update Meditation and the Mind

add image about men's virility

.gitmodules

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 [submodule "themes/PaperMod"]
 	path = themes/PaperMod
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+[submodule "themes/plausible-hugo"]
+	path = themes/plausible-hugo
+	url = https://github.com/divinerites/plausible-hugo

content/2024-09-04-how-you-know-god's-way-work.md

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-title: How you know God's way work
-description: ""
-date: 2024-09-04T16:20:48.289Z
-preview: ""
-author: "Andrew"
-draft: true
-tags: []
-categories: []
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----
-
-A simple way to know if something works is to try it out. If [thing or activity] does not work, you'll know. Now then, consider the ways of 

content/2024-10-08-contact.md

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-title: Contact
-description: ""
-date: 2024-10-08T10:24:09.133Z
-preview: ""
-draft: true
-tags: []
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----
-
-
-My contact information is as follows:
-
-- Phone number: 256-755-9555
-- Email: anw@andrewnw.com
-- Instagram: andrewnoahwo

content/books.md

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 title: "Books"
 date: '2024-07-08T19:51:46-05:00'
 # weight: 1
-# aliases: ["/first"]
+aliases: ["/books"]
 # tags: ["first"]
 # author: "Me"
 # author: ["Me", "You"] # multiple authors

content/contact.md

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+---
+title: Contact
+description: ""
+# date: 2024-10-08T10:24:09.133Z
+aliases: ["/contact"]
+preview: ""
+draft: false
+tags: []
+categories: []
+---
+
+
+My contact information is as follows:
+
+- Instant message (encrypted and private): [Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/@cyb3rsh3ll:matrix.org)
+- Email: [anw@andrewnw.com](mailto:anw@andrewnw.com)
+- Instagram: @andrewnoahwrites

content/posts/2024-09-04-how-you-know-god's-ways-work.md

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+---
+title: How you know God's ways work
+description: ""
+date: 2024-09-04T16:20:48.289Z
+preview: ""
+author: "Andrew"
+draft: true
+tags: []
+categories: []
+type: default
+---
+
+A simple way to know if something works is to try it out. If [thing or activity] does not work, you'll know. Now then, consider the ways of God. Specifically the ways of Love as told in 1 Corinthians 13.
+
+1 Corinthians 13: 4-7 (NASB) says
+
+4 Love is patient, love is kind, it is not jealous; love does not brag, it is not arrogant. 5 It does not act disgracefully, it does not seek its own benefit; it is not provoked, does not keep an account of a wrong suffered, 6 it does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; 7 it keeps every confidence, it believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
+
+I am going to walk you through some of the things here. I'm going to start with patience.
+
+## Patience
+
+When you have patience, what might that look like?
+
+Waiting on someone or something.
+
+It may also practically look like waiting for yourself to make a big decision. It may also look like enduring a screaming kid or unpleasant words.
+
+Whatever it looks like, it involves waiting for something.
+
+Let's move on to kind.
+
+## Kind
+
+Kindness is like

content/posts/2024-10-08-resources-for-lust.md

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 ---
-title: Resources for lust
-description: ""
+title: Resources for combating lust
+description: "Lust is a big thing for people because it can be private. I will examine that and detail my struggles with it"
 date: 2024-10-08T09:45:50.717Z
-preview: ""
+preview: "Lust is a big thing for people because it can be private. I will examine that and detail my struggles with it"
 draft: true
+# showToc: true
 tags: ["resources", ""]
 categories: []
 ---
 
-Please do be advised that this is a heavy topic. I understand not wanting to talk about it. It needs to be talked about. If you ever want to get in touch with me for any reason, see [my contact information](https://blog.cybershell.xyz/contact).
-
-
+Please do be advised that this is a heavy topic. I understand not wanting to talk about it. It needs to be talked about. If you ever want to get in touch with me for any reason, see [my contact information](/contact).
 
+#### Why?
 
 You may be asking yourself why I am talking about this. Why lust? Because if I have struggled with it for the past 15 or so years, I know other people are.
 
