Meditation in my Life

Meditation could be a perfect way to find inner peace, slow down the pace of the mind or just relax. 

Ancient monks did it thousands of years ago on the vast  mountains of Tibet.  Nowadays it's common in great part of the population, especially one those who has been tired of the materialism and the individualism of this world, looking for a  spiritual background to find some meaning of sense to the fact to be alive.  

In my opinion, when meditation is understood from scientific perspective, as in the video, it loses its magic and essence, because it's something beyond the science, deeper than any study. When I say this, I do not deny the neurological scope that it can have, but from my perspective, the main point must focus on spirit and consciousness, both  terms that in past Science called  “metaphysics”.

I meditate since 2017, at that time I had a friend who practiced Buddhism, and one day he invited me to a meeting with a Rinpoche monk on the beach. He was the type of monk that we see on television or in movies, with shaved head and typical orange monk robes. I well remember the energy and the wisdom that he transmitted, especially when he said the mantras for meditation. That was beautiful and powerful because it was a collective meditation, and everyone there was willing to learn from Rinpoche, even when we didn't speak the same language. He communicated with us through a translator. That was my first deep encounter with meditation.

When I suggest meditation as a solution to cure personal and emotional problems, people tell me that it is not that easy, and obviously I understand, it is not just about sitting, closing your eyes and taking deep breaths, even more when they have never done it before. Like everything, it requires technique and practice. At first I didn't feel the “effects” of meditation, but I started to notice that my sleep was improving and therefore I say: in somehow works. Then when I started to meditate frequently, I started to feel a little weightless in my head, especially above my eyes, and I felt that my body had disappeared. 

Nowadays, when we are locked up in our houses, with all this strange and uncertain environment, some old problems have returned, and it is even more difficult when you cannot go out to clear your mind and change the air. In these circumstances, meditation has been my best friend, finding myself to maintain balance in my life.

I like the way this class has been developed, because it allow us to adapt the works to our time, but we are still learning, that's great.

Social Issues

Social inequality is the one of the biggest problems on our societies, and at the same time its one of the most difficults problems to solve. In Chile it´s brutal, as well as in Latin America. Here, just one per cent of the population accumulate more than 25% of the PIB. And those families, who has lifestyles similar to the wealthy in Luxemburgo or Monaco, are the same elite that always existed in this country; the aristocracy, the oligarchs.

They are owners of big retails stores, the mass media, food companies, private universities and schools, and the also pay politicians to maintain their privileges and do not pass laws against them. The State and the rich people are friends, and they work togheter in this company called Chile. 

On the other hand, the vast majority of the population lives in debt: to study, to pay the rent, to buy unnecessary stuff, in short, to live. The distance between them normal and the elite people it´s enormous, and that was the main point in the protests in October last year. You need to know language of money to get access to the basic rights, like health and education. But people are angry and want to change this system of injustice. 

Blog Session 3

My laptop is one of my favorites tech pieces . I received it last year, when I started college, because I didn´t have one before. Most of the days I use it, especially if we have homeworks or pappers to read, but if the week it´s quiet, I don´t use it.

Obviusly it´s a very useful tool for write essays, make investigations, and now to do class, but also as a means of entertainment. I ´ve compulsvily watched movies and series since I have my computer, I never seen such high quality productions before. Recently I started to play some online games with friends, like counter strike, for make this pandemia less awful. The audio equipament it´s also great, and I enjoy listen music with or without earphones.

It´s hard to imagine this stage of my milfe without my laptop, but if I wouldn´t have it I could use other ways of platforms to do my stuff, like library´s computers or read pappers physically.

Why did I choose this career?

When I was a kid, I enjoyed playing soccer, watching tv, laughing and hanging out with family and friends, like any other child. The future was something very far away, and I don´t remember thinking much about it. What I do remember is that I always liked learning new things, like playing chess or knowing the capitals and the flags of the countries.

When I had to decide what to study, it was very difficult, because in my last 4 years in school, I wanted to be many things, like engineer, lawyer, even musician. Those years were important to me because I experienced a lot of stuff, and that allowed me to star a new stage in my life.

My parents always thought that I would study a "scientific" career, due to my mathematical qualities, but for me, math and "hards Sciences" were something empty, soulless. I knew that something with history or philosopy would like me, for the kind of knowledge.
Then I started to search something with those characteristics, and I found anthropolgy, a mix of history, social science, and biology. It was fine, but not one hundred percent, until one day I had an epiphany: with my best friends we were to see a play about the Diaguita culture and showed how his legacy is forgotten, that made me say, yes, i want to study anthropology.
My first year was fine, I met some people with interest very  similar to mine.
I hope that when I finish studyng I can travel and get to know remote places, people with differents cultures, document everything and get paid for it haha...