http://lifehacker.com/5719077/avoid-added-stress-by-just-deciding-and-moving-forward

Interesting! Also makes sense in a way :)

“Na ayam pravachanena labhyo. Na medhayo, na bahunaa shruthena.”

Truth is not attained through lectures, through academic degrees, nor by group discussions. It is attained when we will to attain it. That is when it reveals itself to our joy!
- mundakopanishad

Another profound one..

“Om eesaavaasyam idagam sarvam. Yat kincha jagatyaam jagat.”

Every moving object in the universe, including the moving universe, is indwelt, pervaded, enveloped by it!
-Isavasya upanishad.

This was written at a time when they didnt know about the solar system.. when the earth was at the center of the universe… they didnt know about galaxies, red giants, the big bang, curving spacetime or blackholes..  particles, atoms, photons, quarks were unknown.. It was looong before even calculus was developed. And yet, they were able to imagine the concept of infinity soo beautifully. And come up with concepts that increase in relevance with each passing day as our knowledge “grows”.

Just because you have something, doesnt mean you have to use it even if it decreases productivity.

It is a common trap humans tend to fall into. 

The question is, given r0 resources and utility function f(x) [measures the amount of benefit you derive from x resources], what is utility that can be derived? The key point to note is that f(x) is NOT always increasing.. which means, the answer is not f(r0) but the maximum of all f(x) where x <= r and then find the maximum. It is likely that this is achieved at r1 < r0. This would especially be true when there are say N resources x1,x2,x3…xN. These could refer to internet, phone, number of chairs, food, lights, furniture whatever. And in this case, the utility function would be f(x1,x2,x3…xN). And f(r0,a2,a3…aN) is not necessarily > f(r1,a2,x3..xN) (where x2, x3 etc are kept constant at a2 a3 unless they vary with x0) if r0 > r1. So we get the feeling that r1-r0 is “wasted”. But no! We care about f not x, ie. the output is more important than the input. If you are getting more out of less, we should use less, even if more is available. Even if we paid for the more. The cost of r0 is a “Sunk cost” and it should have no part to play in how the resources are utilized.

Harder than anything I have installed.  Not nice.

The trick is to make yourself as close to weightless as possible… you can do that by letting go of all the weight you carry (Duh!!). And you will keep flying as long as you dont worry about falling down. Fear is pretty heavy, you see!

Just keep gliding.. and enjoy the view! :D

That beautiful state of bliss where nothing else really matters… :)

People change. Life changes. You change! It cant be avoided. Just learn to adapt and live with it.

so much to understand. No time to waste! Not a second!

To the quest for complete knowledge!

Money follows hype. Recognition follows hype. “Success” follows hype. No, they don’t follow excellence.

The truth is that the world has become too big (although we say it is shrinking) for excellence to thrive on its own. There is too much going on that it needs to supported by a good dose of marketing / hype. And the interesting thing is, mediocrity supported by hype will be more recognized because most of us have lost the ability to evaluate something (or even someone) on our own. The “shrinking” world has increased information density tremendously and since there is so much competition, to make information stand out, it is constantly being processed and repackaged.  And we fall for the packaging like sitting ducks. Because it is too much work to evaluate something independently, see? And since we are busy taking in more processed information, lets us just outsource the thinking part. In essence, we are hiring someone else to THINK for us.