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Simple meditation, no Buddhism required

Simple meditation, no Buddhism required

It had been a long time since I last meditated. And then I am talking to a woman and she says she wants to take up Buddhism. Anything in the world is fine by me, I think, as long as it does some good. And what it is called — Buddhism, NLP, psychoanalysis, the Distance course — what difference does it make! But I ask her what for. It turns out the thoughts in her head give her no rest, and rest from thoughts is exactly what she wants.

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Self-development out of a green beer bottle

Self-development out of a green beer bottle

Plenty of people dream of start-ups, and they enjoy talking about start-ups even more. Meanwhile «self-development, start-ups, personal growth» all get lined up together on the internet. So off I went to take a second degree and do a start-up... And I hear other opinions: why can't you just live? Remember Tatyana Oleshkevich and her video saying that «successful products are invented by people who travel and have sex»?

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