Today, Russia invaded Ukraine. At the same time, Omicron is ravaging Hong Kong. Unlike previous waves, COVID feels so intimate this time around. There are people around me catching it. I have found myself stressed out, anxious and short tempered. On the positive side, I have been paying closer attention to myself. I have become…
Tag: mindfulness
Why Meditate? 為何打坐？
To meditateis to unlearn our relationship with time, self, and then reality. 打坐是重新認識與時間、自己、和現實的關係。
Side Effects of Anti-depressants: Accidental Mindfulness
I have been battling with my mind for a few years now. I tried talk therapy, CBT, medication, meditation, exercising, morning routines, dusk routines, pre-sleep shut down routines, mushroom elixir, you name it. What I have learned is some of these might work for some of the time. Hence it is important that I accept…
What Joseph Goldstein Did To Me This Morning
When you become aware that your shoelaces have become untied, which they will, simply re-tie them and begin again. When you become aware that your boyfriend is cheating on you, which he will, simply dump him and begin again. When you become aware that your boss is slacking off, which she will, simply return to…
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。
鬼佬慈悲
鬼佬令我開竅
Stop wasting your time on life hacks
https://www.demilked.com/shitty-life-pro-tips-hacks/ Hack this instead. There are so many life hacks out there: morning routines, brushing with your opposite hand, intermittent fasting, swallow a live frog … One trait about all life hacks (or hacks in general), is that they are meant to save you time by offering you “secret” hidden guilty-free shortcuts. While some of these…
Mindfully地食菠蘿包
菠蘿包其實不存在
A cockroach, Oumuamua, and squirrels.
A cockroach, Oumuamua, and squirrels. I suffer from mindlessness. When coupled with other cognitive distortions and natural selection, I am the optimal lab rat for any socialists psychologists and Buddhism monks. It was 4:30am. I woke up naturally. I wondered, if I were famous, would this fact earn me an entry into one of Business…
Buddhism was designed for life hackers
Source: https://www.instagram.com/invaderwashere/ I am convinced that whoever designed Buddhism did kettlebell swings, used grayscale on her iPhone and brought her own coffee mug to order masala chai with almond milk. The fact that all these ridiculously vague stuff was so well summarized into bullet points convinced me that this person was a geek, or a…