One’s peace of mind comes from three buttons: the “block” button, the “close” button and the “off” button.
December 2020Monthly Archives
Metta (loving kindness) meditation is the practice of loving oneself, people whom we’re fond of, neutral people, then people we find difficult. Social media encourages us to misunderstand difficult people, ignore neutral people, flatter those we’re fond of, and hate ourselves.
We naturally think in network graphs, but (often) computers force us to think in tables; this is like the difference between water and ice: they’re fundamentally similar, but the latter is frozen.
The sage does not need an award; the award needs the sage. The award is valuable because it is esteemed by others; the sage has no need for the esteem of others and is, therefore, valued.
You can’t truly understand how wrong a person or position is until you open your mind to the possibility that they’re right.