01. MY THREE POSITIVES.
1. It's dried out a bit, so I can go for a walk in the forest.
2. I don't have time to do what I need to, but I'm not too worried either – stress management.
3. I'm reading Antifragility.
02. MY THOUGHTS AND DISCOVERIES.
As you evaluate your current state and reflect on how you got here, why you made certain decisions, you realize the influence of external information. This could be the upbringing you received in childhood or a negative example that helped you avoid repeating someone else's mistakes.
Previously, there were more tried-and-true books and censored TV shows – someone filtered it all.
Now you can find all sorts of things, including perverted versions. Lately, I've been increasingly noticing competition for attention—the news is increasingly shocking with fresh corpses, stores are offering discounts and special offers, and advertising is being pushed everywhere they can, especially in ways that are designed to hook you emotionally.
Since COVID-19, I've been viewing current events as some kind of show that's trying to create an associative connection, to hook you in on something so you can't tear yourself away.
But okay, look at the kids, what they watch on YouTube...
I remember we learned the fable "The Dragonfly and the Ant," and it was perceived as normal. Now, kids watch some successful bloggers who are always having fun, throwing money around, and making money from their shows. A child will think that they're the epitome of success and the job is easy, like, film yourself eating a burger for a hundred rubles or ten thousand and share your impressions.
The broken cause-and-effect relationship in this information is disturbing. Consequently, incorrect conclusions are drawn, seeing only what the blogger shows, but not the whole story. And they think they can do the same, eat burgers, film it, and waste money.
Although, perhaps this is a new reality, and I'm not used to it.
The older generation also scolded us, saying that we always watch TV, but shouldn't read books, that video games make us dumber, etc.
Perhaps we could go the route of banning people—watch this, but not that. And limit the time spent watching YouTube and games (what if the government is taking care of us, filtering information, so that soon only paper books will be left to read, and only from a verified list? But I think this flow can't be contained; more precisely, the more you restrain it, the stronger the breakthrough will be—a mechanism of overcompensation. We need to dose the ban somehow, trying to emphasize awareness and responsibility, and lifting the bans with age.
But what if there's a special meaning in full and free access to information? Using alcohol as an example: many indigenous northern peoples can develop a physiological dependence on alcohol very quickly; they have a harder time controlling themselves due to their historically limited exposure to it.
At the same time, in drinking countries, tolerance to alcohol has been developed over many years, thanks to generations of drinkers.
But what if this entire influx of alcohol coming at us is needed to develop critical perception and tolerance? Another exercise on the path of spiritual growth toward complete freedom?"
03. MY YOGA INSPIRATION FOR THE WEEK.
In Mantra Yoga
04. MY GRATITUDE AND PRAISE.
For the axiomatic
05. I WANT TO PRAISE MYSELF.
Tired, but not bored.
06. PERSONAL YOGA PRACTICE FOR THE WEEK.*
Yoga every day - Hatha, Kriya, Mantra, Pranayama
07. DIFFICULTIES IN LEARNING.*
Not enough time.