the art of doing nothing
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In an acting class I took, the first 10 minutes were always spent lying the floor, on our backs (separately), eyes closed.
Doing nothing.
Really doing nothing.
Making every attempt not to do anything.
No thinking, no doing, no nothing. Just breathing.
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the bob dylan changed the beatles story
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I don’t know if any of this happened. I don’t know if he said that.
And I don’t want to know either.
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how to free your mind
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I’ve been reading The Meme Machine by Susan Blackmore. It’s a fascinating book that picks up where Richard Dawkin’s The Selfish Gene left off 30 odd years ago. Towards the end of the book, Blackmore talks about how our minds are constantly under attack by different ideas or memes. Actually, she contends that our minds are nothing more than various ideas fighting for dominance, and that there isn’t an “I” hiding in the middle of it at all. She contends that the “self” is just an illusion, a construct in the way that Buddhism talks about the illusion of the self.
In the last chapter she gives two methods for slipping out of the grasp of the memes and breaking free from the illusion of the false self. A recipe for escaping your mind.
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look better in 30 seconds or less
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These exercises are adapted from and inspired by the first chapter of Prometheus Rising by Robert Anton Wilson.
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the only 2 things you need to know
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I don’t remember much from high school. Mostly on purpose and mostly because I wasn’t paying a whole lot of attention.
But for some reason, two things stand out amongst the rubbish that is high school.
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john lennon is a genius. and you’re not (john lennon)
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I’ve been listening to Rolling Stone’s John Lennon interview from 1970. It’s free on iTunes and was buzzing in my headphones for several days.
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5 ways you’ll screw up your goals this year
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Likely, millions of people across the universe have scribbled or uttered that they’re going to make New Year’s Resolutions. Likely, millions of those people are going to screw it up in the following ways. Fear not, following each screw-up is an easy fix. It’s time to resolve to resolve your resolutions…..
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4 quick and easy ways to erase problems
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When you want to make something vanish or disappear using sleight of hand or illusion techniques, you usually have two ways of doing it. Either you make it look like it’s gone or it’s never really there.
With the problem of “problems,” about how to get rid of them and steer clear, you have to realize that there aren’t any problems to begin with.
create your own sensory deprivation tank in 5 minutes or less
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The following is an excerpt from my book, 101 Ways To Expand Your Mind.
Trip
For ages people have been using sensory deprivation to gain insight, create vivid visual hallucinations and give their mind a much needed rest.
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10 reasons you should listen to people you hate
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The voices that come out of the radio sometimes make me really mad.
This is a good thing. A very good thing. One of the best things.
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delayed caffeine enjoyment for prolonged productivity
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Here’s a little trick I came up with when I was working long days in
the city. This little hack made sure I was productive and happy all day
long.
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beginner’s guide to clicker training for humans
I got my first dog about a year and half ago.
The only stuff I knew about dog training is the stuff I saw Cesar
Millan do on TV. He makes it look really easy.
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how not to have fun in a sensory deprivation tank
I step out of the towel and towards the coffin sitting in front of me. I
look around and wonder if this is safe.
Where I am is the basement of some Swedish Massage Therapist. And I’m naked.
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leave no trace
When you do something, you should burn yourself
completely, like a good bonfire, leaving no trace of
yourself-Shunryu Suzuki
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just a ride
If you’ve never heard of Bill Hicks or had the pleasure of listening to his scathing hybrid of philosophy/comedy, here’s a little taste. Once you listen to a little bit you’ll want to hear everything he’s said.
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be original (discard everything else)
There is this great part in Born Standing Up, where Steve Martin decides he’s going to get rid of all the stuff in hiscomedy/magic act that isn’t original. If he didn’t create it he’s not going to do it. He had to recreate his entire act from scratch.
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the secret power of starting
Sometimes the hardest thing in the world is to start something. You know
the feeling, the thought of doing something different or beginning a big new
project just makes you tired. Eventually the lazy ball of momentum builds and days or even weeks, months and years pass before you get started on that thing.
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