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Feeling Restless? Is Quantum Physics to Blame?
Originally posted on Road Less Travelled: I heard a story recently. It went like this. When Columbus sailed in to America for the first time, the Native American Indians did not see his ship. Actually...
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Would You Fear Drowning if You Could Breathe Underwater?
A violent storm rages unpredictably on the ocean’s surface. A bad-tempered, blustery wind gusts endlessly whipping the ocean in to giant peaks and troughs as whitewash churns on the crest of dark...
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Dear Brain, Please Stop Being a ‘Doomsday Prepper’.
Dear Brain, Humans no longer live in caves. I don’t live in a cave. We are no longer hunted by dangerous creatures on a daily basis. Bad things still happen, but we are not in constant danger, nor are...
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What Happened to Our High Definition World?
The talent of the artist is that they see life through a viewfinder of objectivity. The artist is able to look at a tree and see that the leaves that are reflecting the spring sun look white not green....
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Photos Are a Lie!
Do you ever look at photos and think that they’re a lie? Do you ponder at the glossy, artificially flash-lit smiling faces and think… That’s not how it was? I’ve been going through all my photos,...
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I’m About to Take the Road Less Travelled
I’ve read some inspiring stories. Stories of people who have sold their worldly possessions and just got up and left. Squeezed their life into a suitcase and got on a plane not knowing what was to...
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The Manic Move from Sydney to Manila
I think about everything that I have to get done to move from Sydney to Manila and it boggles the mind. Only 6 months ago I sat in my large office on the Sunshine coast staring at my enormous aquarium...
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Did ‘Mindfulness’ Exist Before Technology?
When you think about it, I mean really think about it, the concept of Mindfulness (to be ‘present’ and aware of your surroundings and senses) is quite ridiculous. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a believer...
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Why can’t I hold the things I love?
What happened to my physical world? My study room was full of the things I love. Records with their scratchy sound, followed by CDs that I could stack in towers of musical categorisation. I had photos...
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Is Karma Fair?
Is Karma fair? Really? How is it that there can be a concrete law that judges everyone on their positive and negative actions delivering customised reward or punishment? What are the degrees of good...
View ArticleThe Danger of Imagination
Brains these days are pretty advanced. I think, maybe too advanced. I’m not sure I’m ready for a frontal lobe yet and neither are you. You see, sometimes in history things go through rapid spurts of...
View ArticleWhat’s wrong with escapism?
Most, if not all of us, strive to escape from reality. We do this quite regularly. Sometimes, we feel that reality is too bright, too clear, too crisp. Reality is the bright day that assaults you when...
View ArticleI think therefore I am? No. You are not your thoughts
“I think therefore I am”, the famous phrase uttered by renowned Philosopher Rene Descartes was perhaps one, if not the most, fundamentally flawed philosophical statements of all time (sorry Rene). To...
View ArticleHarness the power of retrospect: 3 tips to start your own journaling
As humans, we’re natural born storytellers. Our memories serve an important purpose in defining our unique story. Throughout life, we often draw our sense of identity from memories and places in time....
View ArticleStuck in Purgatory Paradise
Facebook has a new feature called ‘On This Day’. It’s a feature where Facebook belches up old memories and reminds you what you were doing on this day; 1 year ago, 2 years ago and so on. Well, I’m...
View ArticleThe fundamental problem with the law of attraction
I’m starting to wonder if the law of attraction is all just a load of bullshit. Don’t get me wrong; I haven’t always felt this way. When the best-selling self-help book, ‘The Secret’ came out, I...
View ArticleAre your problems worth worrying about?
I read somewhere recently that, when you’re worried about something in life, you should ask yourself; “Will this problem be something that I’ll be worrying about in 5 years’ time?” If the answer is...
View ArticleSense of Place, Memory and Identity
I’m definitely in Melbourne. I’m sitting in a dark and moody hipster pub drinking a surprisingly good ‘house red’. The billboards out the front still advertise live bands on different nights of the...
View ArticleI’m right. You’re wrong. How we misuse information to feed our prejudices
Ben Farrell FAKE NEWS, FAKE NEWS, FAKE NEWS…That’s what we hear right? Donald Trump is pretty upset about it… should we be too? Well, the problem is not so much about whether the news is outright fake...
View ArticleFacebook depression: The danger of social comparison
Theodore Roosevelt once said that “comparison is the thief of joy”. Well said I say. I guess there’s always some mug who’s doing better than you so you’re always lusting after the achievements,...
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