Quantum Creation
Apr 12, 2022
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I remember first delving into modern physics like it was yesterday. In the spring of 1981, my mentor at RIT, Dr. Lynn Fuller, blew my mind when he told us the story of Schrödinger'sSchrödinger's Cat.
The fundamental law of quantum mechanics, Schrödinger'sSchrödinger's wave equation, describes t...
Reject Schadenfreude, Discover Abundance
Mar 29, 2022
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While starting my day reading "The Leadership Secrets of Atilla the Hun," I thought about my day so far. Here was my routine:
- Wake up last 5 am
- Make coffee
- Drink ACV and water
- Full body joint articulation
- Stretching and yoga
- Run one mile (18 degrees F today…nice!)
- Pour coffee
- Sit d ...
Connecting the Dots
Mar 15, 2022
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I've been covering the psychology of optimal experience; Flow. Historically, a life lived while primarily engaged in pleasurable experiences that create some form of personal growth, otherwise known as "Enjoyment," is an optimized life. Arguably individuals who pursue the "Renaissance Lifestyle" hav...
Escaping the Hedonistic Treadmill
Feb 15, 2022
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World-renowned intuitive guide and spiritual teacher Sonia Choquette has written about your three best superpowers:
- Meditation
- Imagination
- Intuition
These can be cultivated and developed with focus and attention. But therein lies the greatest superpower of all. It's the thing you ha...
The Big Rock Candy Mountains
Feb 08, 2022
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I love offbeat, quirky, sometimes dark movies; Dr. Strangelove, The Graduate, Rear Window, Silence of the Lambs, The Shining, Brazil, Brother, Where art Thou? Those last two connected to my internal pattern recognition system as I was thinking about this post. I’ll make the connection to the title i...
Striving for Negentropy
Feb 02, 2022
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Chaos. It's everywhere around us. Our best days are when we can keep the chaos at bay. Sometimes, this seems to be an absolute impossibility. What do you do when chaos has sunk its teeth in and refuses to let go? What's left when you've lost your job, a loved one, your health? What happens when ever...
Exploiting Flow
Jan 04, 2022
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In a few recent posts, I've been talking about Flow, but what good is Flow anyway?
As a reminder:
A Flow State, also known as being in "the zone," is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, an...
The Autotelic Personality - Unselfconscious Individuality
Dec 14, 2021
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Today we are back at it, discussing "Flow."
Flow State, also known as being in "the zone," is the mental state of operation in which a person performing an activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of the activity where the outside...
The Nexus between Anxiety and Boredom
Nov 30, 2021
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This is another post in the series focusing on the state of Consciousness known as "Flow."
Optimal experience is what we all want. Possessions are only skin deep. But without them, getting into Flow would be difficult. More on that later. However, it's the experience we enjoy that defines our li...
Loss of Self-Consciousness
Nov 23, 2021
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Way back at good old Saint Mary's grade school on the shores of Lake Erie, I was deep into my sixth-grade year. My homeroom teacher, and science teacher, Mr. Kirst, was a bit of a Renaissance Man, both a science guy and an art guy. He gave out awards to each of his students. Each award was a ball-po...
