Month: July 2019
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Attunement: From 靖 to 齊
Attunement: From 靖 to 齊 My own pep talk before a 10 day silent meditation retreat. I am anxious. I am worried if I would sleep well, if I would lose my muscle mass, if I would lose my shit, if I would quit early. I want to achieve too much: something closer to enlightenment,…
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It’s Name is Lakitu
Is suffering a must for real reckoning and growth in life? Tiger Woods was completely humiliated during his car tree wife debacle; Steve Jobs said getting fired by his own company was the best thing that had happened to him. It is very clear that these violent jolts in life, when embraced, are soul redefining.…
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When the Buddha meets Seneca
I love Michael Pollan’s work on food. He polished his observations throughout his books, and summarized his thoughts on eating into 7 words: “Eat food, not so much, mostly plants.” I have been jumping around philosophies, from Stoicism to JonyIve-ism. Inspired by Pollan, I have arrived at 10 words that represent the current state of…