All Things Not Considered

Nothing can be ever present to us but an image or perception.

Our internal monkey chatter is similar to a reinforcement learning system with a lot of simulations and experiment replay. It creates a flight simulator for our life. Once we go through those simulations, we feel better equipped to deal with whatever is ahead of us.

“Cogito ero sum” will not be correct according to most mindfulness experts these days, I guess. They advocate getting out of our heads to feel life and to be truly alive in the moment. Sorry Decartes! Although the term mindfulness itself is not very accurate, it should have been mindlaxness:-)

We are a bunch of molecules and thoughts. We should not take ourselves too seriously. One day, all molecules in our body will be dispersed in the space, deep in earth, or might end up in a blackhole.

I think I am gradually graduating to a monk mind from a monkey mind. It is fleeting moments mostly, yet so peaceful.I want to have a monk mind all the time. It preserves energy so well!

Satori the savior!

My most frequent moral licensing scenario is ice cream after workout. What can I do? It makes me happy!

We can control almost everything we want to see, except for dreams. There is no off button, no pause button. Where is the mute button? I just want to get some sleep!

I have to make a hard decision. I just hope I do not turn many friends into foes.

Solitude is despised by many and yet is so powerful.Virginia Wolf had it right in her book “A Room of One’s Own” that women do not lack creativity or talent. What we lack is a room of our own to discover our creative forces. Those who have kids would understand what it really means. I…