ABOUT ME

I am a traveller, hacker, and experimenter who is currently practicing to become a happier, calmer, and more compassionate human being. My wife and I have been experimenting with the concept of "Being Well" through a variety of personal and community investments. For example, my wife created Be Well Gardens which is about connecting families to wellness through food. A few years ago we created the Be Well Retreat which is an experiment in reconnecting families with nature and each other which has been very rewarding to our guests and ourselves. This website is about documenting my journey with meditation, neurofeedback, and entrainment to achieve more moments of awareness. This site is a way to capture my journal of research and share it with others.

Diving into this project felt like jumping into an alpine lake. It was freezing cold and outside my comfort zone and then quickly became exhilarating! The experience is also bringing me joy, improving my responses, and giving me more insight. 

​"Learn this from water: loud splashes the brook but the oceans depth are calm"
-Buddha

Resources
Some helpful resources on this journey:

• The Art of Impossible by Steven Kotler 
• Living in Flow by Sky Nelson-Isaacs and Joseph Jaworski
• Kosmic Konsciousness by Ken Wilbur
• The Future of Spirituality by Ken Wilbur
• The Magic of Awareness by Anam Thubten, Sharon Roe. 
• Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
• Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Gilbert
• The Surrender Experiment by Michael A. Singer
• The Art of Solitude by Stephen Batchelor
• No Self, No Problem by Chris Niebauer
• The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche - I read this when I was a young adult and it got me interested in Tibetan Buddhism.
• Embracing the Unknown: Life Lessons from the Tibetan Book of the dead by Pema Chodron
• The Art of Living by  Thich Nhat Hanh
• On Intelligence by Jeff Hawkins, Sandra Blakeslee
• The Urban Monk by Pedram Shojai
• The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer.
• Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shyunryu Suzuki
• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan
• Altered Traits: Science reveals how meditation changes your mind, brain and body by Daniel Goleman & Richard J Davidson.
• The Mind Illuminated: A complete meditation guide integrating buddhist wisdom and brain science by Culadasa John Yates, PhD, Matthew Imergut, PhD, and Jeremy Graves - Great book
• The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching by Thich Nhat Hanh - This book was amazing!
• Why Buddhism is True: The Science and Philosophy of Enlightenment by Robert Wright
• Buddha's Brain: The Practical Neuroscience of Happiness, Love, and Wisdom by Rich Hanson
• A Symphony in the Brain by Jim Robbins - this is the book that started me on this journey and encouraged me to purchase the Muse headset.
• Designing your Life - How to build a well-lived, joyful life by Bill Burnett and David Evans
• The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin - I read this a couple years ago and it inspired me to make this a project that I would document.
• The Code of the Extraordinary Mind by Vishen Lakhiani
• Tools for Titans by Tim Ferriss - Once I read this, I started to see how many people use meditation as a performance enhancing exercise.
• Less is More by Vandenbroeck
• Mindfulness in Plain English by Henepolaa Gunaratana
• Mapping Cloud Nine by Steven Kotler - tied together psychology, philosophy, and modern neuroscience.
• How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan - a short history of the psychedelic movements.
• Your Best Brain - One of the Great courses covering Neuroscience.
• Embracing the Unknown by Pema Chodron - great lectures on compassion.
• Can't Hurt Me by David Goggins - inspiring book on being driven, rather than motivated. 
• The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
• Stealing Fire by Jamie Wheal and Steven Kotler - about elite athletes, business leaders, and Navy SEALs tapping into altered states for higher performance.
• Enlightened Vagabond by Matthieu Ricard - entertaining and educational stories from Patrul Rinpoche's life.

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