Mickey Patel

I swung to the opposite end of the spectrum of doing the bare minimum that I could to stay alive, not planning my weeks, not planning for the future. I stopped measuring myself against the ruler of productivity. I let go of the idea of productivity and I could feel my entire body exhale a sigh of relief.

Never consider yourself an expert. It’s the strong swimmers who drown.

What you’re left with in that neutral state is not neutrality. I think people believe neutrality would be a very bland existence. No, this is the existence little children live. If you look at little children, on balance, they’re generally pretty happy because they are really immersed in the environment and the moment, without any thought of how it

If you think about something as you are looking at it, you will not have truly seen it. Thought stands as a barrier between You and The Experience. When one Experiences, there is no thought. When there is no thought, there is no mind. When there is no mind, there is Atmamun.

Every person you meet is a creative artist who takes the events of life and, over time, creates a very personal way of seeing the world. Like any artist, each person takes the experiences of a lifetime and integrates them into a complex representation of the world.

Don’t assume that the reader knows what you know. Rewind back to the beginning, and start over again. Make the whole experience human, and create a path that carries the ebbs and flows you felt when you first thought about it.

John Cage said, “I can’t understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I’m frightened of the old ones.”