ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
1. CertaintyAll human beings crave a certain level of safety, assurance and predictability in our lives, for this is the foundation of our most basic behaviour: survival. When things are VERY uncertain, we tend to be freaked out! Which causes us to reach for different vehicles of comfort such as friends/family, television, or alcohol. And once we’re … Read more
The Moneyless Manifesto: Live Well, Live Rich, Live Free by Mark Boyle The Moneyless Man Interview – Living without Money and being off the grid – We have come to believe that we need money, that we depend on it to survive. We believe that money provides for us when it is actually Nature. Even … Read more
Truth About Introverts (Video under 2 minutes) I agree with the Gold coins analogy, I would just add that when I’m talking about things that energise me or with people I like talking to, it feels like I’m getting more coins. All I want to say is that I appreciate the extroverts who have insisted … Read more
Big up Big Brandon Carter for the recommendation. Notes:– Most common desire was to eat and sleep. Then sex. – Carnegie’s Win Friends and Influence People book spent 8 pages on explaining to people how to have that winning smile. Passive bashing of similar books. – Marshmallow experiment. Successful ones managed to distract themselves for … Read more
The Brain That Changes Itself: Stories of Personal Triumph from the Frontiers of Brain Science by NORMAN DOIDGE, M.D. Notes:– Someone designed things that allowed night vision, how the brain was rewired stories and case studies, micro electrodes to rewire the brain, etc. – The Fast Forword program sounds like something I could have done … Read more
The senses or indriyas are desires and have two states, static and dynamic. When the desire begins to operate, the indriyas are put in motion. This is the dynamic state. As soon as the desire is gratified, the indriyas contract through tripti, satisfaction, and remain in the static or passive state. The senses and the … Read more
