Unconscious Thoughts

Good luck. Today is a perfect day for this topic because the date is November twenty-two, which is a Thanksgiving day and this is my twenty-second episode. Am I feeling lucky? Yes, I believe so. After talking to my classmates from different cultures, I’ve noticed how superstitions differ from one country to another. It’s fascinating that for some people black color means good luck while for others it’s a sign of misfortune. Similar differences happen with other superstitions. That...

Water. It’s pure. It heals. It’s inexpensive, a true elixir of youth. We're built out of it. Our bodies consist of about sixty percent of water. It’s incredible if you stop to think about it. Almost like magic. Unfortunately, the beauty of water is shadowed by all those fancy soda beverages, sweet coffee drinks, concentrated juices, as well as other innovative refreshments that make you fat, unhealthy, and imbalanced in all sorts of ways. I want to show my gratitude for water and let the...

Simplify. Sometimes there are those days in life when you feel like the world is so complicated that there’s no reason even to try to succeed. That’s the moment when you need to pause. Get yourself a nice warm drink, grab a pen and jot down all the problems and obstacles that stop you. When you finish, cross out the difficulties that you know how to solve. Then gather a group of people you trust perhaps over dinner at your house, and announce them the remaining problems from your...

Time travel speed. In a sense, all of us are time travelers, and the destination is the future. In our present reality, it’s doubtful that we’ll reach it. Our thoughts are the future. Our actions are the past. Strange existence if you pause to think about it. Would we be able to travel in time? I don’t know. That will remain a mystery for a while. What I do know, is that we can change the speed of time travel. Our perception of time is the key. You’ve probably noticed that when you feel...

The Great Purpose. Every one of us has one. As we grow, the most challenging part is to discover it and have the courage to pursue. It’s very tempting to succumb to easy-to-do, insignificant activities that come with the flow of life. Every individual does matter in this world. Recently, I’ve heard a story that made me proud of humanity. An Indonesian air controller who was just 21-year-old refused to leave his post despite a magnitude 7.5 earthquake so that the plane could safely take...

Grab an opportunity. When you’ve decided to set yourself on a journey towards a specific career goal, unexpected magic happens. You get an opportunity to make the first step. It happens so fast and sudden that you don’t even see value in it. And that’s the tricky part. You have to have the courage to pursue that chance. Of course, if it aligns with your career goal. Don’t think about rewards or any other benefits. Imagine that it’s your essential step to break free from the years of...

The magic of love. It heals, it makes you happy, it inspires, yet it’s simple. When it comes into your life, do not resist, embrace it, let it fill every single fiber of your being. It’s worth it. All your life begin to make sense. You feel like a kid again. The world sends you beautiful signs and signals. The Universe seems to be enjoying the fact that you’re in love and it starts to surprise you with unexpected gifts, which turn out to be miraculous. Life always gives you an opportunity...

Today is the answer. Is life a game? What role do we play in it? What’s our ultimate mission? Imagine that we live a new reality every day. Take a moment to think about it. What if memories of the past events that we consider our biography reprogram every day in all human beings. It happens simultaneously, so we don’t notice the change. We believe that we have lived through all those days, experienced various emotions, built careers, started families and relationships. The truth is we won’t...

Action cures failures. And that’s a fact. No matter how massive your defeat. You didn’t get what you’ve wanted. That sucks, very much. There may be moments when you want to dig yourself under the ground as deep as possible. Or go into some retreat. Hold on! Make a quick analysis. Ask yourself: ”Does this activity makes me happy? If the answer is “no”- forget about it, but if it’s a “yes,” then declare to yourself: “I’m doing it again starting now.” Push yourself a little harder and turn...

Living on the edge. This is a tricky concept. Should you live like that or not? Within the last few days on my filming trip through the deserts of Arizona, Utah, and Nevada. I’ve encounter three things that made me reconsider the concept of living on the edge. Number one, walking down the Las Vegas strip. Number two, gazing at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, and number three, writing this episode in the sky while flying from McCarran airport to the Burbank one. So what is living on the...

