Author: THE HOPE MAFIA & THE ASTRAL SURGE + Writer-Director: MONUMENT UNIVERSE + Radio Jockey-Western Music: ALL INDIA RADIO, CHENNAI
CONTINUED FROM BASELESS FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING WHAT WE KNOW: DEMYSTIFIED If I don't share what I know, I'll cease to be human. Sounds like an emotional, philosophical curse damning me to perdition if I'm not gonna be altruistic enough towards my fellow beings. Just that it's no curse. Take a closer look. It's a... Continue Reading →
CONTINUED FROM FEAR ASSOCIATED WITH SHARING WHAT WE KNOW. THE LOGICAL ANGLE. "So, yeah... this is what the condition's about. What I'm gonna do is... mail you a comprehensive note by this evening, listing all guidelines that will keep you safe... if you follow them. Okay? Don't you worry! You gonna be perfectly alright. And, don't forget.... Continue Reading →
I chilled on one of those park benches after my 30-minute jogging stint this morning. While deeply inhaling the nippy, clean air to cool down the palpitating system, I watched other souls get their bit from the track. Somewhere, this five-minute interlude stimulates some sort of reflection on things. And, this morning was no different.... Continue Reading →
Neanderthals, the extinct species of our early human ancestors, populated the Earth for about 400,000 years... only to disappear around 30 to 40,000 years ago. How come the powerfully built brutes who successfully survived even the harshest conditions of ice-age disappear so quickly and suddenly? Various intriguing theories abound, on reasons that could've triggered their... Continue Reading →
RESUMING FROM WRITERS’ EVOLUTION INTO SCRIPTING FOR VIRTUAL REALITY – PART 2 "Soooo funny!" "Oh, yeah... you bet! Both of us were watching the same movie yesterday. But, both of us ended up watching different movies!" "We're laughing hard but yeah... seriously it was spooky. How can that be?" "They say something like invisible interaction.... Continue Reading →
RESUMING FROM WRITERS’ EVOLUTION INTO SCRIPTING FOR VIRTUAL REALITY – PART 1 In the virtual reality frame I set up, what are the objects that could possibly catch the attention of this eye? To be more precise, which of those object(s) do I, the storyteller, want this eye to see? "Wait!" I alert myself. "Don't rush... Continue Reading →
Taking off from WRITERS AND THEIR ON-GOING EVOLUTION! Ah! How unfair of me to have you seated next to me so passively, while I'm steering you to the destination I've already planned! I, of course, know you love being led as long as the drive's exciting. But, I also know you've got a devilishly inquisitive mind... Continue Reading →
Gaining 'true' knowledge and transitioning it into wisdom is quite a personal and elusive experience... elusive because it primarily works on two drives. The first is our intrinsic motivation to learn and keep learning. The second is HOW this motivation gets us fired up. Interestingly, there are no set rules here. It's so personal and... Continue Reading →
Therefore, it needs to get triggered in the 'inside' first before it can show on the 'outside'. HOPE, used in psychological parlance, is a motivation that happens at a very deep emotional level. People, whose hope is fanned vigorously, get compulsively optimistic about the future and subconsciously mend their perceptions/ways for better. 'YES, WE CAN!'... Continue Reading →
...which means, the focus goes straight to what happens 'inside' when a learning experience is in progress. Does this experience strike the needed neural connections inside the brain for the brain to change 'physically'? Does the brain change physically? I was quite intrigued by this question and started looking around for insights. What I discovered... Continue Reading →
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