draft "documentation" for version 1.0 of the Insight Dice ...

Dice

The Dice offer gentle suggestions for insight. There are many ways to use them – for example:

• Toss a die for a word of the day — a nudge, a goal, a tiny theme to think about and share with friends
• Roll dice to make a mini-mantra — a phrase or sentence to ponder, play with, and hold in one's heart
• Carry dice in purse or pocket, to touch or peek for a quick cue — a reminder to aspire and observe

Symbols

The Symbols on the Dice are adapted from "toki pona", a beautiful tiny language designed to catalyze calm and joy. Look them up on the Cards, or see the Matrix on the back of the Box. Some seem simple, some subtle. Learn more at tokipona.org and Wikipedia.

Matrix

The Matrix summarizes the 3 dice and the 18 symbols they bear. The rows of the Matrix are Dimensions of insight. They move toward simplicity, in progressions that may aid memory or add meaning.

Dimensions

The Dimensions of insight are three:

• Mindfulness — awakening to the present moment — appreciating the thoughts and events that form it, the paths that lead through it, and the skill and courage needed to live with grace in it → Be
• Nonattachment — acknowledging and releasing all that was, is, or might be, without judging or clinging — accepting and cherishing the countless causal connections that web this world → If
• Oneness — knowing the deep-down unity of all things — striving for strength to aid others and self (and no-self!) at all times – repairing the universe and removing suffering → Do

Words

The Words are mere labels for half-a-dozen facets of each Dimension – sounds, symbols, and suggestions that point toward underlying unspoken concepts that form the foundations of insight.

• 🪷
  • sona — Mindfulness — insight - wisdom - awareness
  • lukin — Attention — seeking - observing - encountering
  • ni — This — now - here - presence
  • nasin — Path — way - method - direction
  • ale — All — life - abundance - completeness
  • lon — Be — yes - truth - reality
• ⚖️
  • pana — Nonattachment — giving - sharing - releasing
  • jo — Acceptance — holding - receiving - cherishing
  • open — Open — clarity - freedom - innocence
  • kon — Soft — spirit - resilience - forgiveness
  • ken — May — potential - permission - transformation
  • tan — If — by - from - because
• ✨
  • wan — Oneness — unity - union - universe
  • kulupu — Alliance — help - partner - community
  • olin — Love — care - concern - compassion
  • pona — Kind — peace - beauty - goodness
  • wawa — Power — courage - strength - confidence
  • pali — Do — action - creativity - achievement

_{(cf Mantra - Mindfulness, Nonattachment, Oneness (2017-01-25), Meditation Map (2019-01-19), Awakening Matrix (2019-04-29), Mind Matrix in toki pona (2023-03-13), How to Navigate the Awareness Matrix (2023-06-08), ...) - ^z - 2023-08-28 & -29}