Vijay Prema

Spiritual

Letting go of Mind

The body is relatively easy to let go of. The hard part is letting go of attachment to mind.

Spiritual

Meditative Inquiry via Occam's Razor

Inquiring into our bare consciousness, applying Occam's Razor

Technology

My App Defaults (Late 2023)

Software I am using right now

Technology

Why I'm OK with Screen-time for my baby

As long as it's quality screen-time.

Lifestyle and Health

Daily Body Maintenance Routine

My simple approach to maintaining a body that just feels good.

Spiritual

Attitudes during spiritual practice

Attitude can be everything. Make sure yours is steering you well in meditation and other practice.

Spiritual

Endgame non-dual non-attachment

For the non-duelist looking to take things to their own end...

Technology

Reddit exodus - Using Lemmy from my existing Mastodon

Many are turning to Lemmy as a viable Reddit alternative. Here is how to use your existing Mastodon account with Lemmy.

Spiritual

The Role of "Peak Experiences" in Spiritual Practice

What kinds of magical spiritual experiences are possible and should we be chasing them?

Spiritual Featured

Pointers to Mind-silence Beyond Concepts

Short non-dual spiritual pointers and exercises to bring the mind to immediate clarity and peace.

Technology

Installing LineageOS on my old Galaxy S8

Breathing new life into a 6 year old smartphone.

Lifestyle and Health

My Sauerkraut Recipe

An easy nutritious home-made Sauerkraut recipe.

Technology Featured

The Tech-companies now leveraging Mastodon

Prominent Tech companies including Mozilla, Medium, and Flipboard, are now hosting part of the Fediverse.

Spiritual

Realization from a float tank

What I realized from floating in complete darkness and silence for 90 minutes.

Technology

Actually get 'verified' ☑️ - Decentralized Identity Proofs

Forget paying for Twitter verification ticks, get truly verified online with cryptographic Identity Proofs.

Spiritual

Meditation advice - discerning what proliferates thought

By bringing awareness to mental habits that cause thoughts, we can work on avoiding doing these, resulting in a clearer mind.

Spiritual

Minimalism and Spirituality

Livestream about Minimalism and how it both helps me in my daily life, and its link to my spiritual path.

Technology Featured

A Better way to subscribe - RSS

Anyone looking to escape the clutches of big-tech can use RSS to follow their favorite content and news. Here is why and how.

Spiritual

Not Religion, Not Science... Simply Direct Experience

Religion is conceptual. Science is conceptual. But what lies both behind and beyond all this?

Technology

What is Wise-Tech?

Wise-tech: the wise use of technology. Use the tools without becoming the tool.

Spiritual

No need to figure out the concept of "Self"

Watch out for the mental "dog chasing its own tail" in your head. The futile self-referential nature of trying to find your "true-self".

Spiritual

Being Mindful of Impermanence

We don't often like to think about impermanence, especially our own.

Spiritual

Meditation Instructions

Here are some of the clearest meditation instructions I have come across recently

Lifestyle and Health

The Real Productivity Drain

Pointless thinking doesn't just waste time, it tires us out, and makes other tasks outside of that time harder.

Philosophy

Stay Young with a Beginners Mind

To me, Beginners Mind is about having a fresh and direct perception of my experience.  Still having the benefit of expertise and experience, but at the same time having a direct and unclouded view of the present, as if I was a beginner all over again. As we age, we