Prasenjit Paul

Notes.

Short takes — the thoughts that don't need a thousand words. Most start life as #note posts on X; they live here permanently. For the long-form, see the essays.

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Nothingness and Everythingness is the exact same thing.

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TRUTH makes meditation your default state of mind.

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It's not "okay" to fail. It's "necessary" to fail.

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The best thing a salary can buy is failure.

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"Extreme pleasure" is felt in the journey from scarcity to abundance.

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Death wakes you to life.

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The real danger of a salary isn't selling time from your short life, but the absence of an open-market feedback loop.

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In the name of meditation: 33% do breathing exercise. 33% do concentration exercise. 33% do imagining exercise.

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Desires are blind luck.

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Life is too short for mediocrity.

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External motivation is like antibiotic — effective in emergencies, toxic as regular dose.

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Society thinks maturity is being pessimist.

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Have desire, not wish.

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Physics + Evolution theory + Macroeconomics = over half the journey to TRUTH.

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A true atheist and a true theist is the same person.

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It's not "don't become a philosopher until you become rich". It's "You can't become a philosopher until you're living in abundance".

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Pure irrationality is gambling. Pure rationality is mediocrity. True growth lies in the perfect blend of both.

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True freedom is a mind that doesn't speak on its own!

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Best productivity is, when everyone except you think you're working all the time.

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Be a learning machine while forming ideas. Be an extremist while executing them.

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The traits they criticize in you are your winning tickets.

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By hearing everyone's opinion you get consensus, not truth.

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Prescription to fearful mind buries freedom.

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Men should either win or die trying. Any 3rd path will end up in midlife crisis, extreme consumption or addition.