Let the world guide you. In the moments when I feel that my daily life goes in a linear mechanical way and loses its juice, I escape from it for a while. As I was practicing it, I discovered a way to let my mind free and allow the world to open a conversation. Leave your phone and other devices at home and go outside. Once you’re there, close your eyes, take a deep breath in and then blink your eyes open as you breath out. The first sign that gets your attention. Follow it. It can be...

Fasting, or in other words not eating. This is a cool new tool I’ve been playing with for a few months now. I fast, as I’m recording this episode. The benefits are remarkable. You’re saving time and money while losing those extra pounds accumulated over the weekend. Your senses sharpen. I can smell fried chicken from miles away. Your brain goes into a survival mode and focuses on important projects, which makes it an excellent practice to rethink your life’s purpose. Your body cleans...

Rise to a challenge. Grab a cup of delightful warm tea or coffee, turn off all the devices you have, allowing your mind to deepen into the treasures of your consciousness. Take a few moments until your body relaxes and then ask this question: “What challenge thrills my heart?” It can be anything, running an obstacle race, writing a novel, climbing the Everest, or sailing around the world. The limit is your imagination. Once you’ve found your breathtaking mission, take action immediately....

Laugh as if your life depends on it. The world may seem cruel at times. One day your life is good and then the next you go into a series of little and sometimes huge misfortunes, and there’s that desire to find someone responsible, someone, but yourself. The one thing we seem to forget is that we always have a choice. Even though there’s none at first glance, it’s still available, even during the worst possible circumstances. We possess power over our reactions to the challenges. You can...

In this episode, I describe my random, yet life-changing swimming experience. Swimming. Elegant, glorious, and inspiring activity. On top of that, it could be a life-changing experience. It reunites you with nature on the deepest most intimate levels and makes your soul sing. I was so overwhelmed with my projects, as well as the critical life decisions that I couldn’t take a deep breath. Then after a late night conversation with my friend, I concluded that I must go for a swim. The next...

This time, I talk about the magic of sunsets and sunrises and how they can change your life. Sunsets and sunrises. What a wonderful concept. Why do they exist? Are they suppose to tell us something essential or reveal the ultimate truth? Perhaps they remind us how glorious the world is. Each time I go for a run, walk or find myself outside when the sun is in its splendor, I experience a deep connection with it as if this moment was perfectly customized for me. All the marvelous memories...

What makes us Human? In this Episode I share my thoughts about it. What makes us human? Such a wonderful question. Is it all about the bonds we have with fellow sapiens? Or is it the ability of our brain to function in a certain way that Artificial Intelligence can’t? As I was having more conversations about Intelligent Machines with people I know, as well as random ones I met while carpooling, I discovered that we, humans, gradually turn into computers, while robots are becoming more...

How the tehnology makes us addicts and what we can do. A virtual life versus a real one. I’ve noticed this secret evolution of machines. I’m talking about smartphones here. They’re fueled with distractions coming from various apps that attack our humanity nonstop. This dependence on the technology appears to me like a modern type of slavery. That is a virtual ball and chain well-tied to our souls every single day. And when it's away from us, we feel insecure, bored, even lost. This notion...

In this Episode, I describe my experience of being overwhelmed by distractions and what helps to ignore them. Fall in love with your failures. They are the ones that improve you. When you fall flat on your face make sure you put both of your hands on the floor and push yourself up. That’s important. There are way too many distractions in our modern world, and it seems impossible to avoid all of them. Yesterday, I stuck in the web of anxiety, and a terrible spider of procrastination was...

In the third episode of the UNCONSCIOUS THOUGHTS series, I emphasize the importance of trying something different. Do something different, take a path that is strange and unique, when everyone drives in your city consider taking a long walk. A few days ago, I walked with my friend from Burbank to Santa-Monica, which is a 6-hour challenge. This simple way of choosing a different path makes you think in an entirely new way. Fresh connections develop in your brain as your legs get...