What the m*nd?

“Does the realization of the absurd require suicide?” Albert Camus asked “No. It requires revolt,” he answers.

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 11:45:28 -0400

Sad truth

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:07:53 -0400

Why is it so that any kind of consciousness that is not related to the production or consumption of material goods is stigmatized in the modern society today?

Great documentary on DMT, “the spirit molecule”:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4FaDMak-TQ

Great Designers

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:08:10 -0400

Great products don’t spring from great designers like Athena from the skull of Zeus; instead, they were usually the result of a lot of trial and error, missteps and blind alleys, and hard work and deep thinking. There’s no secret sauce. Great designers aren’t those with the most natural talent, or the smartest, or can draw the best. Great designers are those who’ve designed great products, period. And the only way to design those is the hard way. And while you might have a vision of how the product should be right from the start, it takes a lot of work to get it right. You have to explore. You have to prototype. You have to test. You have to see it live. You have to see someone using it. Only then do you get a refined design. No one gets it right the first time. - Dan Saffer

Be happy, make happy and find truth

Wed, 15 May 2013 09:10:26 -0400

To continue to always explore the world and to find the truth within it, while always doing what makes me and people in the world happier. - my personal statement

Inaction is the greatest cause of failure

Mon, 13 May 2013 10:34:55 -0400

The conventional western upbringing discourages present moment aesthetic experience, and mandates...

Wed, 08 May 2013 12:14:10 -0400

The conventional western upbringing discourages present moment aesthetic experience, and mandates the incessant use of left-brained thinking mind. There is nothing wrong with utilizing your analytical capacity; the problem is simply how much of our “thinking content” is instilled in us through education and media. I don’t know if anyone else has noticed, but the vast majority of human thought and conversation is profoundly unoriginal.

"Let me let you in on a little secret: if you are hearing about something old, it is almost certainly..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 10:14:48 -0400

“Let me let you in on a little secret: if you are hearing about something old, it is almost certainly good. Why? Because nobody wants to talk about shitty old stuff, but lots of people still talk about shitty new stuff, because they are still trying to figure out if it is shitty or not. The past wasn’t better, we just forgot about all the shitty shit.”

- Frank Chimero

"Concrete problems have answers that are solutions, but the best one can hope for with a squishy..."

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:52:31 -0400

“Concrete problems have answers that are solutions, but the best one can hope for with a squishy problem is a temporarily successful response.”

- Frank Chimero

"Problems are a material for design"

Tue, 07 May 2013 09:29:41 -0400

“Problems are a material for design”

- Frank Chimero

15 Things You Should Give Up to Be Happy

Thu, 02 May 2013 05:20:57 -0400

Here is a really good article I came across. Definitely worth a read if you’re looking to change your mind and to be happy. It can also be found here: http://worldobserveronline.com/2012/04/25/15-things-you-should-give-up-to-be-happy/

Here is a list of 15 things which, if you give up on them, will make your life a lot easier and much, much happier. We hold on to so many things that cause us a great deal of pain, stress and suffering – and instead of letting them all go, instead of allowing ourselves to be stress free and happy – we cling on to them. Not anymore. Starting today we will give up on all those things that no longer serve us, and we will embrace change. Ready? Here we go:

1. Give up your need to always be right. There are so many of us who can’t stand the idea of being wrong – wanting to always be right – even at the risk of ending great relationships or causing a great deal of stress and pain, for us and for others. It’s just not worth it. Whenever you feel the ‘urgent’ need to jump into a fight over who is right and who is wrong, ask yourself this question: “Would I rather be right, or would I rather be kind?”Wayne Dyer. What difference will that make? Is your ego really that big?

2. Give up your need for control. Be willing to give up your need to always control everything that happens to you and around you – situations, events, people, etc. Whether they are loved ones, coworkers, or just strangers you meet on the street – just allow them to be. Allow everything and everyone to be just as they are and you will see how much better will that make you feel.

“By letting it go it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try. The world is beyond winning.” Lao Tzu

3. Give up on blame. Give up on your need to blame others for what you have or don’t have, for what you feel or don’t feel. Stop giving your powers away and start taking responsibility for your life.

4. Give up your self-defeating self-talk. Oh my. How many people are hurting themselves because of their negative, polluted and repetitive self-defeating mindset? Don’t believe everything that your mind is telling you – especially if it’s negative and self-defeating. You are better than that.

“The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive.” Eckhart Tolle

5. Give up your limiting beliefs about what you can or cannot do, about what is possible or impossible. From now on, you are no longer going to allow your limiting beliefs to keep you stuck in the wrong place. Spread your wings and fly!

