Vijay Prema - The Mindful Technologist

It's been about 1.5 years since I last made a proper blog post on this website.

Some monasteries have a Dharma Bell which rings at regular intervals to remind people to stop and be mindful and present.

With regular meditation a relaxed mind can feel clear and peaceful.

Occam's Razor presents a simple rule to discard the unnecessary when theorizing.

I got this idea from this list of people posting their app defaults. (🤓 = Self hosted) 💻 Desktop OS: Ubuntu 📱 Mobile OS: LineageOS 📂 Desktop Environment: GNOME ⌨️ Mobile Launcher: KISS 🌐 Browser: Firefox (Mobile: Fennec) 📑 Bookmarks: Nextcloud Bookmarks 🤓…

A friend of mine who has two very creative, boredom-free and impressive young children told me that a significant contributing factor to their brilliance was that he disallowed them any screen-time in the early years of their lives.

I will start by saying that this routine has evolved over time and will no doubt continue to evolve along with my body.

We can all do well to examine our own attitude when we sit down to meditate or during other regular spiritual practices, such as simple self-reflection during the day.

When you think you have "abandoned everything", you may feel you are left with the experience of the "non-dual", as if it was some kind of truth or supreme reality.

By now most of you have probably heard about Reddit blackout/exodus and you may also have heard about Lemmy, a Fediverse alternative to Reddit, which many have flocked to.

A peak experience is an often ineffable or "magical" experience that may occur for some people during deep spiritual practice (e.g. meditation), or sometimes spontaneously during normal daily activity or during sleep.

Explore these pointers with a relaxed, meditative curiosity, not to figure something out, nor to gain new conceptual knowledge, but simply to bring you to a very natural, calm and clearly lucid mind state.

My phone is a 6 year old Galaxy S8.

This is my special sauerkraut recipe that I have been making for many years.

Its early days but we are now seeing a number of tech companies launching their own Mastodon instances in the last few weeks.