It worked?
Tell others.
People
Be kind
Would you rather be clever or kind?
The universe acts through others
Look who it keeps sending you
Never dive alone
The first rule in freediving. And in life
Tell others
Improve life. Pass it on.
Couple
No empty space between you
Children
They'll turn out like you. Work on yourself
Speak about yourself
Where real conversation starts
Find your people
You can't drag anyone up a level
Work
Work for yourself
Outside, for someone else. Inside, for yourself
Choose your games
Play where you like the rules
No offense
Play for every round
Compound your way out
0.1% a day
Money won't stop
What the flow brings you
Show up
Don't be late. Keep your grip
Body
Surrender to the depth
Real power is in letting go
All for the brain
Grow your brain, grow your life
The body is a friend
Feed it, train it, trust it
Skip breakfast
Eat later
Mind
Don't believe your thoughts
You are not the voice in your head
Wake up
You are sleeping
What it is
What isn't there does not exist
The brain is a receiver
A glove on the hand of god
Question reality
What it seems and what it is
For real
There’s no “real”
Watch your mouth
Words are real. Even though nothing is
Grow inward
Base reality is a thin layer
The spacesuit
Decide — it does the rest
The parasite
It feeds on fear
See wider
The space of possibilities
Drop suffering
Hit, but not wounded
Reality creator
You create it by thinking
Life
Think forward
Where is the thought pointing?
Go through
Not around the wall — through it
Write
Thoughts in your head aren't yours
Talk yourself out
Stitch your life together
Store shelves
Don't take anything past its date
Move the locus inside
Least important outside, most important inside
Doubts are poison
Stop doubting
Level up
From "all for me" to "all for all"
Integrity
Thoughts, words and deeds that don't drift apart
Don't lie
Especially to yourself
Everything is a lesson
Now figure out which one
Freedom
Be ready
Joy
Mine joy
Joy is a choice. Mine it
Be bored
Interest needs boredom first
The day only gets better
Notice it. Say it
Do what you like
Just want it harder
Love life
Nothing extra. Only what you love
Desire
The language of the universe
Best world
Live to the fullest
Everything is now
What matters most is right now
Don't get tired
No resting in the cemetery
Life is all we got
Hard? Compared to what?
Be grateful
The antidote to everything
Try
English
The operating system of the world
Meditation
Close your eyes to see
Try freediving
A gym for the spirit
Buddhism
Liberation as technology
Try biohacking
Bottom up — from sleep to microdosing
Sobriety
A clear head is the strongest psychedelic
Read
Read
You haven't found out the best part yet
Why Buddhism Is True
Robert Wright. The mind, explained from the inside
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
Harry Browne. The cage is built out of traps you walk into
12 Rules for Life
Jordan Peterson. Start with the room, end with the truth
The Hermit and Six-Toes
Pelevin. The sharpest book about waking up is about chickens
Lying
Sam Harris. Honest people are a shelter
Truth
Hector Macdonald. The same fact, told many ways
Free Will
Sam Harris. The decision lands before you do
The Bitcoin Standard
Saifedean Ammous. A brief history of money
Watch
Watch
See your life in a movie
Arrival
Meaning comes first
Click
The lights are on, but nobody's home
The Matrix
Wake up into real life
The Life of Chuck
You carry the world in your head
Generation P
Gets your brain going
Soul
What music is playing inside you
The Village
Those we don't speak of
Dark Matter
What if these worlds reflect our state of mind?
A Scanner Darkly
D is for Death
Sliding Doors
You always live the branch where you survived
Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
How beliefs shape the world
Pantheon
Deep states of the mind
Severance
Those 8 hours take you with them
What Dreams May Come
Everyone has a universe of their own
Glossary
Karma
Action. What you do
Krishna
The god of serotonin. Joy
Ganesha
The god of dopamine. Action
Shiva
The god of consciousness
Suffering
Dukkha. A crooked axle
Dharma
The way. How to live
Samsara
The wheel of repeating states
Nirvana
The spinning stops
Maya
The projector of reality
Advaita
Non-duality. Not two
Samadhi
Collectedness. Freedivers know
Vipassana
Seeing as it is
Metta
Kindness as a practice
Atman
The one looking
Brahman
That which is everything
Anatta
No permanent "I"
Anicca
Impermanence
Shunyata
Emptiness
Satori
A flash of clarity
Turiya
The fourth
Locus
The assemblage point
Eightfold Path
Ethics, wisdom, meditation
Why bother
These are the things that changed my life. The good stuff is contagious. I want you to have the map.
Mine joy. Be kind. Tell others.