ITAD: Information & Technology Addiction Disorder

November 3, 2008

I’d like to take the liberty to define a new psychological disorder: ITAD: Information & Technology Addition Disorder. If this condition doesn’t exist in modern psychology, I believe that maybe it should. Yes, it would just be another-perhaps useless-label on what is just a stream of consciousness; Nevertheless, for myself, I feel it would be [...]

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Déjà vu – a glimpse of the reality of time?

October 25, 2008

As my experience of déjà vu increases, I realize that perhaps it is not the mental aberration I once thought it was. It might just be a glimpse into the true nature of reality: that time is not finite—it is illusory. Fundamentally time does not exist, it is a construct of our collective minds. The [...]

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How we are is more important than what we do

October 23, 2008

This might be obvious for some, but for me this has been a revelation. How we are in our live, on a moment to moment basis is the essential thing. This is who we really are. What we do in our life is less important that how we are. An example of what I mean: [...]

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Idea: a website featuring all shamanic retreat centers

October 18, 2008

I think it might be helpful to the community at large to have one place where you can go to get information about all the various shamans and ayahuasca retreats around the world. This could be sort of a wikipedia type one-stop-shopping for info about shamans and retreats. Each retreat center and/or shaman would have [...]

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Canadian Liberals, NDP and Greens: Form an Alliance. Please!

October 16, 2008

The idea is quite simple: Canadian Liberals, NDPs, Greens – get over your differences and form an alliance in order to defeat the conservatives in the next election. Liberals: your glory days are over, you need need this more than anybody else. NDP: even with all your excellent policies, will you ever be able to [...]

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Ayahuasca Information and Retreats

October 14, 2008

On this page I plan to share my knowledge of ayahuasca resources for my friends. It grows weekly. Ayahuasca Retreats If you are interested in participating in ayahuasca ceremonies in peru, here is a list of people that I can recommend: Blue Morpho Tours – Hamilton now teaches from the non-dual perspective, very integral and well respected [...]

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New blog default categories plus search and replace

October 10, 2008

This plugin works fine with the latest version of WPMU: 2.8.6, and will probably work fine in future versions as it did not break going from 2.7 to 2.8. Another plugin: New Blog Defaults also offers default categories, and much more. This plugin allows you to set default categories for new blogs. It also allows [...]

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Origins of Bizarre Nazca & Paracas Pottery — A Theory

October 10, 2008

While wandering the streets in San Blas, Cuzco, Peru, I came across an elegant pottery shop. The pieces were exquisite, crafted by artisans with years of experience with designs inspired by Inca, Nazca, Paracas, Moche and Chavin culture.  When I saw the bizarre designs of the Nazca and Paracas inspired pieces, I was shocked with how they were perfect depictions of [...]

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The real difference between liberals and conservatives

October 2, 2008

This is an insightful TED Talks by Jonathan Haidt on what makes liberals and conservatives different. For me it was a real eye opener that helps boot me out of the rightous view that liberals are ‘more’ right. He show how 5 measures of morals (which I believe he should weight somehow) are valued differently by each [...]

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Glimpses of Peru

September 29, 2008

This is a short video I put together highlighting some of my experiences in peru over the last year. I hope you like it. And some photos highlights as well below:

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Great undergraduate program for self-directed/mature students

September 29, 2008

I recently enrolled in the Independent Studies program at University Waterloo to complete my Bachelors degree so that I can attend a Masters program in the future. What is amazing about this program is it’s flexibility: you can literally create any program or course that you could imagine. For example, for this semester my self-created courses [...]

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my first post after years of procrastination

September 29, 2008

well, this is my first post in my new blog/online journal. For years I have wanted to enter the world of blogging but for one reason or another I just never got around to doing it. I think I was a little too focused on making an amazing blog, and that got in the way [...]

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