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Qortal Web Hosting learning

Qortal Web Hosting

(May 17, 2022) Since my priority with Qortal is to develop and host a website within its blockchain, my immediate task after reading its introduction and tutorial was creating even a simple dummy website just to acclimatize its interface and features. When the website is in place, I'm sure my mind would once again be racing on what to do with Qortal next...more »»

The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga by Srivatsa Ramaswami yoga book review

The Complete Book of Vinyasa Yoga by Srivatsa Ramaswami

(datedate) Srivatsa Ramaswami was a direct one-on-one student of the legendary Tirumalai Krishnamacharya for 33 years. His experience with the Master encompassed yogic elements of asana, breathing, mindfulness, and therapy. With so many neo-yoga versions by self-styled revisionists nowadays, this practice takes us back to the source. A true gem!....more »»

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Burning Man 2003 Counter Culture

Burning Man 2003

(Aug 25 - Sep 2, 2003) I first heard of Burning Man in 1997 and it seemed like a remote fantasy that was beyond reach. Little did I know 6 years later that I'll be there to experience first hand a profound personal transformation that's to take place.....more »»



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Tanduay Girls

Tanduay Girls

(May 21, 2023 Lazi, Siquijor, Philippines) at Manang Inday's tuba bar, the Tanduay Girls offer a sensual feast


How I Use GPT4 Technology

How I Use GPT4

(May 24, 2023) GPT4, the latest technological incarnation of the world's leading Language A.I., has taken the world by storm. Recently, I discovered that I could use it in far more meaningful ways...more »»

Aging: Vultures Gathering Yoga

Aging: Vultures Gathering

(May 17, 2023) With the onslaught of the aging process, diseases are like vultures encircling the skies. When fitness is no longer there, the hapless prey spends a ton of money for healthcare and maintenance. But there's a way to keep diseases at bay. How?..more »»

The 64 km Bike Ride Mountain Biking

The 64 km Bike Ride

(May 16, 2023) To shock the body back into a fitness paradigm, especially after the bingeing from fiesta food, I embarked on a bike ride around Siquijor Island on my clunky, heavy and small-wheeled Japanese folding bike - a total of 75.25 km...more »»

In Search of a Cool Climate Traveling

In Search of a Cool Climate

(May 25, 2023) I love the place where I'm at, but it is seriously punishing in the mid afternoon when the sun is right above. It's almost impossible to be productive when sweat is running all over the body. Time to look for a new place...more »»

Lazi Fiesta Food Odyssey Community

Lazi Fiesta

(May 15, 2023) Like most fiestas in the Philippines, Lazi's fiesta is over the top - you drown in food. Not to be outdone, the house where I stay had its whole pig roasted on a spit (lechon)...more »»

Third Eye Opening? Meditation

Third Eye Opening?

(May 14, 2023) I was introduced to a group of young people through a mutual acquaintance. It turns out they're all into meditation and the occult. One offered to open my 3rd Eye and take me on a journey...more »»

The Boulevard Opening Traveling

The Boulevard Opening

(May 5, 2023) Lazi's boulevard has been on a an on-off construction phase for the longest time. Finally, an official opening was kicked-in, albeit, the Boulevard has not been finished yet...more »»

Emergency Parenting Slice of Life

Emergency Parenting

(May 13, 2023) If I were to best describe the parenting I received, I would have to say Emergency Parenting - I just coined that up because there's nothing out there that even comes close. What is that?..more »»

The Gateway Process: OBE DIY Astral Projection

The Gateway Process: OBE DIY

(April 27 - May 2, 2023) The Gateway Process is a top-secret CIA document that has been de-classified. It disclosed step-by-step details on how to induce an Out of Body Experience (OBE) to train its psychic spies...more »»

My May Yoga Practice: a Journal Yoga

My May Yoga Practice: a Journal

(May 1-31, 2023) I've added the Gateway Process in my yoga routine. I plan on pursuing this until I exhaust the materials I can get on this. This means my other yoga pursuits will have to take a back seat - Hatha Yoga Pradipika, Yoga by Gigit. My personal practice will continue to evolve with the addition of Hemi-Sync (the core of the Gateway Process)....more »»

Learning Cebuano Learning

Learning Cebuano

(May 1-31, 2023) Now that I'm committed to stay long-term in Siquijor, it's high time for me to start learning Cebuana...again...seriously!..more »»

Consciousness Creates Reality? Lucid Thoughts

Consciousness Creates Reality?

(Mar 6, 2023) The more I desire an outcome, the increased likelihood it will happen. And it has, on so many occassions. I'm drawn to conclude that consciousness influences the way reality unravels. But what if we kick it up a notch? What if consciousness actually creates reality?..more »»

Awakening the Kundalini Shakti Yoga

Awakening the Kundalini Shakti

(Feb 12, 2023) Kundalini Shakti is the energy that lies dormant in the Muladhara chakra. When awakened, it rises up through the Sushumna nadi until it reaches the Ajna chakra. When this happens, a higher level of consciousness is reached and psychic abilities are realized. But how do you awaken the sleeping Kundalini shakti?..more »»

Hatha Yoga Pradipika Yoga Book Review

Hatha Yoga Pradipika

(Oct 1, 2022 - ???) While nearly every yogi I meet talks about Patanjali's Yoga Sutras as his/her basis for their practice (which is mostly asana), Patanjali's Sutras actually only mentions one asana - a seated pose that can be held long and comfortably. Obscured from the modern dissertation of yoga is the one book that actually focuses more about the asanas - Hatha Yoga Pradipika.....more »»

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