One of the most ardent mental blocks are thoughts about our past. We contemplate on the things that did not go well. We regret taking certain action or we regret not taking certain action. A lot of precious mental time and energy thereby is wasted in useless and vain regret. We feel often sorry for…
Western society tells us we have to be ambitious. That is how we are raised. We have to strive for the best. We have to be better than the other. In school, in our job, in our wealth. It is ingrained in the system we live in and further perpetuated by the information that comes…
What is life? The eternal question, pondered over by numerous philosophers and spiritual leaders and yet to be answered in an all encompassing and satisfactory way. A related question is: how do we experience life? That is fortunately much easier to answer. Everything that we do, that we see, that we feel, is all sensations….
Here is a simple question for you. Don’t think too long about it. You have to choose. What would you rather be? The oppressor or the oppressed? Easy choice? You probably did not need long to come up with an answer. Bar a number of people with certain fetishes, the majority would, without hesitation, opt…
Long time ago, as a typical ignorant Western tourist, I was sitting on the back of an elephant in the jungle of Thailand. I as on a jungle trekking tour. Sitting on the neck of the elephant was a small boy, wielding a little axe. The boy hit the head of the elephant at times…
How do we get clarity? David Allen talks about how we as humans need to stop using our heads as an office. He explains why it works to use a simple methodology to cut through the chaos. David Allen is the author of the international bestseller Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity
Sensemaking: The little girl had the making of a poet in her who, being told to be sure of her meaning before she spoke, said “How can I know what I think till I see what I say?” ~Graham Wallas (1858-1932), The Art of Thought [1926].
Greed is good. Those were the literal words of my finance professor. My heart protested. My heart strongly disagreed. But my mind overruled: “This is how business is done, so greed is good“. Not surprisingly. I had spent all my savings on this expensive business school education with a single purpose: to learn how business…
With some hesitation I walked up the hill. I was very curious this see where this would lead me. Would I get the clarity that I so desperately was looking for? Would this resort help me to finally put an end to my suffering? The intense joy of freedom that I experienced when I quit…
How do we think? Why do we make certain decisions? Can feelings prevail the utilitarian choice? In my investigation I found this great video, “Are you a Psychopath?“. I have actually used this test in trainings, where my point was to demonstrate that we are not rational thinkers. The audience did not like the test,…
