Here are my blog posts. I previously posted them on Obsidian but I’m moving them (slowly) to this website. It will take time. I’m also going to be publishing new pages as often as they come to mind.
Number of posts: 95
Time out. Go sit in the corner.
I still feel the sting of hearing my Mom say that.
I don’t need to sit in any corner.
Time out was a punishment. It’s no wonder we try to push through everything: we don’t have time for time out. Time out suggests we’re not in control.
Sitting in the corner is good medicine for the insanity of our lives and world. Our negative reaction to it is a hand-me-down from our past. We never want to be told time out.
Read more...This was for my brother’s Birthday. It was created by Claude.ai based on my original idea. I wanted to share it with readers.
Read more...How much do I need to meditate to be mindful?
This question lies at a modern fallacy: How little can I do something to enjoy it’s benefits? We have become used to getting things for free and as a commodity.
Alas, mindfulness and meditation are inseparable. You have to meditate to be mindful. And, its not a superpower that comes with a purchase, in an app, or available without practice.
Read more...As a youngster, I used to enjoy stomping down on mushrooms growing in our yard. Sometimes, when I jumped on them particularly ferociously, I could see some sort of powder fly out.
Years later, I learned that the flying powder was spores. Spores are one way that nature keeps things alive. It’s like Nature’s filing system. When I stomped on those mushrooms, the powder from under the mushroom’s head and gills generated those puff-clouds, which were then carried off by the breeze into the world. Those spores ensured that my pre-stomped mushroom endured.
Read more...Guru (noun) 1: a personal religious teacher and spiritual guide in Hinduis 2a: a teacher and especially intellectual guide in matters of fundamental concern has been a guru to many young writers b: one who is an acknowledged leader or chief proponent became the guru of the movement c: a person with knowledge or expertise : expert a computer guru
This is a continuing riff on gurus and specialness. Today, I wanted to write about the personal specialness we sometimes attribute to ourselves.
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