Dear Diary: I clearly remember thinking about 2020 at various points in my life. “What would life be like?” Not only does 2020 play on perfect vision, but for me it signifies another iconic figure — 65. I’ll be turning 65 this coming summer , turning to a new phase in life. Typically one isContinue reading “The Year to Come”
Author Archives: Randal B. Adcock
Go Deep
Dear Diary: When the surface is choppy, go deep! Laws of Nature say that ‘energy takes the path of least resistance’. It’s called ‘momentum’. It also applies to all lifeforms. Living organisms make paths, or habits, around the best returns on investment. That’s why we mimic each other. We usually exploit the road more traveledContinue reading “Go Deep”
Mindful
Dear Diary: You and I are one in pursuit of mindfulness. We breathe easy. We have eaten and are full. Now in rest we listen to a dove’s whisper. It calls to a higher place, a place of meaningfulness. Not more goods, or things. Not more busy work. But more play and creation. It whispersContinue reading “Mindful”
No Time, Like the Present
Dear Diary: Just a thought… The future is not real. It has not yet happened. It resides only in our faulty imaginations. The past is not real. It has already happened. It resides only in our feeble memories. The present is real, but awful darned short. If it resides where the nonexistent future meets theContinue reading “No Time, Like the Present”
The Old Path to a New Normal
Dear Diary:I believe the path to any new normal begins inside each of us. We are each on our own personal journeys. This has always been true.Each day we create ourselves anew.We bring forward our best self and leave the residue behind, like shedding our skins.Each day each person reconnects with the others with whomContinue reading “The Old Path to a New Normal”
Chant to soul-finding path
Chant, rhythm and song are an ancient and perhaps universal path to meditation and maybe even enlightenment. Different cultures have their own approach. Here is a sampling to fill your mind with a profound emptiness. Meditation is a way for the seer to see the seer within. South Asia – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vq6Ot2RiEc Central Europe – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ng9sSR7qBAEContinue reading “Chant to soul-finding path”
Simplify Our Worldviews
As the total volume of published and shared knowledge continues to accelerate, each of us gets a diminishing portion of the total knowledge. What does this mean? It means that there is an increasing probability that people you are communicating with will not share the same knowledge and assumptions. What does this mean? It meansContinue reading “Simplify Our Worldviews”
Using Physics And Information Science To Develop Sustainable Businesses And Economies
What would happen if we took all the legacy bodies of knowledge accumulated over the past 400 years and reordered them using the ideas of modern physics and information science? Maybe we could eliminate a lot of awkward, convoluted or outdated theories and practices. Perhaps we could set the stage for a new Renaissance, orContinue reading “Using Physics And Information Science To Develop Sustainable Businesses And Economies”
Better Together
Sure, its an over-used expression. But it is true. We are better together. Here are four ways in which we are better together. · More is Better: You have a problem. Maybe you need to find work and make some money. Ask a group of people for a solution, maybe a job referral. You willContinue reading “Better Together”
Listen to your better Angels within
Listen to your better angels within. While in training for cognitive coaching years ago, I learned that people under stress resort to their areas of greatest strengths. This means that whatever are your dominant talents, dispositions, or personality traits, these will become more pronounced in your thinking. From an evolutionary psychology POV, this is probablyContinue reading “Listen to your better Angels within”
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