Explore
Ahead Opportunity
Jess Cummins
Explore: Ahead Opportunity is a notebook written on the move.
Explore is Book 9 of The Pocket Series.
Explore is available for free at NoLiesPlease.com.
This book is dedicated to the public domain.
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(misc
"Poem Moves the Pen: Haiku of a Nondual Nature"
"Natural Will: Freer Than Free Will"
"Longgame Hyperdimensional Spacing: Expand Mind and Weave Time"
"Ungov: Transcending Will")
(the_deeper_series
"Book 0: Uncompress: Eternal Appreciation of How"
"Book 1: Fortunate: How to Be"
"Book 2: Attuned: Be What You Imagine"
"Book 3: Capacity: Imagine Being Limitless"
"Book 4: Helper: Limitless Mind"
"Book 5: Intense: Mind Unleashed"
"Book 6: Open: Unleashed Honesty"
"Book 7: Universe: Honesty is Eternal"
"Book 8: Various: Is to Be")
(the_pocket_series
"Book 0: Obverse: Abstract Fast"
"Book 1: Limer: Fast Color"
"Book 2: Dawn: Color of Day"
"Book 3: Knight: Day Beyond"
"Book 4: Fever: Beyond Dreams"
"Book 5: Life: Dreams Evolving"
"Book 6: Adventure: Evolving Lands"
"Book 7: Battle: Lands Say"
"Book 8: Entertainment: Say Ahead"
"Book 9: Explore: Ahead Opportunity"
"Book 10: Moment: Opportunity Simulation"
"Book 11: Imagine: Simulation Twist"
"Book 12: Believe: Twist Self"
"Book 13: Accept: Self Pattern"
"Book 14: Create: Pattern Reflection"
"Book 15: Sift: Reflection Match"
"Book 16: Probability: Match Experience"
"Book 17: Waves: Experience Current"
"Book 18: Kernel: Current Functions"
"Book 19: Grubby: Functions Dig"
"Book 20: Game: Dig Above"
"Book 21: Fruit: Above Messages"
"Book 22: Endeavor: Messages Spread"
"Book 23: Mystery: Spread Expressions"
"Book 24: Detain: Expressions Bind"
"Book 25: Philosophy: Bind Broken"
"Book 26: Demands: Broken Discovery"
"Book 27: Subliminal: Discovery Inside"
"Book 28: Extinction: Inside Refresh"
"Book 29: Control: Refresh Axioms"
"Book 30: Ideas: Axioms Mistake"
"Book 31: Gallium: Mistake Fuzz"
"Book 32: Germanium: Fuzz Friendship"
"Book 33: Arsenic: Friendship Reaction"
"Book 34: Selenium: Reaction Depth"
"Book 35: Bromine: Depth Utility"
"Book 36: Krypton: Utility Model"
"Book 37: Rubidium: Model Augmenter"))
To realizing the nearness of things.
It's more comfortable if you look better.
To make a difference, first do what you love.
One of the most important parts of a job is the people you're working with.
Work doesn't run out.
There is something bigger than you and you're happier if you serve it.
Creativity is understandable.
Ask the question if you want the answer.
Learn a craft, become one with it, and it will support you.
You become your surroundings.
"How would you rank these: kind, smart, funny, beautiful."
Consider failing now to succeed later.
It gets easier when you love it more.
Understand the extent of the discomfort and it can gradually lose its sting.
You are who you are.
There is always something more powerful than you.
Look neither down nor up. See people as equals.
Do what has the greatest leverage.
Don't let your past define you. Learn a lesson from it and move on.
Put your life in perspective.
Focus on answering questions you'll be concerned about later in life.
Fun happens as you do more complex things.
No matter what level humanity is at, we will always be working and struggling with hard questions. Even when united with intelligent machines, some will be doing the difficult work of creating art and others the easy work of consuming it.
Persistence is a skill.
There's a pattern to it you just have to figure it out.
When you speak you are remembered.
Study the problem and it becomes less like a problem.
The more dangerous it appears, the more thought goes into safety.
You are better off counting your own blessings, not other peoples'.
"Human evolution is complex."
What you focus on you make more of.
When you feel like you have to do something it can take away from the fun of it.
Maybe you suffer so you can teach others how to suffer less.
Your environment is who you are.
Just because you don't like what someone else likes doesn't mean they're wrong.
Vow not to fear anyone today.
Focus on core principles and values. The values tell you where to aim and the principles tell you how.
"You're not alone."
Don't rule out options until you have them all on the table.
Energy comes from what you consume.
You do not exist.
Everybody needs help.
Don't think of yourself as better than others but better than you were.
You have to get your ideas on paper and then you have to expand and refine them.
Listen carefully.
You can't carefully rush.
"Everybody makes mistakes."
Who you are is influenced by what you think you're capable of.
Look for the kid in every adult.
Watching a bird fly is beautiful.
How do you get to the next level?
Don't be defined by the cultural norms around you.
What's the first step?
Compliment what another is proud of.
"Lead from the front."
Understand how the trees make up the forest.
There's always a better way.
Create your own field of mathematics.
The ego is an illusion.
"The answer is within."
"How are your experiences now enabling you to have grander experiences later?"
Tell the story with your whole body.
Each person is different, and there have been a specific number of them.
"Every step counts."
Try again.
Break work up and it's easier.
Dancing may be the oldest artform.
Act it out.
Say how you feel.
It's not about how it looks; it's about how you use it.
Consider who you were born as.
Do not argue; it's not productive. Leave ego at the door and learn.
It's all learnable.
Nature is more complex than the brain.
You don't need to do anything.
If you're going to change the world, start with yourself.
Learn how to ask important questions.
Don't argue about religion or politics; it divides.
"Experts in one field are not automatically experts in others."
"Learn what you have the motivation to learn."
"Sleep is magic."
Feeling dumb can mean you're learning.
Discover tools to augment intelligence.
Develop the heart.
"Enjoy being."
Don't restrict your dreams to things your past self thought you could do.
"Change the incentives."
Push yourself and grow to inspire others.
Invest in yourself.
Intelligence can work in different ways.
Create aids for imagination.
Don't overestimate the competition.
Machines are good because they're scalable.
Develop programs that help people understand their minds and operate on a higher level.
If feels good to be complimented.
To what end?
Have respect for hard work.
You never know what's going to happen.
Sometimes low tech is better.
Don't listen to gossip. It can negatively affect your perspective.
Things work in strange ways.
You can do anything.
There are different ways to learn the same thing.
You know more than you knew before.
You can always change.
What is there to be afraid of?
You had the ability all along.
There are always people going faster and slower than you, but you see only the small interaction they have with you, not the rest of their life or where they came from.
The question is not "What's the worst that could happen?" but "What's the best that could happen?".
Watch what you eat. It affects you more than you think.
You were caused to be where you are. Don't be so hard on yourself.
Be open.
There are really good, kind people in the world. Kinder than you can imagine.
People want an emotional experience.
You are big because you can comprehend.
Sometimes you can't always be productive.
Good tools can make all the difference.
Sometimes learning new things hurts.
Analyze your memory.
Watch the tool while it's being used.
Stretching is pleasurable.
Lose yourself in the moment.
Maybe you're wrong.
Never underestimate the helpfulness of a good tool.
Many questions are answered through persistence.
Learn together.