Magical Brain

Recently my mom's good friend Deepak Chopra released a new book called Super Brain. I read it and it is super. I have always been fascinated by the human brain, and for the last 15 years I have read quite a bit on neuroscience and brain research. Quite simply, the human brain is the most magnificent and sophisticated computer in existence. Even the world's most advanced computer is nothing next to the brain. Yet why do we place so much trust in computers and not in ourselves?

After all, even the most powerful computers are only Intelligent Idiots. Why? Because a computer can only do what you tell it to do, and it can only do that because someone programmed it to do so. But the human brain is not like that at all. In fact, it is always doing things for us that we didn't consciously ask it to do. Each of our 50 trillion cells are performing 6 billion actions every second, and without this incredibly complex and dazzling orchestration of actions, we would simply not be able to do many of the things we take for granted, like eating, digesting, walking, talking, thinking, breathing...

Not only does our brain execute all these processes for us simultaneously, it does so effortlessly and with absolute precision and mastery. For me this is Magical. I am in Awe of this. But what is even more awesome to me is that we are only using about 10% of our brains, so what on earth can the remaining 90% do? This question is always with me.. And perhaps one day I will live to see the answer..

There is no doubt that we are all in possession of a Magical Brain, but are we capable of using it to live a Magical Life?

Great Questions, Great Answers.

I have always believed in the power of asking questions, especially to yourself. In my life I have experienced many transformations and generated many insights from asking the right questions. What are the right questions? It will defer from person to person, but for me the right questions are the ones that will push your boundaries and expand your mind beyond the status quo.

The beauty of asking questions is that they will eventually lead to answers. This is why I say that Great Questions will always lead to Great Answers. Great answers will change your life, and if the answers are great enough, they will change the lives of others. Many of the world's greatest inventions or discoveries were preceded by great questions.

We should always be asking ourselves questions like "Is there a better way to do this?" or "What do I really want as a customer?"... "Am I using technology as well as I should?"... "If I am only using 10% of my brain, then what can I do if I could access the remaining 90%?"... To me these are some of the kinds of questions that will surely lead to solutions and innovations, and surely this is what we collectively want.

If you want Great Answers, ask Great Questions.

What's Your Frequency?

If everything in the universe is made up of energy, then so are we. And if we are made of energy, then it follows that we consist of vibrations that ultimately make up a Frequency. So what is your frequency?

I believe that your frequency is what determines the quality of your life. Your words, your thoughts, your emotions, and your actions are all vibrations, and the total collection of your vibrations at any given moment determines your frequency.

I am not talking about the Law of Attraction where you think something and it happens. That is very compartmentalized. I am talking about how do you explain things that just happen without you ever thinking about it... Like the events and experiences that make up the content of your life. I am sure that when Mark Zuckerberg was struggling to keep his facebook website alive, he never even dreamed or imagined that it would someday be worth 50 Billion USD and that he would become the youngest ever billionaire, yet that is exactly where he is today. I am also quite sure that when James Cameron decided to spend 500 million on making Avatar, in what was supposed to be a global economic crisis, he didn't expect that it would break box office records by a long mile...

So I figured that there must be something else going on that generates all these experiences, good or bad, that we do not directly think about or even imagine, yet they can absolutely happen in our lives. My conclusion is that it must be our frequency, and to me this is very cool, but at the same time very challenging to embrace, because it means that we have to be responsible for our thoughts , words, emotions, and actions at any given moment, as it will ultimately determine the quality of our life. Even luck can be explained by this perspective, for what is luck but something that happens that we can't fathom or explain. Enter Frequency...

So again I ask, what is your frequency? The answer is not whether your frequency is good or bad, but rather is it serving you well or not? Are you happy with the sum total of your life? If not, maybe you could change your frequency, and see what happens...

Natural Resources

In a highly competitive world, there is great pressure to keep developing talents and skills. As for talent, many say that people are just born with it. As for skills, I believe that the degree to which skills can be developed are largely dependent upon the person trying to develop those skills. Which is why I believe we should place more attention on our personal natural resources, from which skills and talents will naturally arise.

If you look at a country, its main income comes from its ability to effectively and efficiently harness its natural resources. Any country that fails to do this is at a significant disadvantage. I believe it is the same with people, except not much emphasis is placed on this. If you look at the greatest people who have walked this earth, you will find that they all developed their natural resources and expressed it in a tremendous way.

What are our natural resources? Not only do we have so many, but they are so amazing that just to think about them fills me with gratitude. How about thinking? Even the greatest computers cannot rival our sophisticated thought processes. What about our senses? Even the greatest virtual simulators cannot rival our natural senses. What about our bodies? Imagine how much we get to do with our bodies. And what about breathing? Such a seemingly simple thing, but without it, we would simply perish. And the best part of all, most of us are just born with these gifts.

If you look around, you will notice that all great achievers have somehow or someway developed their natural resources. People like Richard Branson, Steve Jobs, and Warren Buffett succeed not because they know more than others, but because they think better than others. People like Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, and Roger Federer excel because their thinking, senses, and bodies work together in a way that enables them to do amazing things. I believe that if we were to focus on developing our natural resources, we would be amazed at what we are capable of doing, and the rewards would be endless...

Artistic Practicality

There seems to be a great divide between Art and Practicality, like as if to go with one is to forsake the other... However, I don't feel there is such a need. Furthermore, there is always a call for Art to be more Practical... But I feel there is a better perspective to take...

Instead of having to bring practicality to art, why not Bring Art to Your Practicality? So go ahead and Do practical things, but Be as Artistic as you can be... In this way, you will be able to keep pushing the boundaries beyond the ordinary... And keep amazing those who see it...

For a good example of Artistic Practicality, Think Apple...

Hello and Welcome...

Hello World... This is my first blog post, and it won't be my last...

My intention for writing this blog is to express myself in a way that can be useful to whomever might be reading it... And while I don't know if my posts will be considered good, I do believe they will be useful and interesting...

I would also like to state that whatever I write here will be based on my own views, beliefs, and experiences... I am not trying to convince anyone, I am not seeking agreement from anyone, I am simply expressing myself... However, if anyone who reads it is happy with what they find, I am happy with that finding...

Here goes My Flowing Mind...