A text conversation between me and an acquaintance. — Earlier today, an acquaintance of mine hit me up and we had an interesting conversation. I love to talk about the nature of consciousness and our human experience in general, so it was awesome getting asked my opinion on these matters. I thought the resulting conversation was worth sharing, so…

We’ve lost our ultimate purpose in a world obsessed with possessions. — I know people today are misguided. I’m taking ancient wisdom we’ve been provided, making the vision more than just improvising, my ways based on the current ways of the world. They say diamonds and pearls how you climb in this world. But I know it’s not true. I’ve seen righteous…

Thoughts on effective leadership — I listened to a podcast where former NBA players talk bad coaches, and the negative effect on players’ confidence and the locker room. It resonated since I coach and play sports. My takeaway was you can’t be a good coach if you belittle your players and undermine their self belief…

How “competing” is an inferior method of motivation — Many use “compete” to denote making an effort. “You gotta compete” as a way to say “try harder”. But why is giving an effort tied to wanting to beat someone? …

On why nothing in life is truly ever personal. — We say “don’t take it personal” but might more accurately say “Don’t make it personal” because it's a choice we make. It is a choice, but most of us are unaware of our reactions and habits, so we react without thought and make things personal. The habit is ingrained in…

Ranging from black people subconsciously wanting to be white people, moving to the manipulation of human consciousness through media and technology. — It seems to me that many black people just want to be white people. They want to be white men specifically. At the top of the totem pole, able to do what they want, command the most authority and money with the least amount of work. …

Thoughts and theories on meditation and how it reminds of us of life’s true nature. — Everything is 1. In an ultimate sense. We differentiate because it’s useful for a relative understanding of reality, yet, life itself cannot be contained by man made designations of relative truths. When we separate life and its parts through dualistic thought, we forget these parts still add up to the…

But I’ve bled all that kind of blood away… — They said the blood of a beast runs in these veins But i’ve bled all that blood away Too many times colors have run from my face Facing the beast whose blood runs in these veins But i’ve bled all that kind of blood away I watched that blood run…

RIP Thay — Call me by my true name Please The limits of letters of language Are too tame Believe the leaves and the trees Their existence which precedes Call me by my true name The truth of a plan that never knew shame There was more than one way to do thangs Although there’s…