DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Happy Thanksgiving everyone. What was Thanksgiving all about? Was that when the Pilgrims and the Native Americans sat down and ate together? Not to be that guy, but remember that the Europeans ended up killing pretty much all of the native americans… I wonder what the would would have looked like if the Native Americans conquered the whole thing? There multi-animism, spirituality, daoism, and natural appreciation was right one. Where are their books? Their stories? Living in harmony with the world around you doesn’t require dressing up on Sundays... Living your philosophy each day is the greatest expression of respect to yourself. Purposeful deviation may yield new insights, but mindless deviation likely necessitates recalibration and renewed focus. 

I am pretty hard on myself a lot of the time. It is hard to feel okay when I don’t feel any momentum in what I am building. This is something I think about on a daily basis, an almost hourly basis. If there is ever a time to relax, spend time with my family, and just accept that I am doing the best that I can and that everything will workout... That time is now. I am genuinely proud of the things I have done in my life, how I have tried to spend my time, the values I uphold, the vibes I bring with me, and the intentions that I have… towards making the world a better place.

Explaining My Book: “A Month For Life”

A boy finds out that he will be killed in 1 month. There is no escaping this end. He has a mental breakdown. We are taken inside his mind, where his consciousness breaks into distinct entities, travels thought a desert, and finally become one. He briefly comes back to reality, only to fall into a long state of writing. 2 boys find a magical world with all the great figures from the past. The brothers find out that the world was built by their grandfather. Their grand father dies and they deliver him to the magical world. the boy comes out from writing and his family throws a part to distract themselves. Their house gets struct by lightening. The boy writes again. This time its a middle aged Chinese man wandering through the woods encountering strange beings. He eventually reaches Enlightenment. The boy says good bye to his family on the day he is supposed to die, meditates, and finally joins the grandfather and the enlightened Chinese man in the magical world with all the greats throughout history. The end. 

New Intellectual Discoveries

I found a wonderful author, journalist, writer this week. His name is Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge. The first article I read from his was on War and Peace. Many quotes stood out to me, one of which being: 

“According to Tolstoy peace is not only the absence of war but also the absence of hostility between people, communities and nations. In this novel Tolstoy highlights war between nations, war between institutions, war between classes, war between families, war between individuals  and internal war within one’s self. According Tolstoy Peace ought to be achieved by harmonizing external as well as internal factors. It is an individual as well as a collective effort.” 

The article The Buddha: The Unique Psychotherapist also stood out to me. It is a history of psychotherapy, covering the basics of Freud, Jung, Adler, all in relation to the Buddha, viewed as a psychotherapist, a characterization that was always present in my mind but never definitive or self evident. 

https://www.colombotelegraph.com/index.php/gautama-buddha-the-unique-psychotherapist/

While I am writing this I am also listening to an interview that Dr. Ruwan M. Jayatunge gave. From what I have been able to find, he is a psychoanalyst, former military personel, and intellectual living and working in Sri Lanka. One problem that is rarely identified as a problem is the problem of echo chambers and limited perspectives. I am surrounded by other materialistic, success oriented individuals, even deep conversations are grounded in a privileged world view. This is okay, but it is far from representative of the views of the “average” person on earth let alone the views of our ancestors. His words have been remarkably refreshing. I connected with him on linkedin so hopefully I will be able to connect with him. * (Now the next morning): He responded!

Last Friday I spoke over the phone with a retired French Friar who I found through his article: https://sarumuse.org/2025/01/26/rabbit-holes/. He was rambling, spoke highly of George Orwel and F Scott Fitzgerald, if I remember correctly… Oh, no. that’s right, it was Aldus Huxley. He is someone I need to read further into, I just favorited The Perennial Philosophy as it seems totally up my ally. 

Thanks for reading. Hope you enjoyed the ramblings.