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The Hill and the Valley

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There are people who climb the hill to see the whole valley. Others just start building in the valley. In a recent poll among doctors, five chose the first, two chose the second. More people stayed silent than answered. That too is data. The Two Modes One kind of thinking steps back. It looks for patterns, connections, the structure underneath things. It wants to understand how everything fits together before acting. Call it the overview mind . The other kind leans forward. It makes things, fixes things, tries things. It thinks by doing, and figures out the pattern later -- sometimes without naming it. Call it the maker mind . Neither is superior. They are genuinely different cognitive styles, and both are essential. What the Brain Says Neuroscience has begun to map these two modes onto actual brain circuits.   Figure 1 Three brain networks that underlie the two thinking modes. The blue network steps back and reflects. The red network engages and acts. The ...
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Living Truth

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The Ground Cipher

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Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wheel_of_Nandighosha_chariot.jpg You are the vision Of the lone spectator - You are the meaning Of a ground cipher. Deity of the rituals, A symbolic divine - After an eternity of clouds A moment of sunshine. Your chariot rolls Fulfilling the wish of millions -  You are the hope of the fallen The light of the luminous. You are the unique face An enduring myth, Victorious and resilient, You are the familiar image Of an endearing friend.
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Howzat!

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I am the bowler, You are the umpire, Give them what they want - Together we cash in on the game. Some chase the trophy, Others need a hero, Some crave the debate, The rest just come for the show. Give them what they want - Together we cash in on the game. The coaching, the classes, The screens and the passes, The cheers from the crowd - We all take our cut of the fame. I am the bowler, You are the umpire, Keep the scoreboard ticking - Together we cash in on the game.
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Echoes Through Time

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  A day is a discrete unit - if you get my drift -  But how do you bind it to a process That flows through seasons, across lifetimes? How do you compress a concept into a celebration, Fixed in time, yet obedient to the natural order, Shaped by history's weight and the pull of global citizenry? Forces of moderation and healing Converse with their counterparts - Strategy, tactics, semantics, semiotics. And if these words seem dense, take comfort - They are often shrouded in mystery,  even for those who wield them. In the grand theatre of the world,  the show must go on. Texts, like universes of symbols, Veil our ascent through the echoes of time. But not all immersions are a cool bath - Some are bubbles of engineered escape, Fire sales of distraction  where everything must go. Yet, you are more than your senses and reactions. Your reflections exceed your reflexes; The core awakens beneath the surface tensions. In that spirit, I wish you all a Sunday Full of things...
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Far vs. Deep

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Faces light up the screen

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Faces light up the screen— Flickering fragments of fleeting selves, adrift in the ceaseless stream.   A chance collision, molecules at a synapse, stirs the sleeping giant within— a mind weighted with dreams, its depths rising to wakefulness. A whisper unfurls, then takes flight, shaping the void with incandescent words— etching light across the dark, before dissolving into ether.   A spark, brief yet eternal: once, and no more.  
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