On 25th april 2018, I decided I would write a post a day for at least 30 days. And For 30 days I wrote and published one article every single day. Every article was written the day it was published (with NO exceptions). Each morning I would wake up and have no idea what I would […]
Meditation musings 13: No easy way
I started meditating again recently. There’s no easy way to hack meditation. It’s just sitting, breathing, and being with your body—that’s it. If there is any kind of technique to meditation, it would be something along the lines of “no-technique.” In my experience, when we try to devise some kind of strategy for meditation, we typically just […]
Perishable skills and the path of excellence
The Champion’s Vow
Champion noun 1. a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place 2. anything that takes first place in competition 3. an animal that has won a certain number of points in officially recognized shows 4. a person who fights for or defends any person or cause 5. a fighter or warrior. verb (used with object) 6. to act as champion of; defend; support: to champion a cause. The Champion’s Vow is said to have been written around 1300 BC. Its author is unknown and the authenticity of the text can be challenged, yet I am sharing it with you because, whether authentic or not, it has […]
4 things first to die in all victim communities
That’s right. Not a single victim. An entire victim community. And not one, there are many many of them. In America, there are Native Americans, often dubbed “Indians.” In India, there are Hindu Kashmiri Migrants. In some circles of the world, women are still one such community. There was a time when Jews were a […]