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Inner Peace is Priceless
If something is taking away your peace, your health, or your happiness then it's costing you way more than it's providing for you. Nothing is more important than the calm within yourself. look for that in everything that you do. You deserve the very best. (via)
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My next chapter begins..
After four years, my time at Dr.Strange Love's insane asylum has come to an end. While I did meet many genuinely nice and interesting people, I've never seen so many highly educated useful idiots, one sided apparatchiks and evil geniuses in one place. The scale of ambition and operations is truly dizzying. But equally the levels of secrecy, confusion, arrogance and lust for control and power are mind boggling. In summary, it is a madhouse. I did learn a great deal for which i am very thankful, especially by studying the shadows of the invisible. Most notably, I've learned that education has little to-do with true intelligence, and intelligence has even less to-do with getting the essentials right. The heart is the true mystery, not the brain - a fact that Dr.StrA.Inge Love will likely never comprehend. All that said, i want to sincerely thank all the kind souls I've met along this wild and fascinating journey. May our practice and life be of benefit to all beings everywhere.
#Work #Ideas #Design #Creativity #ML #HCI #Augmentation #Mindful
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San Jiao Challenge - by Michael Goddard
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Dear readers of this blog:
Thank you for your continued interest, it is very much appreciated! Clearly our global civilization is in a special and delicate situation right now. My intentions are that all of you and your families successfully get through this turbulent period with lots of tranquility, well-being and fortune. I will pray for this. Beyond that, given the circumstances, i will work on remaining relaxed, patient, gentle, kind and loving - and have faith that things will turn out positively for all. Lets go with flow and react appropriately as things evolve. If you feel i can be of any help to you, please do reach out. Kind Regards, Samim
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Ashtanga Yoga Drishti 101
Drishti (dṛṣṭi) means focused gaze and is a means for developing concentrated intention. Developing drishti as a part of your yoga practice will aid in the concentration of your mind for deeper meditative states. Drishti might be a physical focal point, a mantra, breath, or a part of the body such as the navel or tip of the tongue. Drishti can be both an external object of focus or an internal concentration of attention.
"Dṛṣṭi means gazing point. There are nine dṛṣṭis in the āsana practice. If the dṛṣṭi indicated for the āsana is too difficult, one may always revert to nāsāgra dṛṣṭi. With time and practice, the proper dṛṣṭi for each posture will be possible. Dṛṣṭi improves concentration and brings about a realization of oneness during the practice. With the gaze focused in one place during our practice, we can be more present in the postures. This focus and awareness can carry over into our daily life." ~ Sharath Jois
"By practicing these drishti (dṛṣṭi) points the mind no longer looks around, observing or judging, but instead becomes focused and soft. In the vinyasa system, drishti is one of the vital components to draw prana inwards. Prana follows awareness. If our awareness is scattered then our prana will mirror those same qualities and it will be evident in our behavior and life choices on and off the mat." ~ Magnolia Zuniga
The 9 Drishtis
- Tip of the nose - Nasagra Drishti
- Up to space - Urdva Drishti
- Third Eye - Brumadya Drishti
- Tip of the middle finger - Hastagra Drishti
- Tip of the thumb - Angushta Drishti
- Right Side - Parshva Drishti
- Left Side - Parshva Drishti
- Navel - Nabi Drishti
- Tip of the big toe - Padagra Drishti
Guruji: "Yoga is an internal practice, the rest is just a circus".
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Voltaire on Meditation
"Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity." - Voltaire
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"Anyone who sees beauty and does not look at it will soon be poor" - Yoruba Proverb
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Word's of Wisdom from Dipa Ma - a leading 20st century meditation teacher of Theravada Buddhism, that had extensive experiences with the supernatural Siddhi's
