Stupid things I do.

1. Go for a walk...because I got videos to watch and I think the female runners are cute and is a good mating criteria. I like saying hi to them just to say what they think. And I must admit that the western style pick-up does not work very well here.

2. Try making silly mistakes...it's really hard and I end up making fewer.

3. Blogging. Rather unproductive to be honest. But I feel that it's important to leave a trail of words behind, everyday, and so I do.

4. Take long baths. There's nothing like the feeling of cold and warm water enveloping one's body.

5. Glorification of any one object, person or thing.

If you think about the brain, there is not a single brain cell that does all the work, make beautiful pictures and achieve great things. It is a collection of cells.

So the truth is that both individual and collective work together to achieve desired results. It is an individual-collective duality. It is just as it is. The individual and collective are hence exposed as artificial, imaginary constructs.

Incredible how many people will fight for such concepts. A truly enlightened world would perhaps be meditating all the time and spend the time enjoying what we are programmed to enjoy, while thinking about the meaninglessness of such constructs.

This is the Dao. Feeling one as a collection of forms, while also feeling one as a whole.

In the context, it is absolutely possible to have one's cake and eat it too.

6. Fantasize.

I have a wonderful dream life. It helps me cope everytime reality falls short of my expectations. It answers my "what if" questions in as much detail as I can desire. It pleases me beyond most things in reality. It gives me what I want and the feelings that comes with desires, before I have them in reality. I have a rich inner life that guarantees that I can take my outer life without being stressed.

The drawback of this is that I may simply be less driven in things I don't feel are as high priority to me, but which I still wish to enjoy.

7. Comparing to others.

We are innately programmed to do this. It kept our ancestors alive. And it's generally a good heuristic.

But no one really told me how exactly you stop comparing yourself to others. I've found a couple of reasons why I do it and it does reduce the rate significantly, but as far as I can see, there is no way to totally prevent it.

8. Sleep late.

nuff said.

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