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Category: mind

  • Tardy Tuesday

    Tardy Tuesday was worse than 10am Monday but today is different. Last night, I promised my sister I wouldn’t touch this machine. I would leave early from work, 5pm. I would call her on my way to Yoga. And when I got home at night, after eating and showering with my Yoga mat, I would…

  • Simple Truths

    Often times, the simple questions in life are the hardest to answer. Ideally, our minds are motivated and excited by the inherent irony and challenge of these basic concepts. However, sometimes we find ourselves running in place, struggling to make progress because we forget to address some of the simple truths that govern our potential…

  • No Sleep For Freedom

    It’s 10pm Sunday night and I’ve been awake since 10am Saturday morning. That’s 36 hours of mind-numbing coding and market research. I’ve been nod napping since noon and have nearly fallen out of my chair twice. I’m in bed now so we should be good to go for another 24 hours or so. All kidding…

  • My Dhyana Self-Knowledge

    I am grateful to be feeling so much today. I have been particularly inspired by learning about Dhyana, or meditation of yoga. It actually brought me to tears this morning and I’ve been in a slow, positive, steady emotional recovery since. I am presently feeling refreshed with appreciation for my own self-knowledge. “…once it has…

  • Online Poker

    Last Thursday after accidentally eating an entire box of cereal, I headed to McKinney for a Texas Holdem tournament. I was greeted with a plastic party cup topped with home-brew beer and all-you-can-eat bratwurst. After meeting the competition we sat to a kitchen table, paid the entry fee and got to ragging on a guy…

  • 8 Steps on the Yogic Path to Enlightenment

    No one is surprised when they learn that Yoga is more than a series of postures and breathing exercises. The best in-depth introduction to Yoga that I’ve ever found is from The Oxford Companion to the Body. I’ve included the text below. The word ‘yoga’ refers primarily to an ancient Hindu spiritual tradition intended to…