister\u2019s wedding.<\/strong> The weather for the eclipse may not cooperate as well as last time<\/a>, but in any case it\u2019s nice to get away and visit our old stomping grounds again. And the flight in had its own spectacular views.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n A post shared by Andy Culbertson (@thinkulum)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\nSpirituality<\/h2>\n
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