Entheogenic — the creation of god within I recently participated in two all-night ceremonies conducted by the Chief of a northern Brazilian tribe, in which he shared the plant medicines of ayahuasca tea, rapé (smoke of tobacco & other plants), and sananga (as eyedrops) with our group of 30 people. …

To determine if a digital item has value, you must look at the benefits it confers to the owner. Let’s try to make sense of NFTs. In their most basic form, an NFT is a link (URL) to a media file. Think about when you upload an image to Dropbox…

Are you feeling any pain in your body? Have you taken a deep breathe in the last 5 minutes? Does your jaw, neck, or stomach have a sensation of tightness? Are you in opposition of something right now? Do you fear something? Are you grasping for something right now? Do…

Getting out of your personal prison (This is a living document. I used Medium more like a public notepad for my thoughts. Articles are subject to being re-written and expanded as more information is added over time.) Levels of Being an Impactful Person Level 0: Focused on personal wants and…

Well, you can. Here’s the smartest way to start saving lives with donations — After researching a variety of charitable organizations, I took the following action. This is a simple move that anyone can make as their first step in creating an ongoing strategy for giving. I created a monthly…

In June of 2018, a zine titled The Imposter appeared on my desk at Facebook HQ. It had been created by Facebook designers and distributed internally to the few hundred members of the design team. With a mild sense of dread, I opened the cover and read the note from…

← Back to the Toolkit | Vipassana Vipassana Meditation is Hardcore I sat silently in the woods for 6 days and gained a valuable tool from the experience. No speaking, no eye-contact, no reading, no writing, and no modern technology. Many forms of meditation are about relaxation and treating stress. …

The Nature of Happiness Tara Brach (Book: Radical Acceptance, Podcast: iTunes) Rick Hansen (Books: Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Newsletter: Just One Thing) Alan Watts (Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity) Each person has a baseline level of satisfaction which can vary in the short term but returns to the baseline over time. …

← Back to the Toolkit | Happiness Happiness is Not a Fish That You Can Catch Tara Brach (Book: Radical Acceptance, Podcast: iTunes) Rick Hansen (Books: Hardwiring Happiness, Buddha’s Brain, Newsletter: Just One Thing) Alan Watts (Book: The Wisdom of Insecurity) What is happiness? Is it a feeling of satisfaction with everything in your life? A person cannot remain…