Six skeletons smoking around the dinner table is a black and white photograph from around 1865. The photographer is unknown. “…Waitin’ for an invitation to arrive Goin’ to a party where no one’s still alive..” – Dead Man’s Party Oingo Boingo ***A memento mori is a reminder of death. It is a key practice in Stoicism but …
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I have been using Sam Harris’s app for several years and have been profoundly impacted by the meditations and lessons in it. This is a short ‘lesson’ from his app. I can highly recommend it. Waking Up app ***A memento mori is a reminder of death. It is a key practice in Stoicism but is not unique …
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Time is an oil painting by Spanish painter, sculptor, poster designer and illustrator Ulpiano Checa. In this painting death is personified as an age old man riding a horse galloping full speed with a bloody sickle. “…Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; – William Shakespeare, Sonnet …
The path of belief is independent of life and death. – Gunji Koizumi As I’ve noted before, suicide is something that can affect anyone of us, or someone close to us. We never know what we will go through and how it will change us. We need to be sensitive to those around us and …
In this post I breakdown why No-Gi is better for self defense AND why the Gi vs. No-Gi dichotomy actually doesn’t matter. This is my view as a BJJ white belt (I do feel it is worthwhile to mention here that I have a background in karate). I’ll explain how I understand the Gi vs. …
Just as sleep is something that most people take for granted and assume that they know how to do correctly, so is the case with breathing. At the forefront of this scientific snowball gaining momentum are researchers, scientists, and authors helping us to reconnect with our autonomic nervous systems in ways that many of us …
Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it. – Haruki Murakami “The Three Fates” was painted by Italian painter Francesco de’ Rossi in 1550. In Roman and Greek mythology, the Fates – called the Moirai – were three sister deities. These sisters controlled the destiny and life of both gods and …
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“This is your life and it’s ending one minute at a time” ― Chuck Palahniuk, Fight Club Although my favorite movies are from the early 1920s to the late 1940s, this is an exception. Fight Club is one of my favorite movies, ever! There are so many reasons that it is a classic (and that …
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Today I am going to share with you my current morning routine. I don’t think routines should be set in stone but rather something that can be remoulded as life and circumstances change. I also don’t see these as a template that is one size fits all but I am sharing what is currently working …
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Salvator Rosa was an Italian Baroque painter, poet, and printmaker who worked in Naples, Rome, and Florence. In relation to his paintings, he was described as “unorthodox and extravagant”, and a “perpetual rebel”. Rosa, has also been described as “one of the most original artists and and extravagant personalities of the 17th century.” (Source) This particular …
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