Secret to 🧘‍♂️. Rap. Cali surf's up: king tides

COASTAL FLOODING - SECRET TO FLOW STATE MEDITATING

Good thing I figured out how to stand up on this slippery board when it was easy and level.

Settle down, Pretty Woman. Hold still. Relax. Ease into it and pay undistracted attention.

I'm not afraid of no high tides. Whatever!

(Watchers.news) Warnings remain in effect for the San Diego and Orange County coasts through October 29, 2026, as high tides and elevated water levels threaten roads and low-lying properties.

The National Weather Service (NWS) also has Coastal Flood Advisories for other shoreline areas, including Los Angeles-area beaches, San Francisco Bay, San Luis Obispo, Monterey Bay, and Humboldt Bay.

Coastal flood alerts remain in effect across the Los Angeles, Oxnard, San Diego, and San Francisco forecast areas through Thursday, October 29th.

Water looks pretty skanky and poopy today, Bro

The National Weather Service (NWS) has a Coastal Flood Warning for San Diego and Orange counties and Coastal Flood Advisories farther north, with high tides and elevated coastal water levels forecast to flood vulnerable low-lying locations and contribute to shoreline erosion, loss of precious sand, and road closures. More

• Urgent flood alert issued across California as monster king tides sweep in | New York Post

Is surfing the most Buddhist sport?

Man, I'm just ONE with waves

What is a "Buddhist sport"? To be sure such activities exist. One thinks of yoga postures and stretch-series, skateboarding, public speaking, performing, standing on a stage freestyle-rapping trying not to shake or let anyone see you sweat, getting into THE ZONE. That zone is what modern psychology calls the flow state and what the rest of the world has long called "Zen."

Zen has a literal meaning -- jhana, dhyana, chan... But most Zen practitioners do not know much about it, being nowhere close to satori or kensho, just sitting in their shikantaza, imagining they're making progress to no goal.

It's "beginner's mind" everyday

Let's study shoshin or beginner's mind today in Zen Garden School

Oh, I thought "Zen" was blissfully zonking out.

"Zen" used to mean "meditation" but in the sense of meditative absorption rather than contemplative practices in the fourfold setting up of mindfulness (sati).

Any sporting activity that allows one to be mindful -- that is, not discursively thinking like that oppressive inner voice slave-driving us most of the time, but rather inner silence, focus, attention excluding all distractions -- could be "Buddhafied," made more natural (less consciously effortful, less of a struggle, more of an allowing, more of an accepting of what is).

What's the secret? Please tell us the secret!!!

How to become a great surfer. Step 1: Practice balancing on surfboard when it's still and easy.

How can you tolerate all that heat, sir?

What is the secret? The secret is obvious, so obvious most of us would rather have a "better" secret for instant enlightenment and no effort at all.

Those secrets follow and unfold from the first and most obvious secret: practice. In the mystical East, India and the Indosphere in particular, this sort of "practice" is called sādhanā by adepts.

It is regular rather than irregular, persistent rather than on-and-off, daily rather than just on the weekends, continuous rather than broken... Imagine getting into a very warm tub. How is that done, assuming there's a "best" or "right" way?

• How does the old joke go? Musician lost in Manhattan asks a taxi driver, "How do you get to Carnegie Hall?" The driver smiles and snaps, "ANSWER"?

The best way to get in untested waters?

One jumps in, scalding the skin, splashing most of the tub water onto the floor, screaming, flailing, biting down on the tongue, squinting, scrunching, holding one's junk? No, obviously not. That's no way to do it. What are we, children?

Be as an actual child, behaving naturally, with sensitivity, responding to the immediate environment, testing, starting slowly and gently.

One slides in smoothly, hardly disturbing the surface, easing into it until it's tolerable and relaxing, letting go, unclutching, untightening, undoing -- allowing. The water washes over one, soothing and softening the muscles, with a smile on the mug. This is the way to the first kind of Buddhist meditation called serenity (samatha).

• It's easy at first then it's impossible. Why impossible? The Buddha pointed out Five Hindrances, obstacles that ruin everything. Introducing them, he teaches how to overcome.

Oh, I get it, just relax and allow the soothing.

It's natural, so if we "allow" it rather than "trying" to do it, "struggling," "muscling," "over-efforting," "pushing," "shoving," or tormenting ourselves, poof there it is suddenly, like magic. Now, how to hold it? Hold it as a gentle child would hold a butterfly that doesn't fly away, most delicately, gingerly, tenderly, not staring at it or wanting anything from it, just radically accepting it and ALLOWING.

Ooh, I can do it right here, right NOW.

The second kind of Buddhist meditation (vipassana bhavana or "cultivating liberating-insight") takes a skilled teacher, which are not easy to find. The purpose here is to directly know-and-see things as they really are. What things? Just two, matter and mind, physics and psychology, the world and self, or as the great living Meditation Master Pa Auk Sayadaw puts it, ultimate materiality and ultimate mentality. How?

