A Wikipedia ban and the wisdom of a 5-year old

I’m sure many people enjoyed an outrageous weekend. Going to a strip club, drinking too much, behaving outrageously and then getting banned from ever returning. That sort of thing. My version involved almost getting banned from Wikipedia. Technically I’d broken a fundamental Wikipedia rule, reverting an article three times. Since I’m absolutely passionate about the… Continue reading A Wikipedia ban and the wisdom of a 5-year old

Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old

Having a child is a great lesson in mindfulness, and living in the moment. Dorje’s mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplane, yeeeoooowwwww, crash, into the mountain. Jump, the plane’s on fire!!! Don’t worry, here comes the fire engine, bee baw, bee baw… My mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplan… damn, he’s putting his feet on… Continue reading Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old

Time to go cold turkey – no more news

For a long time I’ve been resisting the advice to stop reading news. The advice comes from so many different sources. From Andrew Weil, in his book “8 Weeks to Optimum Health”. I do not want you to become uninformed about the state of the world, but I note that paying attention to news commonly… Continue reading Time to go cold turkey – no more news

Happy People Dancing

Dancing is the source of the cycle of creation and destruction. Or at least a lot of fun and something we should all be doing much more regularly. Here’s someone who literally danced his way around the world. As the source I got it from implied, if you don’t smile when watching this, you need… Continue reading Happy People Dancing

Manifestation of our humanity

It’s been wonderful to see the reaction of many to the recent attacks. In my local community, the nearby Observatory Methodist church quickly swelled from supporting 80 people, to supporting 300 people. Many of the first batch were Somalian, who later moved to a mosque in Salt River. The next batch of people were mostly… Continue reading Manifestation of our humanity