Category: 3. Muse Better
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6 Words for the Next Decade
That might make our suffering slightly more bearable . Source: https://www.libertaddigital.com/internacional/mundo/2015-03-26/tatooine-el-planeta-de-star-wars-a-punto-de-caer-en-manos-del-estado-islamico-1276544142/ On the last day of this decade, I couldn’t help but to be lamely sentimental. The following six words are very trite but alas this is who I am. After all, I am the kind who believes in the force and adores Bambi. Confusion, Conflicts,…
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Year 2019 in Podcasts
That messed up the trajectory of my life The Peter Attia Drive Podcast: “Sam Harris, Ph.D.: The transformative power of mindfulness” https://peterattiamd.com/samharris/ https://peterattiamd.com/samharris/ This particular podcast opened my eyes to Buddhism and meditation. It was one of those mysterious moments that things somehow just clicked. Since then, I was able to stick to a regular meditation routine,…
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How Do I Want To Feel in 2020?
“Like this?” (https://tw.manhuagui.com/comic/2592/450147.html#p=113) I did it. In 2019, I quit my 20+ year-long corporate career and started to be on my own. I did it. In 2019, I went to a 10-day meditation retreat. I did it. I achieved my 2019 goal- I did it. Hence in 2019 life has taken a few turns and…
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2019- How I Turned into a woo-woo Chia Seeds Munching Luddite.
2019 is setting. A few personal “Yearly Awards” to summarise 2019: Prelude:Person of the YearNew Habit of the YearTrashed Habit of the YearBook of the Year Epilogue:Mistake of the YearQuote of the YearWord of the YearInteraction of the Year PRELUDE: Persons of the Year: Tim Ferriss and Krista Tippett It is hard for me to say…
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為乜靜觀？
如果你問我打坐/冥想究竟有乜實際用途，唯一一樣野我可以好肯定咁答你，就係我依家比以前更加為意到，其實我經常唔為意自己嘅行為同思想。
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鍛鍊糊塗☁
「大智若愚」和「扮🐷食🐯」。
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏻♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 1 of 3)
First, that wasn’t a retreat. It was a Buddhist monk boot camp! The word retreat signals comfort. This was anything but comfortable. It had all the classic attributes of a boot camp: hardship, excruciating self-inflicted pain, extreme restrictions, irrational submissions, perennial failures, imaginary successes, why-the-fuck-am-i-doing-this, I-am-quitting, I-suck, and ultimately self-fulfilling sense of reward. I figure…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧘🏽♀️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 2 of 3)
Stardusts, gong baths, and the madness of Vipassana (insight) Meditation (Part 2 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 3) The purpose of this boot camp was meditation. The conditions and setup of the retreat were there to allow us to experience the madness of meditation fully. Vipassana meditation was all about building awareness of…
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The Ultra Review: 10-Day Vipassana 🧚🏼♂️ Silent Retreat in Hong Kong (Part 3 of 3)
Torture of pillows, insanity, greatest game on earth. (Part 3 of 3. Go to Part 1, Part 2) 6. Quitter, Wimp, Pain Around 20% of the male participants quitted. Most of them left on day 2, and some on day 6 and beyond. I wanted to quit every other day. I would come up with ridiculous…
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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…