To give or to receive?

To give or to receive?

There are myriad of great questions both real and rhetorical… but this one struck me with a ton of bricks. What is the better life position, to focus on receiving what is wanted / needed, or to focus on giving what one feels others need? Basically, do we live to receive or to give? That…

Your mindless internet browsing is cooking the planet
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Your mindless internet browsing is cooking the planet

We all do it … boredom, restlessness, etc … we scroll around, we browse around looking for something to distract us, to help us forget important things. Doom scrolling, mindless internet browsing, or whatever you call it … it’s cooking the planet according to a new study from The Ecologist. It’s not, however, your internet…

Where’s your compass?

Where’s your compass?

A couple of weeks ago, one of my life coaches me asked a great question: “Where do you look for direction?” … the question was posed in profound personal growth / life’s purpose context. I didn’t not even reflect on the question before answering, “my heart songs”. After some reflection, I thought my response could…

Why not?

Why not?

I can be from time to time a cultural explorer. I study, learn as much as I can about different cultures – especially their perspectives and beliefs that diverge from the mainstream rivers of junk that pass by me every day. One outcome from these studies is that I can pick and choose what I…

Nirvana’s paradox?

Nirvana’s paradox?

I am struggling with a Nirvana paradox. If I approach cravings (thirst or tanha) as a buddhist, I want to gradually via the Middle Way and meditative practices eliminate them all. But isn’t the striving for nirvana (the extinction of tanha) also a craving or ‘thirst’ (tanha)? I end up having a thirst for Nirvana…