“A belief is not an idea held by the mind, it is an idea that holds the mind” Elly Roselle

6. Give up complaining. Give up your constant need to complain about those many, many, maaany things – people, situations, events that make you unhappy, sad and depressed. Nobody can make you unhappy, no situation can make you sad or miserable unless you allow it to. It’s not the situation that triggers those feelings in you, but how you choose to look at it. Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.

7. Give up the luxury of criticism. Give up your need to criticize things, events or people that are different than you. We are all different, yet we are all the same. We all want to be happy, we all want to love and be loved and we all want to be understood. We all want something, and something is wished by us all.

8. Give up your need to impress others. Stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not just to make others like you. It doesn’t work this way. The moment you stop trying so hard to be something that you’re not, the moment you take of all your masks, the moment you accept and embrace the real you, you will find people will be drawn to you, effortlessly.

9. Give up your resistance to change. Change is good. Change will help you move from A to B. Change will help you make improvements in your life and also the lives of those around you. Follow your bliss, embrace change – don’t resist it.
“Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls” Joseph Campbell

10. Give up labels. Stop labeling those things, people or events that you don’t understand as being weird or different and try opening your mind, little by little. Minds only work when open. “The highest form of ignorance is when you reject something you don’t know anything about.” Wayne Dyer

11. Give up on your fears. Fear is just an illusion, it doesn’t exist – you created it. It’s all in your mind. Correct the inside and the outside will fall into place.
“The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself.” Franklin D. Roosevelt

12. Give up your excuses. Send them packing and tell them they’re fired. You no longer need them. A lot of times we limit ourselves because of the many excuses we use. Instead of growing and working on improving ourselves and our lives, we get stuck, lying to ourselves, using all kind of excuses – excuses that 99.9% of the time are not even real.

13. Give up the past. I know, I know. It’s hard. Especially when the past looks so much better than the present and the future looks so frightening, but you have to take into consideration the fact that the present moment is all you have and all you will ever have. The past you are now longing for – the past that you are now dreaming about – was ignored by you when it was present. Stop deluding yourself. Be present in everything you do and enjoy life. After all life is a journey not a destination. Have a clear vision for the future, prepare yourself, but always be present in the now.

14. Give up attachment. This is a concept that, for most of us is so hard to grasp and I have to tell you that it was for me too, (it still is) but it’s not something impossible. You get better and better at with time and practice. The moment you detach yourself from all things, (and that doesn’t mean you give up your love for them – because love and attachment have nothing to do with one another, attachment comes from a place of fear, while love… well, real love is pure, kind, and self less, where there is love there can’t be fear, and because of that, attachment and love cannot coexist) you become so peaceful, so tolerant, so kind, and so serene. You will get to a place where you will be able to understand all things without even trying. A state beyond words.

15. Give up living your life to other people’s expectations. Way too many people are living a life that is not theirs to live. They live their lives according to what others think is best for them, they live their lives according to what their parents think is best for them, to what their friends, their enemies and their teachers, their government and the media think is best for them. They ignore their inner voice, that inner calling. They are so busy with pleasing everybody, with living up to other people’s expectations, that they lose control over their lives. They forget what makes them happy, what they want, what they need….and eventually they forget about themselves. You have one life – this one right now – you must live it, own it, and especially don’t let other people’s opinions distract you from your path.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 04:53:54 -0400

Narcissism: a fear of the emptiness that lies at the very core of consumerism

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 05:56:15 -0400

Narcissism: a fear of the emptiness that lies at the very core of consumerism

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:42:31 -0400

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Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:41:34 -0400

Designing products

Tue, 16 Apr 2013 04:46:22 -0400

We humans consist of mind (brain, the thinking and problem-solving center), body (through which we percieve the world and express ourselves in it) and spirit (the cockpit through which we control our mind and our body, eternal and connected to universal consciousness). All three elements makes us whole. Disbalanced people are those that forgot about the spirit and who’s minds have taken oven. Living in London, I cannot help to notice that many career-obsessed people are like that. Forgetting your spirit is the source of all conflicts.

When designing products, design for all three. Make it easy for the body to hold it and interact with it. Make it understandable and useful for the mind. And most importantly, don’t forget to design it for the spirit. Put your love in it. Design it with gratitude, concentration, peace. Don’t rush it.

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Thu, 11 Apr 2013 09:41:18 -0400

I’ve opened my mind and started searching for the truth. I’ve learned incredible,...

Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:08:47 -0400

I’ve opened my mind and started searching for the truth. I’ve learned incredible, profound things. My bubble became bigger and completely changed its form.

Enjoy everything. Need nothing.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 07:48:54 -0400

Enjoy everything. Need nothing.

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