I left the house last night contemplating whether I was going for a run or a long walk. On my way down, I noticed a new spot had opened up at the side of the road, selling street food. I kept walking, trying to get a good look at what…

I do not consider myself to be a morning person. I would rather stay longer in bed than get up early. I enjoy drifting off to sleep while the sun comes up and the raucous cries of birds that belong in a pot of soup are being heard. The mornings…

There is a man in a Zen tale: He has a horse that escapes from his stable one day, and the neighbours come to visit him and say, “Oh, what tragedy has befallen you to lose a horse.” He responds, “Maybe, who knows?” Two days later, the horse returns with…

There’s this story about a caterpillar suspended on a tree branch in its chrysalis. A man casually walks by and sees it wriggling inside its cocoon, struggling to break free from the captivity of its creation. The man concerned about ending this struggle eagerly makes a small incision at the…

The Earth is estimated to be 4.54 billion years old, plus or minus about 50 million years. In all this time, humankind has evolved from crafting spears out of trees to building artificially intelligent robots capable of making decisions independently. …

I once heard awareness described as a light bulb shining on the areas in which the mind is present at any given time. Jeff Warren defined it as a small ball of light that moves across thoughts, dimming and glowing depending on the amount of attention it receives [1]. This…

The Observer Technique Imagine a pool, beautiful and blue with its colors reflected in the morning sun. You’re fully submerged at its epicenter and slowly falling deeper into the water. There’s no end to the pool’s depths, and you never stop drowning. There’s no finality of death, and no rescue. …

THE OTHER SIDE OF SELF-CARE The year 2021 was particularly challenging for me; a combination of internal and external struggles often left me feeling weak and demotivated, followed by long periods of self-doubt, crippling anxiety and an endless urge to shut the world out. Interestingly, 2021 was also my most…

LO-FI INDUCED FLOW STATE “Flow is a subjective state that people report when they are completely involved in something to the point of forgetting time, fatigue, and everything else but the activity itself. …