Adolfo Ramírez Corona·Mar 13, 2020How to Eat Marshmallows, Forget Success and Live a Happy LifeThe myth of the marshmallow experiment or how to learn to forget the uncertain future and enjoy the tangible present — — Kid, you have two options. Eat this marshmallow now or wait 15 minutes and have 2 marshmallows instead of one. — Wait. What? — If you can wait, it means you are going to be a successful person in ten years, have a great SAT score, an ideal body…Mindfulness6 min read
Adolfo Ramírez CoronainConcepts Against Reality·Nov 12, 2020Slow downWhen my train of thought goes too fast about an idea, project, new study, or I simply suffer from information overload, I need to slow down or have a pause. …Thinking1 min read
Adolfo Ramírez CoronainAscent Publication·Dec 2, 2019The Night of the Mosquito MeditationOr, how I learned that a sound is just a sound. — I heard the mosquito’s buzz just after I committed to staying quiet and still, meditating in semi-loto posture until I achieve enlightenment. Well, or at least, until I had a very decent meditation. It was a beautiful night, not cold, not warm. …Mindfulness7 min read
Adolfo Ramírez Corona·Nov 12, 2019Three Seconds Last the PresentWhat this means for resilience, meditation and consciousness — Three seconds last the present, scientists say. Our brain considers the present instant from a second ago, the current second, the second to come. The rest is past or future. Deep down, anything other than those three seconds does not exist. It was or will be, but it is not. Eternal past, infinite future …Meditation3 min read
Adolfo Ramírez Corona·Mar 27, 2018Consciousness arises from the body, not from intelligenceHow to experience the world like a baby — Contrary to what we usually think, consciousness has little to do with intelligence or reason and, instead, has much more to do with the body, breathing, emotions… Thinking, reasoning, mind wandering, no matter how logical or rational it may seem, or if we solve…Meditation6 min read