Can’t see the forest for the trees? You probably don’t like math… What is astuteness?

Distinction vs examples One of the reasons you are not as astute in life is because you can’t see the forest for the trees. But why? Seeing patterns is a higher function of the brain, and needs to be developed and nurtured. I call this astuteness, or the using the astute capacity. Everyone’s brain is […]

The unspoken price of happiness

This article is not politically correct, and you’ll probably hate it… I am OK with that. I am even OK if you hate me… I’ve been up since midnight. Some nights even the most effective energy audio won’t help… I am OK now, but I’ll probably be tired during the day. Just before I got […]

It’s hard to be silently brilliant. Lots of thoughts occur when you open your mouth

It’s hard to be silently brilliant. Lots of thoughts occur when you open your mouth. This has been one of the principles I live by. Now, that finally the harmful effects of the milk protein wore off… and I am returning to being normal. So my Sunday Rants call was more productive than maybe ever. […]

The Matrix… one method of the Matrix is confusion…

As a mad scientist, my job is to distinguish the “things” that are in your way of direction, in your way of clarity, and to devise ways for you to go around them or through them. One tool that has proven invaluable is isolation. Isolating what you want to see. Seeing it by itself. So […]

Mad scientist: My experiments with milk

Louis Pasteur was a French scientist, the archetype of the “mad scientist”. He was famous for many inventions, including pasteurizing liquids, including milk… But his maddest act was to inject himself with rabies virus… and then cure himself with his remedy. Why am I sharing this with you? Because I turn out to be a […]

Love feedback or else… Make it a feedback loop…

The way to find the strait and narrow of happiness (See The Anna Karenina Principle) is to watch the feedback … and self-correct. Yesterday I added integrity to the starting point measurements. so far all people I measured ranked on 3 out of 100. Wow. I had an exchange of text messages with a guy, […]

What is your Self, your Dharma? Can you find it? Can you define yourself?

I have been doing a lot of work while I seemingly do nothing… or not much. Something is driving me… I used to say it this way: “I can’t do no other”… I am very fond of weirdly worded things, because they poke a hole in the cultural fabric and allow things to be seen …

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Your life story is like a black hole. Your Bach Flower profile shows how…

Your tendency is to remember the story. Not what happened but your story. And to tell the story in a predictable manner… always the same way, always showing you in the same role, the same exact way. A story is a narrative of reality. It talks from one particular vantage point, and therefore it is […]

Guidance, oracle… the final interpretation is up to you

It’s Tuesday and Rob Brezsny’s syndicated horoscopes landed in my inbox. I read mine, and my blood turned cold. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In the coming weeks, you might want to read the last few pages of a book before you decide to actually dive in and devour the whole thing. I also suggest you […]