Ancient Wisdom for a Modern World
Yesterday, I went to a Bikram Yoga class, which is a 90-minute yoga session conducted in a 104 degree room. I didn’t intend to go to Bikram yoga during my Hinduism month. I would have preferred to go to a regular yoga class, however, this particularly yoga studio had the best Groupon. Being the cost
Over the past two weeks, I’ve been in Portland, Oregon and took a break from the project for a little while. I didn’t intend to, but I was working remotely at weird hours and didn’t have anything logistically set up for my Hinduism month (my shrine, time to study, etc.). Instead of doing a half
This week has been a bit crazy. I’ve been seriously procrastinating at work, and had a bunch of things to do to hit a few hard deadlines before I headed off to Portland, Oregon for a few weeks (the place where young people go to retire). To get everything done, I had to pull a
I often hear people talk about their goals for the future. Married by 28, kids by 30, becoming executive vice president by 35, etc. Their happiness seems largely determined by how much progress they are making towards these goals. Not married by 25? Time to panic. Earned a promotion earlier than planned? Fantastic! This goal-based
This morning I performed my first Hindu prayer, or Puja, as part of Bhakti Yoga, or Path of Devotion. After I showered, I plopped down in front of my shrine (set up on a side table repurposed for this month), and began the simplified (and probably incorrect), prayer ritual. First, I recited the following
I took my first Myers-Briggs personality test in college for a class on leadership and management. The test is supposed to determine what your psychological preferences are: whether you are introverted or extroverted, whether you follow your hunches or prefer to look at details and facts, or make decisions based on logic and reason or
I’m still working on grad school apps so I’m holding off on publishing my “real” posts, but a question came to mind this morning that I thought would be interesting to pose to my readers. Much of modern advice is predicated on the idea that your current life situation is shitty, or at least, unsatisfactory, and
For most Thanksgivings, I am grateful for two things. 1. Time off from work. Four day weekends are amazing. 2. Turkey sandwiches made from leftover turkey (my delicious minimalist sandwich: white bread, turkey, and mayo) I usually don’t spend too much time reflecting on other things I am grateful for, which is a shame. So this year,
I’m currently in the middle of putting together an application for grad school. As a result, I have unfortunately been neglecting my research into my next Ancient Wisdom experiment. This is where I can use your help. I have already “done” Hinduism, and will start uploading those posts in the next few weeks (likely after Thanksgiving).
Unlike some of my other months, I don’t feel like I did much of anything for Buddhism month. For Stoicism month, I took daily ice baths. For Catholic month, I went to Mass almost every day. For Judaism month, I attended prayer services nearly every morning. And for Islam month, I prayed five times per