A little video about the banking system and currency in general. Our understanding of money, and how it's evolved over the years. Is it sustainable?

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A little look at meditation and zazen and what the differences can be from person to person when you say "meditate". Some use it to clear the mind, some use it to solve specific problems, some use it to self-reflect or work through something internally.

It's different from person to person, and can be used in different ways depending what your goals are or what you're setting out to achieve. I've always done it to clear the mind, and it takes regular practice and consistency in order to do that. That's part of why I love it, I see it as a challenge and something I can improve on as a skill every time I do it, and even if it's what I might call a "bad" meditation, it is the effort that counts.

One of the clear benefits for me is using it to deal with overwhelm when my mind is chattering away ten to the dozen... as I continued to meditate in these times, I got better and better at quietening that voice. As such, I've noticed that when I'm triggered or feeling like I'm about to have a bad spell, I naturally am able to enter that meditative state of mind, even if only for 30 seconds. Sometimes that's all you need in order to re-assess with a fresh set of eyes on whatever has triggered or happened to you.

Do you meditate? What gets you into that state more easily, focusing on your breath or maybe a mantra? Focusing on a specific "space" when your eyes are shut?

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Longer video today - 50 or so minutes... but lots of interesting stuff in there, including some props from back in Chris Ogle's day - quite interesting to see!

We've had some crazy changes over the last 120 years in particular, and when you line that up in history, it's really interesting to put into perspective. I caught myself wondering about what people would get up to in say the 1500's or the 1600's or even the 1700's. What were the advancements? Were people excited over upcoming new... things? Were they pondering? What about?

It got me to thinking about what has manifested in order for us to get to where we are, and what kind of changes happened throughout history that had as significant an impact as we have had. What changed the game for people's day-to-day, literally changing the way things were?

One such example is discussed in the video, the printing press, which gave ability to print copies of text as opposed to by hand, which you can imagine improved education and people's ability to learn. More people learning to read.. people's expertise could be shared more widely. It literally would've changed people's day to days, and over a few or more generations even greater impact as children are taught to read/write and the world gets a little more connected / civilised (somewhat). More opportunity for the everyday person...

Now when you look at the last 50 or 70 years, you can see how many technological advancements have been made, in such a short span of time in comparison to the history books. Social media, internet, phones, storage - everything getting smaller but more powerful... but what does this bring to the table for the everyday person? What are the impacts to our day to days, and how has it created new issues (mental health) that have never been so rife. How has it contributed in what values we prioritise, or how we evaluate our purpose in this life? What are the ramifications of being able to get all that information from a handheld device - and share freely our thoughts and opinions?

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Bit of a first for me, usually I watch the videos back before publishing, but I've a pounding headache and I'm incredibly tired, and I wanted to upload nonetheless. Want to do more lives anyways, and there's no watching them back before they're out there ;-)

From what I can remember (recorded this Friday, and have been away in Brighton for the weekend) it is about the change surrounding all of us at the moment - and it goes from there!

If you happen to have the same whatsapp notification sound as me, it isn't your phone, it's in this recording as I forgot to close whatsapp web haha (I noticed this whilst finding a thumbnail screenshot, and got duped myself 😂😂)

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Annnnnd we're back. Well I'm back... it's been a topsy turvy few months for me what with Covid-19, and I've struggled through it with tremendous amounts of #apathy and #suffering - of which there is plenty going round at the moment one way or another. This is what is mostly discussed in this video 🙂

I'll probably be doing a longer writing at some point today/tomorrow looking at the last few months for me personally, the ups, downs and what fors - as opposed to bolstering it onto this video.

Oglebox is back in action - lots of videos to come, with Dad (@Chris Ogle) and others, plus some solo ones and a flittering of blog posts inbetween - let's get it!

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