With a foundation in serenity (stillness, samma-samadhi, concentration, the eight absorptions), attention is turned from the breath (or nimitta) to setting up the Four Foundations of Mindfulness. But in the meantime, just to get to the flow state, the surfing, the rapping, the accepting, allowing, the peace to be experienced here and now, exhale, let go, smile.

In a flow state? Now, how to freestyle rap?

I'm the king of this shiznit, the linguist, all scientifical, like an English major of da streets!

The flow state in psychology

Freestyle rap, simply known as freestyle, is a style of hip-hop music where an artist normally improvises unwritten verses, with or without instrumental beats (or beatboxing). The lyrics are recited with no particular subject or structure [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] until it becomes a challenge, slam, or competition. It is similar to other improvisational music, such as jazz [6], where a lead instrumentalist acts as an improviser with a supporting band providing a beat. Freestyling was originally verse that is free of style, written rhymes that do not follow a specific subject matter or predetermined cadence. A newer style with improvisation grew popular starting in the early 1990s. It is now mainly associated with hip hop and takes a calm, cool, and collected (unstressed) demeanor to do well. More

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Flow for creativity and charisma

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British biddy beats Burrus bad

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What about B-Balling (basketball)?

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RAP: "Look at Me Now"

Best rap? Chris Brown "Look at Me Now" ft. Lil Wayne, Busta Rhymes

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Ain't no way no white man can rap!

☠️ (Harry Mack) Every time they thought I couldn't rap ☠️

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The Floods: SoCal surf; Isaias, Rachel, Simon

The Buddha warned of four great floods

Ven. Nyanatiloka (Buddhist Dictionary) edited by Dhr. Seven, Wisdom Quarterly

Say it slowly, Awakened One, so we can hear it.

The Buddhist term "floods" (ogha) is a name for the four influxes (the āsavas or "taints, corruptions, cankers, outflows, intoxicating biases" as in DN 16 the Mahā Parinibbāna Sutta, Paṭisambhidā-magga, and Vibhaṅga).

What are these four great dangers? The flood or influx of:

1. sensual craving (kāmāsava)
2. [craving for] existence (bhavāsava)
3. [wrong] views (ditthāsava)
4. ignorance (avijjāsava).

I want to hear this to be free from future dangers

A list of three, omitting the influx of views, is possibly older and occurs more frequently in the sutras (e.g., in MN 2, MN 9, DN 33; A.III.59, 67; A.VI.63). The Vibhanga (Khuddakavatthu Vibhanga) mentions both this threefold and fourfold division.

The fourfold division also occurs under the name of "floods" (ogha) and "yokes" (yoga).

Through the first stage of enlightenment (the path of stream-entry), the flood of [clinging to wrong] views is destroyed.

Through the third stage (the path of non-returning), the flood of sensual craving is done away with.

Through the fourth stage (the path of arhatship, full enlightenment), the floods of craving for eternal existence (endless rebirths in samsara) and ignorance are stopped. Craving can be brought to cessation?

The Samaññaphala Sutta (MN 2) shows how to overcome these four floods, namely, through:

• insight (wisdom),
• sense-control (restraint),
• avoidance (adverting attention),
• wise use of the necessities of life,
• and so on.

Why would anyone want to awaken?

For a commentarial exposition, see Atthasālini (Tr. I, p. 63f: II, pp. 475ff.)

Khīnāsava is "one whose corruptions are destroyed" or "one who is free of cankers." This is a name for an arhat, a perfected person, a Buddhist saint, completely liberated person who has awakened and experienced nirvana in this very life and lives out the remainder of life in complete certainty of liberation (moksha) and freedom (vimutti).

Can an enlightened person surf over the floods?

This state of arhatship is frequently called āsavakkhaya, "the destruction of the floods." Discourses concluding with the attainment of arhatship by those who hear them, often culminate with the words:

"During this utterance, the hearts of the [meditators, listeners, hearers] were freed from the floods through [letting go] clinging no more" (anupādāya āsavehi cittāni vimuccimsū'ti).

California coastal flood chaos! 🌊 Massive waves flood streets, vehicles stranded in Newport Beach, OC

Whatevers. I ain't afraid of no coast. Who needs it? We'll just buy more sand from Mexico.

Aerial view of the low-lying City of Newport Beach, SoCal (photo by Don Ramey Logan/wiki)

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No, Son, that's too dangerous! Get inside!

(Storm-HQ) Southern California coastal flooding turns streets into rivers on October 9, 2026, as massive waves, swells, and unusually high tides overwhelmed ritzy Newport Beach (OC) and Long Beach (LA), battering Surf City USA in Southern California.

Floodwaters surround vehicles across the Balboa Peninsula, while powerful surf damages multimillion dollar beachfront homes and coastal defenses in Long Beach.

With Tropical Storm Rachel approaching, emergency officials warned that more dangerous flooding could follow.

