Saturday, February 24, 2018

Bad advice

"Know thyself" is not a wise exhortation.
To say “Know thyself” is like saying "Know it all". 
You will never get to know yourself fully.
You can search till the cows come home 
for your true self.
Maybe you can learn a little bit more about yourself
through self-inspection, meditation or psychoanalysis
but you will never get the full story.
Self-awareness is like a movie trailer
to a movie that is not finished yet.

Everything is in constant flux, like a river.
You are not the same person today 
as the one you were last year.
and the one you think you are right now 
will be gone in a few years.
You will grow old and frail,
demented, senile or mentally confused.

Once upon a time you were a fetus
and looked like a little rat pup.

Thursday, February 8, 2018

Children and mindfulness meditation


Children are fantasizing too much.
They spend too much time in their fantasy worlds.
They must learn how to sit still 
and pay attention to what the teacher has to say.
It´s important with mathematics, grammar and spelling.
Fairies, ghosts and imagined fighter jets
have nothing to do with the real world.
There is no pilot inside a house fly.
Children can benefit from mindfulness meditation.
Children can learn how to be present, here and now.
Children need discipline.

Wednesday, February 7, 2018

Mindfulness meditation critique

CEOs endorse mindfulness meditation.

Mindfulness meditation improves performance 
and it is lessening the employees health care utilization.

The receptivity for mindfulness is greater in the business community 
than in general academic circles.

By practicing mindfulness, 
the workforce does not get distracted by meaningless questions like:
'How the hell can I work for this company that is selling this crap?' or
'How the hell did I end up in the arms industry?'

Mindfulness practitioners become more and more narrow minded and focused.

The University of Miami offers mindfulness training to combat troops.