Comments for Mind the Beginner

Comment on Kyosho Jutaku: Living Large on a Tiny Footprint by Designing Small Simple Apartments

Designing Small Simple Apartments — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:35 +0000

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Comment on Recovering from an Overloaded Social Network by Sara

Sara — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 10:51:11 +0000

Very nice site with interesting posts!
I deleted my Facebook account 2 weeks ago. Now I only use my blog and a small Twitter account. I still keep in touch with my friends, the real friends. When did social networks became absolutely necessary in our lives? I decided to “cut off” and downsize my online activities because I think most social networks are not for being social at all. People on Facebook just “like” what you say/share and don’t even bother write a comment anymore. social networks like Facebook are making us lazy and uncommunicative.
So no “less is more” ;-)

Comment on My first nichesite, change is here by Christiaan

Christiaan — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:13:23 +0000

Sorry guys,

I think it’s against google’s TOS. And I’m not secure enough about the site yet. Posting the url here would mess up the site stats and you’d all pitch in and click on the ads of course. ;) (Which would be very strange because it’s a Dutch site and you’d have no idea what it was you clicked on, raising some red flags at Google.)

But I’ll be sure to post my bigger project I’m cooking up right now, as that one will be in English, and a bit more towards affiliate marketing rather than just adsense. I’ll keep you posted.

Comment on My first nichesite, change is here by Joe Burnett

Joe Burnett — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 23:35:16 +0000

Come on,

Publish the url… You can do it… ;)

Nice update!

Comment on My first nichesite, change is here by Hood

Hood — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 16:09:02 +0000

no url? ;-)

Comment on A quick introduction to Meditation by Joanne

Joanne — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:57:02 +0000

Just love this blog; it’s so different from others on the same subject. I love to meditate, both sitting and walking. As I’m partially deaf it’s sort or easy, but I’ve found that I prefer to do it alone; the presence of others make me nervous. I wonder if that’s good or not; I’ve heard that zen meditation is best in groups.

Comment on A quick introduction to Meditation by Robin Nijsse

Robin Nijsse — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:16:02 +0000

Hi Chris!

First of all, awesome blog! I’ve been wanting to devote some time to meditation for a long time but after some Google searches I feel a bit overwhelmed by the information.

I’ve been putting it off for a while now but reading this article inspired me to take action, I’ll keep you posted :)

Comment on A quick introduction to Meditation by Christiaan

Christiaan — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:42:44 +0000

Well, it’s not completely the same position as your body is always moving slightly. But yes it can hurt. Paying attention to the pain however is not paying attention to your breath so… as soon as you find yourself focusing on the pain, bring the focus back to your breath.

It’s a stylized form of self-torture at times, and because you know it will end and the outcome will be good (let’s hope so) your body will release endorphins that will start taking the edge of the pain after a few minutes.

Comment on A quick introduction to Meditation by Freek

Freek — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:25:53 +0000

Won’t this “just sitting” be painful? I would imagine my back would start hurting when I sit for minutes in the same posture.

Comment on Bridging The Gap Between Saying And Doing by Christiaan

Christiaan — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:41:25 +0000

Thanks for that comment Peter,

It actually was a swift kick to me, I need to get back on track. At the moment I’m completely swamped (or so I keep telling myself) with university stuff. Hence the low post -frequency). There is to much at stake here to doddle and slack.

Let’s do this!