@@ -19,5 +19,24 @@ I am going to first start with how I overcame it, then go into resources.
 
 I struggled with impure thoughts my whole life. I never thought anything about wasting my seed - and that is the fundamental thing I was missing. By wasting my seed to porn or impure thoughts, which were a problem even when I was viewing no porn, I was wasting my life force. But there is a key component I was missing: my seed is a life force and energy. I was taught wrongly and wasn't aware of the benefits of semen retention.
 
-The anecdotal evidence for "NoFap" is strong. Here is a video on NoFap quotes: 
+The anecdotal evidence for "NoFap" is strong. Here is a video on NoFap quotes I have found interesting: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqtmPX0pQ88](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqtmPX0pQ88)
 
+I won't go into much detail, but always rely on God and His Word.
+
+Some more YouTube Videos:
+
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAu6m4yF6A](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuAu6m4yF6A)
+
+[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpczDW1EYo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDpczDW1EYo)
+
+1 Corinthians 6:18 (NASB)
+
+18 Flee sexual immorality. Every other sin that a person commits is outside the body, but the sexually immoral person sins against his own body.
+
+In addition to the above resources, I have found the Purity is Power by @NoFapWizards on Instagram very beneficial. Do note that the individual running this account is a Muslim.
+
+See below:
+
+{{< figure src="/img/men-masturbation.jpg" title="A description of the power of a man's seed" >}}
+
+I have also found the podcast "Overcome Pornography for Good" very helpful. Sara Brewer is a very good host who educates and does not talk down to her listeners.

content/posts/2024-10-13-my-infrastructure.md

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+---
+title: My infrastructure
+description: ""
+date: 2024-10-13T19:53:17.597Z
+preview: ""
+draft: false
+tags: []
+categories: []
+---
+
+Any website or server has to have some type of infrastructure.
+
+This infrastructure may be small or large, depending on the organization. For example, Microsoft has many large systems and services that require upkeep and maintenance.
+
+A person may also run hosts and services. While these don't have the same scale as a big company, the hosts still need to be managed.
+
+In this post, I will detail some of the providers and the software I use.
+
+## Providers
+
+Because I am a student, I don't have the resources for hosting critical services myself. Ideally, I would love to host my infrastructure on hosts I own, but that's not possible. Instead, I rent servers and services from cloud providers. These providers are as follows:
+
+- Hetzner - a German company
+
+  - They provide a shared 2 vCPU server with 8 GB RAM.
+  - They also provide a Storage Box that is used for various need such as backups and general storage.
+
+- Contabo - a German company
+  - They currently provide one 6 vCPU, 16 GB RAM server.
+
+- Backblaze - a US company
+  - They are a storage provider specializing in S3 storage.
+  - They provide storage for several services as well as general storage.
+
+## Software
+
+Now I will detail the software and the host it runs on.
+
+- Gitea
+  - Host: Hetzner
+  - What is it: Self-hosted Git hosting
+  - This runs in Docker and hosts my own private and public repos.
+
+- Woodpecker CI/CD
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: A continuous integration/deployment server
+  - This runs all my pipelines for my repos. I deploy this blog, my landing page, and my app for commands and its documentation using this service.
+
+- Stalwart Mail
+  - Host: Hetzner and Contabo
+  - What is it: An email server
+  - This runs on two hosts for redundancy. The database only runs on a single host for now.
+
+- Linkwarden
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: A link aggregator - think bookmarks not hosted locally
+  - This is a game-changer because I can keep all my information saved in a central database.
+
+- Peertube
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: A video hosting platform
+  - I use it instead of publicly accessible platforms.
+
+- Nextcloud
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: File-sharing service
+  - I use it to have access to files on-the-go.
+
+- Standard Notes
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: End-to-end encrypted note hosting
+  - I use it to take notes and store files.
+
+- Photoprism
+  - Host: Contabo
+  - What is it: a photo gallery
+  - This is nice for sharing photo albums and not having to use external tools.
+
+That is all for the software. There is more, but that is enough for now. In the next post, I plan to dive into how I back it up.

