Monday, March 31, 2014

note to self
i cannot slog over days and nights.
I need regular breaks to stay alive

Saturday, March 29, 2014

if it's not relevant ,don't think about it
if you think about it, don't worry if you don't have it all
go with what you have, go with passion

defer pleasure. later. you can even eat later. the mind learns to adapt .what pleasures do you need ?you can decide.

keep on keeping on.
it's better to wear out than rust out.

once you are unladen of the useless affectations of that other guy, the trinkets and mental habits and affectations of that other guy, you will be light and flighty in your mind.

you won't be able to speak up unless you're sure of yourself, for which the only remedy is that you've tried your best, that means you've tried everything you can think of. Not a 1 hr try attempt after which you go  pleasure yourself

Monday, March 17, 2014

in other words

It should be inserted here parenthetically that there's a school of mechanical
thought which says I shouldn't be getting into a complex assembly I don't
know anything about. I should have training or leave the job to a specialist.
That's a self-serving school of mechanical eliteness I'd like to see wiped out.
That was a ``specialist'' who broke the fins on this machine. I've edited
manuals written to train specialists for IBM, and what they know when
they're done isn't that great. You're at a disadvantage the first time around
and it may cost you a little more because of parts you accidentally damage,
and it will almost undoubtedly take a lot more time, but the next time
around you're way ahead of the specialist. You, with gumption, have learned
the assembly the hard way and you've a whole set of good feelings about it
that he's unlikely to have.

-Pirsig, Zen and the art of ....


If you meet the Buddha on road, kill him !
 - old zen saying


If you have a hero, look again, you have diminished yourself in some way
 - Sheldon Kopp