The Cosmopolitan Blog

In an ideal world, I would have a blog post for every person who’s influenced my life. Ever since I’ve started on the path to self-actualization, so many have helped me, by adding something to my life, because I asked for it, and just when I needed it. But the bottom line in self-development is that you’re the only one who can change your own life.

So I’m not here to tell you that Deepak changed my life. But he sure gave me some tools and he definitely came at the right time. I feel like I’m back at school about to write a book report, but here’s what I remember from the book I bought in December 2009:

• Remembering how we’re all connected, how all positivity we bring gets put into the “pot” and therefore comes right back to us, but the same goes for negativity. I liked the connectivity theme in Avatar too.
• How meditating helps to reach that higher plane of consciousness
• How to identify with archetypes that guide you
• How to bring meaning and focus to every single day
• How signs are all around (and not in some fluffy way) and the answers to your questions are right there, you just have to ask

Finally, the book gives you daily mediation exercises for every day of the week, so it’s handy to keep around.

Speaking of answers…. here I was at the airport on the way to Spain, and I realized I had nothing to read. At that point, I walked past a airport newsstand. Usually, I would have picked up a couple gossip magazines, but this time, i walked towards the book section. At the same time, my mind wandered to how quickly time flies and that it was already the end of 2009, and how i wished I would be more focused in 2010. I ended up choosing Deepak’s book that day. My answer was in that book.

PS. I’m hoping to go see him when he visits Montreal this March.

As you may have noticed, my posts are always rather lengthy. And i’m constantly being told to keep it short, that there’s more chance of readership with short and punchy posts. And that’s probably true.

But here’s the thing: it’s WordPress’ fault Seriously, as I type this new post, I’m working in a text box that is really wide, and so far, i’m only on my 2nd line of text. But when i’ll publish it, the column is much narrower and even this short post will be much longer than i think it is. So it’s false advertising.

OK, FINE, it’s not actually wordpress’ fault. It’s my screen’s fault for being so wide, it’s my template’s fault for being so narrow… yeah, yeah… it’s maybe it’s my fault too for being so chatty. Just felt like ranting.

But brings up an interesting question: are long posts really a bad thing? Do they turn you off? Or would you lap it up if the topic interested you? Give me your thoughts!

So I saw Avatar last night. First, I highly recommend 3D. There is so much thought given and work put into the visuals, that you’re doing yourself a favor by seeing it in IMAX, it’s what it was designed for. You will be in awe.

Story / Character Development

The story was fine, better than what I had heard. OK, there was nothing “new”, but then, as I talk about below, it’s rather descriptive of our own history, isn’t it? We’re constantly making the same mistakes Read the rest of this entry »

The first of many introspective posts…

Change. Change happens all the time. Sometimes change is good, sometimes it’s not. Sometimes change happens “to us”, sometimes we instigate change. Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about life goals, asking myself tough questions about priorities and desires, and this has brought about a lot of change: good change that i have control over. These are all changes that I know will bring about a major change for the better, and improve my life and those around me.

So, with this kind of change, we should be so eager to bring it about and never want to look back. But do we always do that? Jump in, both feet together, wholeheartedly? Or do we, instead, keep looking back, feeling twangs of guilt and bittersweet-ness? Read the rest of this entry »

…or rather, to bore you, or not to bore you… with my various states of mind, that it. The more silent I’ve been on my blog lately, the more “stuff” has actually been going around in my head. So the question is, do I bore you with this stuff, or not?

Well, let’s recall the original intention of a blog, yes? A blog is a web log. A log on the web. My diary, online. So, technically, I can say what I want, it doesn’t matter.

Aaah, but this online business, this Internet, it’s a slippery slope. See, the original intention is no longer. Because now that there is an online diary, well now, suddenly, there’s a potential online audience too. So the author is now under obligation to keep this audience happy, entertained, eager to return… technically. In my case, all 3.5 people in my audience

My conclusion: those of you who’ve been perusing this blog all these years, I think you’ll indulge me some soul searching, yes? Thus you’ve been warned as to the nature of upcoming posts.

On a side note: since these introspective posts may become a staple of this blog, i’ve added a new category called “In a New York state of mind” (a reference to the song, to the city that I love and to the introspective mood that New York always puts me in).