Numinous Nonsense

No Questions

I had an interesting dream a few nights ago, where I was attending a meditation retreat in the Shambhala tradition. The retreat was in some sort of large house with a lot of other folks (mostly younger). There were several rooms, including a large meditation hall, which ironically no one was using. [...]

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Verified Faith

Last night I had a dream, where I was in some sort of student-teacher situation with Daniel Ingram, and another fellow. I don’t remember the content of the dream that well, but when I woke up from the dream, around 5 in the morning, I had a profound recollection. The recollection had to do with [...]

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The Sleep Deprivation Challenge

I know I told you that Polyphasic sleep is chic, but my friend Lyon thinks it way more chic then I do. He was so fascinated reading Steve Pavlina’s account of his polyphasic experiment that he decided to take on the experiment himself, and is now past day 2. From what I’ve read [...]

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Up with the Sun, I’m an Early Riser Baby!

I’ve been on a mini self-development kick lately, reading lots good stuff over at StevePavlina.com, listening to some Tony Robbins material, and chatting with my buddy Duff about “state management.” Part of what’s come out of this latest surge of interest was a commitment to waking up early. I read a simple and [...]

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Polyphasic Sleep is Chic!

Polyphasic sleeping is a pattern of sleeping where one takes multiple naps throughout the day, instead of sleeping once per day (monophasic sleeping). Apparently by doing this one learns how to enter REM very rapidly, and is able to be fully energized and refreshed on only 2-3 hours of sleep per day! Based [...]

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