Meditation experiment personal observations 208680d2-3ed5-2a34-6dab-6a8f91899255

Insufficient sleep results in cognitive fatigue.
Insufficient hydration and sustenance results in physcial fatigue.
Insufficient physical strength and cardiovascular investment/exercise results in both.
Cognitive and physical fatigue seem to hamper the practice of meditation and generally contribute to having a “bad day”.

Problems installing (M)ELPA packages

In Problems installing (M)ELPA packages Sebastien wrote:

While using `package.el’ fulfills a long-awaited dream for easily adding and upgrading Emacs libraries, I now feel upgrading packages is much more complex than what I anticipated.
At least two of the packages I use daily (Org and Helm) require to be installed from inside a fresh Emacs session (emacs -Q), where nothing has been loaded.

I had wondered but never found out why one must follow this approach when installing org from scratch. Good to know!

Perennial Psychology of the Bhagavad Gita

This authoritative translation and commentary makes a timeless Eastern scripture as useful today as it was centuries ago. Swami Rama draws out the psychological concepts of this immortal text and makes them accessible to all students. Spiritual seekers, psychotherapists, and students of Eastern studies will all find a storehouse of wisdom in this volume. This book deals with analyzing and training the internal states of the human being so that one can be active in the external world while maintaining a state of tranquility.

Be prepared before taking the challenge and keep at it no matter how it goes.

Celestial Song/Gobind Geet

Celestial Song of the Gobind Geet is the dialogue between Sri Guru Gobind Singh and Banda Singh Bahadur, two great leaders in the history of humanity and the Sikh tradition. This poetic interchange presents the ideals of Sikh dharma in a simple and lucid way so that they can be enjoyed, understood, and applied by all who hear them. A central theme of the book is that the spiritually aware have a responsibility to help those in the world – that selfless service to humanity is, in fact, a spiritual practice. To serve, to remember, and to love are the three essential aspects of the Sikh dharma.

Prepare to be amazed and inspired by these magnanimous souls.