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Author: Jonathan

May 30, 2006September 26, 2015
Post categories Mindfulness

On Worry

One of my favorite quotes is from the movie “The Spanish Prisoner”: “Worry is interest paid on a debt that never comes due.” A wonderful illustration of this happened to…

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May 1, 2006July 24, 2008
Post categories Mindfulness

Being open to spirit

How open are you? How open are you to spirit? the universe? God? People? Yourself? Most people are so full of “things” that there’s no room for being open. Here’s…

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April 30, 2006April 30, 2006
Post categories Sleep

Sleeping like a mortal

After 3 weeks of doing polyphasic sleeping, the experiment is at an end. It was great to have all that extra time, but I found that it was too difficult…

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April 28, 2006April 28, 2006
Post categories Exercise, Mindfulness

World Tai Chi & Qigong day

Saturday, April 29th is World Tai Chi and Qigong day. These are gentle martial arts designed to get the energy in your body flowing properly. And whether you believe in…

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April 25, 2006April 25, 2006
Post categories Sleep

Polyphasic sleeping

It seemed inevitable that I would one day try to go polyphasic with my sleeping. After some good-natured badgering from a friend who is on the system, I’m now sleeping…

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April 12, 2006April 12, 2006
Post categories Mindfulness

Death

My wife died almost 2 weeks ago, which is why I haven’t written an entry in a while. Dealing with her long term illness, and ultimately the death of my…

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March 23, 2006September 26, 2015
Post categories Mindfulness

Travel daydreaming

This is a big planet we live on. I’ve only seen a little bit of it. These maps make that pretty obvious. When I sat down and wrote down the…

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March 23, 2006April 30, 2006
Post categories Sleep, The Body

Sleep hacking justified!

As I’ve written before, I have been getting up at 5:00AM for over 6 months now. It has been working very well for me. I get more done during the…

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March 20, 2006September 26, 2015
Post categories Books and Stuff, Learning

Juggling

I’m not really interested in any big way in juggling, but it’s always been one of those “I wish I could…” things. I’ve tried juggling a bit and even looked…

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March 18, 2006March 18, 2006
Post categories Mindfulness, The Mind

Ten steps aid keeping your cool

I saw this in the local paper today and thought it was worth “clipping” to the blog. For me, meditation has given me more space between thought and action. That…

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Security can only be achieved through constant change, through discarding old ideas that have outlived their usefulness and adapting others to current facts.

— William O. Douglas, American jurist, Supreme Court justice (1898-1980)

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