A Stage Nine teaching from the Purna Asatti journey on gathering the skills and knowledge your purpose requires, breaking large goals into small daily steps, and quieting the inner negative voice that resists any effort to grow.
A personal recommendation of spaced-repetition flashcard apps for long-term learning, describing how the author uses them to study languages, music, dance, and life philosophy, and why spaced review outperforms daily rote practice.
An essay responding to Dr. Mariano Sigman’s semantic-analysis research on when human introspection emerged, arguing that the capacity for inner reflection long predated the writings of roughly 500-400 BC and that introspection remains a deliberate choice.
An essay on semantic analysis and mental state that proposes a self-development app which would analyze a user’s journals and social posts to identify their developmental stage, track progress over time, and suggest tailored tasks and readings.
A personal progress update on the author’s project to learn nine languages simultaneously, sharing early wins, a word-across-languages memorization strategy, and playful first impressions of how each language reflects its underlying culture.
A personal account of an experiment to learn nine languages simultaneously using a 3×3 spatial matrix of hand-made flash cards, chosen for global reach and variety, aiming to uncover what is common across cultures and languages.