writer, programmer
zettelkasten
Don’t forget that the “needs attention” box ought to be empty. If there are papers in it, be aware that this means you have left things undone in your life that require your attention. (Location 1132) My #to-process folder is going off rn. The act of going through
interior-design
Effective tidying involves only two essential actions: discarding and deciding where to store things. Of the two, discarding must come first. (Location 392) To truly cherish the things that are important to you, you must first discard those that have outlived their purpose. (Location 738) After living the urban lifestyle
interior-design
The same items (tables, sinks, ovens, fridges) live different lives in different climates and cultures. Japan: Brazil: Tuscan: Ghanean: USA: Alaskan: Tiny: Large:
death
Fear is the cause of every problem. It’s the root of all prejudices and the negative emotions of anger, jealousy, and possessiveness. If you had no fear, you could be perfectly happy living in this world. Nothing would bother you. You’d be willing to face everything and everyone
anxiety
The Focus of a Furnace Without a Chimney Of all the advice in the world that you do not want to listen to, it is the advice of a disturbed mind. (Location 1317) Telling myself the worst case scenario can happen non-intuitively allows me to pass the block. It
music
Some great metal musicians who *happen* to be black.
meditation
“What is meditation? What is abandonment of the body? What is fasting? What is the holding of breath? It is a flight from the Self, it is a temporary escape from the torment of Self. It is a temporary palliative against the pain and folly of life. The driver of
hxh
It is not for me to judge another life. I must judge for myself. I must choose and reject. (Location 329)
meditation
“But you did want. Listen, Kamala, when you throw a stone into the water, it finds the quickest way to the bottom of the water. It is the same when Siddhartha has an aim, a goal. Siddhartha does nothing; he waits, he thinks, he fasts, but he goes through the
love
She taught him that lovers should not separate from each other after making love without admiring each other, without being conquered as well as conquering, so that no feeling of satiation or desolation arises nor the horrid feeling of misusing or having been misused. (Location 592) “Maybe,” said Siddhartha wearily.
anime
I had to become a fool again in order to find Atman in myself. (Location 877) A man must consent to look to a foolish, innocent, adolescent part of himself for his cure. The inner fool is the only one who can touch his Fisher King wound. (Location 159) Only
favorite
Siddhartha looked into the river and saw many pictures in the flowing water. He saw his father, lonely, mourning for his son; he saw himself, lonely, also with the bonds of longing for his faraway son; he saw his son, also lonely, the boy eagerly advancing along the burning path