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January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddhaLeave a comment

Creative pursuits are inherently satisfying, which makes perfect sense; we are caught in a creation that never stops unfolding. When we contribute to that constant outflow, I believe we are rewarded by a full-being resonance, sometimes interpreted as joy or flow state.

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January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha8 Comments

I don’t believe we can always choose happiness, but I believe we can always move towards it. Instead of despair, we can move towards anger. Instead of anger, we can move towards irritation. Instead of irritation, we can move towards boredom. Instead of boredom, we can move towards satisfaction.

By choosing the direction of it—by searching our thoughts for the one that gives relief, abiding in it, then repeating the process after our perception settles into the next emotion up—we can blend with what I believe is a natural benevolence that underlies existence.

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January 14, 2021January 14, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha8 Comments

Opportunity arises and slips away, threatening to eat at my peace of mind.

The opportunity to appreciate the present moment, however, is always there. And when I fully abide in this abundant freedom, it allows other opportunities to line up with ease.

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January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha4 Comments

The ability to continually navigate nuance and derive simple, practical solutions from it is not just smart, but arguably heroic.

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January 9, 2021January 9, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha12 Comments

Sometimes, our beliefs trap us in a perceptual prison. While we may logically understand that something is possible, our belief in that possibility is far too small to tap our subconscious capacity.

But the good news is we can alter those beliefs by consistently thinking in the direction we want. This is a slow, gradual process, but that’s not a bad thing. Given our tendency to think negative thoughts, we have plenty of time (before negativity translates into physical misfortunes) to nullify their effects with a positive mindset.

Personally, I feel that it isn’t a one-to-one ratio; we don’t need to think one positive thought for each negative. And for that I’m grateful—despite my overwhelming majority of negative thoughts, I have achieved positive results with just a little bit of hope and optimism.

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January 7, 2021January 7, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha4 Comments

Often, a price is implicit in the hero’s journey. A popular assumption is that someone pays for their reward with suffering and toil. But I’ve met plenty of folks who are naturally talented or naturally lucky; they don’t grind themselves down to achieve greatness.

Maybe the sacrifice isn’t in suffering and toil. Maybe the sacrifice can be in someone’s perception—specifically of how earth-shattering and difficult a task has to be. If we can let go of that belief, perhaps we can give up much of the fight, both on an internal and external level.

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January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha6 Comments

Until recently, I tried to bend life to my rigid expectations. But one day, tired and exhausted, I decided to focus on nothing of consequence—things that I didn’t care about, that had no causal relationship to any of my goals. To my utter surprise, a feeling of well-being arose from my apathy. Perhaps it’s coincidence, but over the next few months, that feeling of well-being began to lengthen and intensify, and my goals began to fall in place much faster than I had ever expected (one of my goals, which I had originally projected to take around ten years, took place in a few months while another which I had projected to take one to two more years happened in two months).

And then I realized it wasn’t the goals that mattered, it was the feeling of well-being—and the implication that the well-being is a natural occurrence. I didn’t have to focus on positive stuff or push away the negative, all I had to do was let things happen without getting caught up in them. To me, that implies that something good will shape our lives if we only let it. Call it what you want. I think it’s best left nameless.

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January 2, 2021January 2, 2021 DirtySciFiBuddha5 Comments

It seems to be the case that our beliefs shape the data that filters into our mind and become our reality. So maybe awareness isn’t simply a matter of examining the data, but examining our beliefs and trying to make sure they’re helping us along and not holding us back.

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December 31, 2020December 31, 2020 DirtySciFiBuddha3 Comments

In my mind, “taking what I can get” usually means I’m setting aside my ego and accepting a piecemeal advantage which I can eventually leverage into a future goal.

Sometimes, it means holding firm and refusing an offer, because the refusal either opens me up to a better opportunity, or I receive more in a subtler, more fulfilling sense of the word.

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December 29, 2020December 29, 2020 DirtySciFiBuddha6 Comments

If youth is a mindset that facilitates flexibility, growth, and the ability to revel in new adventures and new challenges, then old age is an attachment to fear, comfort, and a faulty assumption that one has accounted for every possibility and concluded it is better to never take a risk or consider an outlandish idea.

Curiously enough, I have seen both youth and old age displayed by children and adults.

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