content/posts/2025-01-28-meditation-and-the-mind.md

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+---
+title: Meditation and the Mind
+description: "Mediation is for becoming who you should be"
+date: 2025-01-28T17:40:59.734Z
+preview: ""
+draft: false
+tags: []
+categories: []
+---
+
+
+*Note: Meditation in this context is used as a practice of clearing the mind and focusing on something.* 
+
+Meditation has been used for centuries. The Psalmist said in Psalm 1, verse 2:
+
+> But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
+
+> And in His law he meditates day and night. (NASB1995)[^1]
+
+Strong's Bible Dictionary gives the usage of "hagah", the Hebrew word for mediate used above, as follows:
+>The Hebrew verb "hagah" primarily means to meditate or to ponder deeply. It conveys the idea of a thoughtful, reflective consideration, often accompanied by a low sound or murmur, as one might do when speaking softly to oneself. In the context of the Hebrew Bible, "hagah" is frequently used to describe the act of meditating on God's law, His works, or His words, suggesting a deep, internalized engagement with divine truths.[^2]
+
+Meditation is also described in the book *Psycho-Cybernetics*[^3]. This book highlights the importance of using one's mind to become better and to develop good qualities. Maltz, the author, says to use mental images of who you want to become or when executing a process, keeping the end-goal in mind.
+
+Chad Brewer, a minister at my church, preached[^4] on mediation in January of 2025. He recommends taking 30 minutes to an hour and thinking about a verse or some quality of God. He also recommends thinking about some character's perspective during an event recorded. I want to expand on this. It is through mediation and using the idea of mental pictures that we can become more like Christ. After all, Christ took time to think and pray to God alone, so if we want to be more like Christ, we should meditate on His Word. 
+
+[^1]: Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
+
+[^2]: https://biblehub.com/hebrew/1897.htm (https://archive.fo/7C47S)
+
+[^3]: Maltz, Maxwell, 1899-1975. Psycho-Cybernetics: Updated and Expanded. New York: Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015.
+
+[^4]: https://jordanpark.org/media/sermons/2025/01/12/meditation

content/posts/debugging-and-life.md

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 ---
 title: "Life described as code"
-date: '2024-09-31T19:51:46-05:00'
+# date: 2024-09-31T19:51:46.389Z
 # weight: 1
 # aliases: ["/first"]
 tags: ["life"]

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-paginate: 5
-theme: PaperMod
+pagination.pagerSize: 5
+theme: 
+  - PaperMod
+  - plausible-hugo
+
+params:
+  csp:
+    childsrc:
+      - "'self'"
+    fontsrc:
+      - "'self'"
+    formaction:
+      - "'self'"
+    framesrc:
+      - "'self'"
+    imgsrc:
+      - "'self'"
+    objectsrc:
+      - "'none'"
+    stylesrc:
+      - "'self'"
+    scriptsrc:
+      - "'self'"
+      - "'https://stats.andrewnw.com'"
+
+  plausible:
+    enable: true
+    domain: blog.cybershell.xyz
+    outbound_link: true
+    selfhosted_domain: "stats.andrewnw.com"  # Self-hosted plausible domain
+    gitstar: true
+
+
+module:
+  imports:
+    - path: plausible-hugo
+
 
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 buildDrafts: false
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   title: CyberShells's Blog
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-    favicon32x32: "<link / abs url>"
-    apple_touch_icon: "<link / abs url>"
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+    # favicon32x32: "<link / abs url>"
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   label:
     text: "CyberShell's Blog"
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       name: posts
       url: /posts/
       weight: 30
+    - identifier: contact
+      name: contact
+      url: /contact/
+      weight: 40
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+{{- print " dark" }}
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+" id="top">
+    {{- partialCached "header.html" . .Page -}}
+    <main class="main">
+        {{- block "main" . }}{{ end }}
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layouts/partials/extended_head.html

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+{{ partial "plausible_csp.html" . }}
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