GRIST

3.8.19

– J&K mediation: Trump backs off 🤣

– Uniqueness > greatness

– TV series:
Alias Grace
Much better than “Handmaid’s Tale”! I hated that one. This one had psychological depth.
Margaret Atwood is a feminist author. Not all women are feminists, right? And not all men are chauvinists either?
The 3 different perspectives of the climactic session – medicine, hypnotism & spiritualism.
The 3 different critical lenses of society – feminism, Marxist revolution, existential individualism.
The poetic quotes in the beginning of each episode – I have taken a screenshot.
The first scene of the first episode is crucial – even Grace Marks does not know (for sure) who she (really) is!
Shadow ~ id ~ feminine ~ unconscious ~ insane ~ criminal ~ mystic

– When you speak about me, you’re revealing more about you than about me……!
(And vice-versa)

– Don’t miss the sky & sea, for the forest & trees.
How come the grandest poetry always coincides with the most basic instinctive self?!

– Every 10th year, have a grand celebration (commemoration & felicitation) on your birthday & (wedding) anniversary.

– Was Aleister Crowley really “the wickedest man in the world”?

– Distinguish:
Slipknot
&
Korn

– There is good in “evil” and evil in “the good”…!?

– O3

5.8.19

– kayaker
shindig

8.8.19

– monokini
Glamsmoke

9.8.19

– You-nique!
Numinal & noumenal
bowman
balkanize

10.8.19

– Join the Beta…?
Advanced hindsight
A new fabulous you!
Habit tracking
Unstuck (emotional first-aid) app
Self-efficacy, life-skills, strategic discipline

12.8.19

– “Is that all?!”
What if the answer is “Yes!”?

– Distinguish:
Doing nothing
&
Wasting time

– “Thrown into the mosh-pit”

13.8.19

– Clock Vs. Compass
Common judgment errors
Constant unconscious priming
Legacy – learn, laugh, love & leave
Involuntary choices
Confirmation bias
Halo effect
Short-cuts & dead-ends
Avoidable mistakes
Instinct Vs. Statistics
Base rate neglect
Regressing to the mean
Memory biases

– Evolutionary psychology – how our “naïve” “primitive” brains enable us to enter into a world of make-believe & enjoy fictional stories projected on a flat screen…!

14.8.19

– Remove ads – for free – how?!

15.8.19

– Dormition fast
Oriental Orthodox & Eastern Catholic
Female saints
Myrrh-bearers
Liturgy – Introit, antiphon, gradual, proper, etc.
Inheritance from the Lord ~ transcendent salvation ~ eternal life
Commemorative calendar of the early church
Tish’a B’av
Dressed for action

– “Poor in spirit” & “rich toward God” – same?

16.8.19

– Asphalt 9 & Forza Street suck!
Minesweeper is cool!
Yet to try Solitaire.

– Perspectives on being human:
1. We are just part of Nature’s whole, used to balance the energy cycle of the world – nothing distinct/special! We are closer to the instinctive/wild animals than the rational and moral beings that culture/religion says we are – UGK, etc.
2. We are spiritual (intellectual/ethical) beings created in the image of GOD, with (almost) unlimited potential, along with the foibles that come along with such a high identity/calling – Christian theology, etc.
3. What comes out of the dance, when letting the above 2 freely interact……!

– busker
Chaise longue
gofer
Tallow-stick
dewlap

– Sanvello – CBT + mindfulness
Mood recording – track & unpack
Emotions – quality & severity
Quality – happy/sad, excited/bored, calm/restless, confident/hopeful/clear or worried/afraid/confused
Severity – mild, moderate, severe
Body sensations – pain, tightness, irritation, tingling, etc.
Moving from desire-belief to awareness-sensing

– Idli & idly

17.8.19

– Movies:
நாயகன் (Tamil)
Yara (Arabic)
Thackeray (Marathi, Hindi)

18.8.19

– Abstinence as psychedelic!

19.8.19

– Work & pleasure – the 2 sides of the (one) coin (of enjoyment)!
From contradiction to complementarity……

– Movies:
Tully
The Old Man & the Gun

– விடையம்
ஒலிநாடா
மயானம்
பணிச்சவன்
நீட்சி
எண்ண அலைகள்
பிரதிநிதி
முக்காலம்
இறைத்தல்
பிரிவுத்துயர் வருத்தும்

20.8.19

– Fuck yeah!
Come on!
Let’s go!
Just do it!
Move it!