ON THE PATH TO ALL-ROUND IMPROVEMENT
Notes:– His adoption and why he though he was special being more clever than parents and getting upgraded more than one class ahead. “Religion was at its best when it emphasised spiritual experiences rather than received dogma.” – Getting into electronics from Hewlett, to meeting Wozniak, how they clicked, their pranks and the blue box … Read more
Gandhi Autobiography First of all a lot of people have ‘heard’ about the book or some of the perverse experiments and judged the man on it. One friend even claimed that he started reading the first few pages and threw it away. If you are the kind that is attracted to the perversions and judgements, may … Read more
The Sermon on the Mount 5 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. The Beatitudes 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they … Read more
From The Book of SecretsVictory needs knowledge, not fight. Fight is a subtle violence. And this is strange, but this has happened: those who talk about nonviolence to others are very much violent against themselves. There are teachings and traditions which say, “Do not be violent to anyone,” but those same teachings are very much … Read more
SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Steven D. Levitt, Stephen J. Dubner SuperFreakonomics: Global Cooling, Patriotic Prostitutes, and Why Suicide Bombers Should Buy Life Insurance by Stephen J. Dubner & Steven D. LevittFollow up to Freakonomics… and here go my notes:– Drunk walker is 8 times likely to … Read more
Summary from Professor Matthew Walker – 2 stages which are REM (Rapid Eye Movement) and Non-REM. REM is also known as dream sleep. Non-REM is divided into 4 stages. The deep stages 3 and 4 is where body replenishment, cardio, metabolism, etc happens. Your body resists going into these stages when they’re in a foreign … Read more
