Everybody Just Wants To Bounce Their Ball
Jun 20, 2006, 12:40a - Book Notes
2 weeks ago, I picked up Awake at Work with the hope that it would ease my anxiety at work and make me feel more alive in my life.
Suprisingly, it has.
For awhile now I've been feeling as if my consciousness has been asleep. I feel that the days are just passing by and, though I am ostensibly awake, ... more »
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omar
- Jun 22, 2006, 1:11a
if you like the mindfulness stuff, you should read Jon Kabat-Zinn, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Kabat-Zinn
he is a major pioneer on the subject in the west, and has written some great books on it (and has some audio tapes). my sister is into it and finds that mindfulness meditation has improved her life...
ps did anyone ever tell you that the pithy post is the read post? ;)
nikhil
- Aug 18, 2007, 3:57p
here's a video interview with Kabat-Zinn (which I'm planning to watch but haven't seen yet): http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/370/
Gandhi, at it again
Jun 7, 2006, 8:49a - Life
“An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it.” - Mahatma Gandhi
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omar
- Jun 7, 2006, 9:33a
gandhi, back and better than ever!
:)
Share the Carpool
Jun 6, 2006, 10:39p - Business
Yes, it's time for another carpool idea - these ideas are about the only good that comes from me commuting 2-3 hours per day.
Today, I was driving to SF on the 101 at around 6:30p. Of course, there's bumper-to-bumper traffic, and of course, the carpool lane is flying by. Then, out of nowhere, I see a car with 4 ... more »
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Anonymous
- Jun 20, 2006, 7:34a
good idea. there's something similar already out there. you can pick up someone (a random) at a pick-up site in, say, berkeley, and ferry them with you to sf.
http://www.ridenow.org/carpool/
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