All memos tagged #notecard

spiritual [insert brian's perspective]

If you practice, you’ll see improvement. If you don’t practice, you won’t. It’s that simple. Saying “I can’t do it” is self-defeating and does nothing but delay your practice even further. There will...

"Friends are the family you choose."

Meditation to engage in mental exercise—such as concentration on one's breathing or repetition of a mantra—for the purpose of reaching a heightened level of spiritual awareness. [1]

See: The Felt Presence of Direct Experience

Addiction is the opposite of connection; a deep suffering. In his book, he discusses how addiction is best viewed not as a crime or illness but as a coping mechanism for a personal, spiritual crisis.

A benefactor is someone or something that provides help or an advantage. Benefactor may be involved in almost any field. One may endow a scholarship fund; another may give money to expand a library; s...

Before we can know what is essential, though, we need to identify what we need to feel comfortable. Our consumption-driven world constantly tells us we need more. More money, more clients, more clothe...

affirmation | noun | something affirmed : a positive assertion

Emergence occurs when "the whole is greater than the sum of the parts," meaning the whole has properties its parts do not have. These properties come about because of interactions among the parts. Eme...

mistake | noun | a wrong action or statement from faulty judgment, inadequate knowledge, or inattention. ~ Cesare Pavese, The Business of Living, Diaries 1935-50

Lin-Manuel Miranda, creator of the musical Hamilton.