Tag: Buddha

When it comes to leisure, I’m a perfectionist.  I LOVE watching the clouds, or an episode of Family Guy, or zoning out by the beach.  But because I’m a perfectionist, I REALLY enjoy those things after I’ve done the work I’ve assigned to myself.   So yeah—I work hard so I can enjoy being lazy.…

If you’re able to perceive everyone/thing you hate/look down on as an inadvertent guru, then you will never lack instruction, and you will always find guidance.

Being loyal to a given paradigm/model of reality is admirable…until one blindly defends it against solid evidence, or refuses to question any of its discrepancies.  Once that happens, the trap of mindless zealotry has been sprung.

Perhaps I won’t be some massively lauded success—that’s fine; that’s something I can’t control.  But what I CAN control is my day-to-day actions.  I can live my life in such a way that—to anyone who observes me on a day-to-day basis—I am undeniable.  I can live my life in such a way that before I…

Being honest with evidence and using that knowledge meticulously—whether it hews to an attractive paradigm or not—is how I try and keep myself from being irresponsible.

As a writer, I’ve found that entertaining the notion that everything I believe may be wrong allows me to access a repugnant mindset.  I suspect this is one of the trickiest and hardest parts of writing:   Being willing to explore the perspective of someone you would never associate with in real life.

I demand a certain standard of myself.  Not one I apply to others (unless I’m not watching my ego and I project my frustrations).  Because I decided long ago that I’d rather not die in a haze of regret—regret that I didn’t try hard enough, or regret that I didn’t do my best with the…

I see cool methodology/hacks as better ways to arrange my creative firewood; they allow me to burn hotter, brighter, faster…IF I supply the spark of constant discipline.  Discipline is the constant flame that gives my dreams a chance of catching.  With discipline alone, I may suffer the annoyance of trying to ignite a poorly arranged…

A programmer codes machine language, allowing it to manifest as an interactive design made of light and sound.  Now what if existence is infinite?  What if every possibility—somewhere in the multiverse—exists as its own world with its own laws of nature?  That would mean that a writer is creating something real, although to our limited…

Be strong enough, and you can bull through pain.  Be clever enough, and you can save your strength.  Be aware enough, and you can sink deep into the moment, appreciating every second as a self-contained miracle that configured itself through some amazing iteration of gravity/matter/energy.  Because sometimes, [strength/smarts/wisdom/cleverness/etc.] will not be enough.  The only choice…