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Tropical Storm Rachel hits LA, OC

(NewsX Live) We're in absolute shock; all we can do is play in the water

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Three massive storms battering North America at same time: Rachel, Simon, and Isaias

Newport Beach has such a concentration of West Coast wealth that it is its own flagged island

See, God, it's just that Newport is where we park all of our rich and fancy yachts (Balboa Island)

Aerial view of the Lido Peninsula in Newport Beach, California (Don Ramey Logan)

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Balboa Peninsula, Newport Beach, OC

Newport Beach, California, became one of the hardest-hit communities as seawater surged into residential streets across the Balboa Peninsula. Flooding affected approximately 15 to 20 blocks, leaving vehicles surrounded by corrosive seawater and reaching nearby properties.

Officials reported that the morning tide rose roughly nearly two feet (20 inches) above its predicted level, creating dangerous conditions for motorists and residents.

The City of Newport Beach declared a local emergency as coastal floodwaters spread through vulnerable neighborhoods.

Home about to collapse into ocean

Meanwhile in Malibu, residents like Del Rey just want to get high by beach

(KTLA 5) Home on verge of collapse as high tide hits Long Beach Peninsula

Emergency crews deployed pumps, opened drainage valves, and worked to rebuild protective sand barriers.

Toxic sewage about to swamp LA, OC

WARNING: Residents and visitors are urged to avoid flooded streets while authorities respond to the rapidly developing coastal flooding emergency.

Long Beach, in LA County (home of the Queen Mary and Spruce Goose), are also suffering significant storm damage as massive waves batter the Peninsula and break through sections of a protective coastal barrier.

The Beach Boys and their Woody vehicle popularized the myth of a perfect, ever-sunny SoCal

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We're fine on sunny days. Let's clean up!

Seawater flooded nearby streets, damaged beachfront properties, and threatened homes along Seaside Walk. Building inspectors declared some structures unsafe to enter, while one severely damaged beachfront home faced the risk of collapsing toward the ocean.

The destruction extends beyond flooded neighborhoods. Powerful surf is damaging the access road to San Onofre State Beach near the Orange County and San Diego County boundary.

Coastal erosion, damaged infrastructure, and dangerous waves are raising concerns across Southern California as residents prepare for additional high tides.

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I ain't afraid of no surf!

Tropical Storm Rachel added another threat to the California flooding emergency. The approaching Pacific storm prompted a rare tropical storm watch for coastal San Diego County, including San Diego, Oceanside, Carlsbad, and Chula Vista.

Forecasters are warning of possible strong winds, heavy rainfall, dangerous surf, and additional coastal flooding over the weekend.

• [SoCal is suffering a massive heat wave during Indian Summer 2026, but over the weekend it'll rain before things heat up again.*]

At least mountains are safe? Not quite

Big Bear Lake in summer, Southern California

Flood watches far from the beaches also cover inland communities across San Diego, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties. Palm Springs (the high desert), Coachella (site of the massive annual festival), Indio (with its inland Salton Sea), Big Bear Lake (home of Jackie and Shadow, the most famous eagles in the world), and Lake Arrowhead face the possibility of flash flooding as tropical moisture approaches desert valleys and mountain communities.

These locations are under weather alerts rather than confirmed reports of widespread flood destruction.

Hurricane Simon goes for Mexico

(Asianet News English) Hurricane Simon comes after Mexico: boats sink,

roads flood, and tourist destination Puerto Vallarta prepares for big hit

Will Trump's Iran bomb us in time?

Iran, now's a good time to bomb LA and SD

Coastal flood advisories extend north toward Malibu, Ventura, San Francisco, Monterey Bay, and Big Sur, where elevated tides and powerful waves threaten low-lying roads, beach facilities, and shoreline neighborhoods. (Goodbye, Gilroy, "Garlic Capital of the World," and your festival).

Pres. Trump invites Iran to ‘take out’ Los Angeles and San Diego

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Malibu and surrounding neighborhoods, LA

Authorities warn that dangerous conditions could continue through the weekend and into the following week. This video covers the Oct. 9, 2026, California floods, Newport Beach flooding, Balboa Peninsula flood damage, Long Beach coastal flooding, Tropical Storm Rachel, massive waves, flooded streets, vehicles surrounded by water, damaged beachfront homes, coastal erosion, and severe weather across Southern California, West Coast, USA.

Post-Iran nuking weather report

*Tropical Storm Rachel to bring rain, coastal flooding risk to SoCal

Nobody saw this 'storm train' coming

(Max Velocity - Severe Weather Center) Storms, tornadoes, rains, floods

• ALERT: Bill Martin West Coast Weather Channel: Rachel

The confirmed flooding and property damage described in this report occurred primarily in Newport Beach and Long Beach. Other California locations face flood watches and coastal warnings, with additional impacts dependent on changing weather conditions.

For official California flood warnings, coastal flood advisories, and tropical storm updates, follow the National Weather Service, NOAA National Hurricane Center, and local emergency management authorities. And don't say we didn't warn you. #CaliforniaFloods #NewportBeach #CoastalFlooding