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Keep Your Optimism, But Be Very Concerned

October 20, 2008 By Graham English

Some people will tell you the world is coming to an end. Some people will say you create reality so turn off the news and think nothing but good thoughts. I'm here to tell you to be optimistic, but be very concerned. The state of the economy is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: advice, consumption, contribution, economics, economy, history, jazz, shock and awe, The Great Depression, The Shock Doctrine, zen

The Story Of Japanese Apprentice Matajura

August 26, 2008 By Graham English

Matajura wanted to become a great swordsman, but his father said he could never learn, because he wasn't quick enough. So Matajura went to the famous dueler Banzo and asked to become his pupil. "How long will it take me to become a master?" he asked. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Opinion, Prose Tagged With: greatness, Japan, learning, mastery, speed, zen

The Best Of Graham English 2007

December 24, 2007 By Graham English

It's time for my yearly reflections and celebrations. By far the most popular and most controversial post of 2007 was The Zen Of Attraction. I'm surprised at the attention it received because I wrote it as an aside. Some people loved it and some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Prose Tagged With: 2007, Adium, Apple, AppleScript, attraction, automation, Blogging, community, controversy, Ear Training, Facebook, fun, Growl, GTD, hacks, humor, iChat, ILP, IM, iPhone, Last.fm, lyric writing, Mac, MacBook Pro, Music Theory, OSX, podcasting, productivity, Quicksilver, relationships, Skype, social networking, Songwriting, Stumbleupon, Twitter, Wordpress, zen

Graham English Talks Episode 10

September 19, 2007 By Graham English

In this episode I talk about Logic Studio (see pics of unboxing Logic Studio) and Logic Studio Training, my fitness and 300 workout progress, Numbers, coaching programs, Backup, the Zen of attraction, Breaking and Entering, The West Wing, The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Graham English Talks Tagged With: 300, Apple, attraction, Californication, coaching, exercise, fitness, iWork, Logic Pro, Logic Pro 8, Logic Studio, Mac, Numbers, TV, West Wing, workout, X-Files, zen

The Zen Of Attraction

September 19, 2007 By Graham English

If Less Is More, Then Nothing Is Everything I've been responding to the idea of attraction put out by the less than scientific Secret folks and found a really cool spin on it by the more practical Coachville community. I've abridged the principles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: attraction, ILP, LifeHacks, zen

What Is Your Musical Dojo?

October 1, 2006 By Graham English

Joe Hyams author of Zen in the Martial Arts tells us what a dojo is: A dojo is a miniature cosmos where we make contact with ourselves--our fears, anxieties, reactions and habits. it is an arena of confined conflict where we confront an opponent who … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: concentration, fear, inner-arts, Kung Fu, martial arts, Practice, practice studio, Shaolin, zen

Meditation Increases Brain Size

May 13, 2006 By Graham English

People who meditate grow bigger brains than those who don't. Researchers at Harvard, Yale, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found the first evidence that meditation can alter the physical structure of our brains. Brain scans they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: LifeHacks, Prose Tagged With: Absolute Pitch, brain, Harvard, meditation, Science, zazen, zen

Show Me The Mystery

March 31, 2006 By Graham English

From Geekonomics via GenerationSit.org: What if everything in life were free? You'd think we'd be happier. But game designers know better: We'd be bored. It's interesting that virtual worlds also demonstrate absolute/relative truth. To me, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Lifestream, Opinion, Prose Tagged With: consciousness, Infinity, Ken Wilber, mystery, pointing-out instructions, Satori, space-time, suffering, transrational, Truth, virtual worlds, zen

True Home

March 11, 2006 By Graham English

Fearless mystic Lifting the veil Crying echo Pierced with a nail Spirit calling every day Phantom feeling has gone away I have arrived I have not moved This is my TRUE HOME Chorus: All we really need to get by Is the love that we … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Audio, Music Tagged With: Fear The Monk, heavy drums, love, rock, spiritual, zen

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