get the idea of "it's over" "it's not over" out of your head
don't get too high, don't get too low - there is only risk on/risk off
shifting buckets of risk, duration, and liquidity that comprise the instruments that make up the market
0xFf09, allegedly a wallet funded by 0xb5E (a16z-affiliated wallet), has been slowly accumulating over $1.5M of PRL.
Pearl is seemingly the silent liquid play in the blockchain-enabled computation space, unlike any other.
A list of VCs who have followed @prlnet PRL:
a16zcrypto, Dragonfly, BH Digital, VanEck
USV, Variant, Framework, Delphi, 1kx, CoinFund, 1confirmation, BigBrain, Hypersphere, y2z Ventures, Lattice, GBV Capital, Slow Ventures, BanklessVC, CompoundVC, Caballeros Capital, Amentum Capital, Relayer Capital, and 3rd Street Capital.
"Life speeds up after 25 - Every year goes by faster & faster"
While this CAN be true...few realize it's 100% optional
There is a way to dramatically:
> slow down time perception
> Ride an upward spiral of AWE & Bliss
> Experience 100x more novel stimuli than you would when in your default state of mind
(Even if you're in a place you've been 10,000x before)
What is the default state of mind?
It's subtly projecting a "known" past onto the unknowable present
Tangibly this feels like that dull "this shit again" adult creep that makes life feel dissatisfying
This is a PROCESS that activates whenever we're not actively tuning into the present moment
A process that creates TENSION in the body
It feels like being in a constant state of "wanting to get to the other side" of w/e you're doing
The sad truth is that most live in this state until they die
The problem is if you "know" the world - Nothing's novel anymore
Nothing feels fresh, new or exciting
You are, in essence, day-dreaming 24/7 by projecting the known world onto "what is" in this moment
This is an understandable thing to do - As pretty much everyone does it...
But when you really look at it - You realize there's a staggering amount of ASSUMPTION that goes into this
And it takes EFFORT to maintain this day-dream illusion of "knowing"
Example:
I was sat in a restaurant a few years back
My daughter had just been born
My wife and I were tired as hell
I was in a slightly muddled state
I was rushing through my meal
Waiting to get home
Suddenly I notice this process going on
I recognize that I'm living in this state of "assumption"
And I let go & See clearly
As if looking for the very first time
All of a sudden not only is there this beautiful flow of energy in the body
Because I'm not longer unconsciously activating the process of projecting known past on onto unknowable present
But there's a sense of complete AWE at the restaurant I'm now in
Everything looks insanely HD, bright, colorful...even mystical
There's this "humming aliveness" coming from all things
I literally tear up at the sheer beauty of this moment
Even as I'm sat here now - Typing this - The feeling of my fingers touching the keys is completely novel to me
Even blissful
To notice the feeling of breath in my nostrils...
To feel the cool air in the room
All of this is incredibly FRESH
That same kind of feeling you get when visiting a foreign country & walking around
You're naturally more present - Naturally more in your senses
It's like you get a forced leveling up in your degree of PRESENCE/mindfulness
But you can literally have this WHENEVER & WHERE EVER
All you have to give up is the illusion that you know wtf is going on
And learn to somatically "switch off" that process by simply:
> relaxing
> tuning into your senses
> looking around as if seeing for the first time
(You are)
> immerse yourself in your sensory experience
> notice how pleasurable this is
> notice how paying attention to the pleasure starts to increase it's intensity
> keep immersing yourself in this experience
Congrats - You just figured out how to ride an upward spiral of beauty, awe and aliveness
(instead of a downward spiral of misery, self-obsession & anxiety)
Eventually - Because it's so habitual - You'll switch back into past projection mode
That's fine - The option to come back into freshness & awe is always here
And I promise you - When you "get" how to do this...
You'll experience 1000x more novel stimuli in one hour than you would in 10 years of living on autopilot mode
I have no idea how this changes your brain & biology
I can tell you with absolute certainty though that this leads to a way of living that eclipses even the awe you felt in childhood
And turns life from a dull, mundane chore...
To a divine miracle unfolding