# the sailing manual

By [trnqlbnvvnt // noah](https://paragraph.com/@trnqlbnvvnt) · 2022-02-03

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_while reading, consider taking a ‘me talking to myself’ perspective. italicized questions are open questions i've asked myself. please let me know if you think about them!_

_if you like the content / style of anything, i'll consider iterating upon it. if you dislike the same, i'll consider removing it. if you disagree with anything i said, i'll consider updating it. after all, these ideas are alive and meant to grow._

_finally, i'd be a fool to take credit for any of the ideas expressed. they simply reflect the least wrong ideas i currently know and question. how they came to me is an open investigation lol_

mindful musings
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_the ideas nearest and dearest to my heart :)_

### topic map 🗺

*   [perhaps, just perhaps](https://paragraph.com/@trnqlbnvvnt/perhaps-just-perhaps) (12.31.25)
    
*   [A Whitewashed Tomb](https://paragraph.com/@trnqlbnvvnt/a-whitewashed-tomb) (12.1.25)
    
*   [where are you?](https://paragraph.com/@trnqlbnvvnt/where-are-you) (10.31.25)
    
*   [nothing & nowhere else](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/5LhZVKiz88RDx_GdYQVgZ2Frg556Y7HSIyV5Z87zwIo) (4.30.25)
    
*   [vibrational equations](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/f8a-yGyj0H_x0xrdkfoHwm0tWUsSuUKpxrUosdI9ZXM) (2.9.25)
    
*   [only you](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/KbaWOArSr5_QlT0WimRTAfI_uM8ZS03BKJXNfAjsVQw) (9.30.22)
    
*   [Headless In The Clouds](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/6u2iIK6NH7gme2vtTOWeYnuvAwTmCXX2ZLkcv0Vy6Ic) (8.13.22)
    
*   [Stop And Experience The Flowers](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/MscBi8zYolBvrK9n2ujJxy7sjCCBMKwS6yeubhaVdxo) (6.30.22)
    
*   [between the tree and me](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/RlkI6IjhGdJdJhCWfRVHLcKeQiXZ4hrQ_4i0wis7uwQ) (5.26.22)
    
*   [discourses with the unknown](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/z72x-GSSYqzV4tw0PXiXuSaj_FFX_S9hxjBTXpk3IKg) (4.21.22)
    
*   [on divinity](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/MT490z38gR7rW2WpE9QySQqQrvAUqqCOjW9Abm-bBGA) (3.3.22)
    
*   [on better prizes](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/1CHs1lu3veab_jGd051LNjiYuHNQhhowPjub_VHQy9c) (2.3.22)
    

noteworthy beings
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_commemorating individual beings, whether human or otherwise, who have substantially impacted my life’s trajectory_

_because many lives preceded my own, these reflections strive to narrate the works and days of these individuals before they i met them_

_hopefully, posterity finds as much, if not more, value in these lessons as did i :)_

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#### family members

*   papa aka sunil mathews // [on papa, 1st of many](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/iW7FcYfRyzMF-tUeNynaeZ6D0ZTm9zEtXGmLmL30Iao) (9.23.25) / father
    
*   mama aka anie mathews // [on mama, 1st of many](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/zEsC4y9QLO93rn2wRfy2Q22VNKhCYvMcUPACnzaYNDI) (7.14.25) / mother
    
*   _dojay aka thomas rahul mathews_ // [on dojay, 1st of many](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/aybX0j575pJ0Qx9B0v4_CtVo3n1TiBoPm1sWaChad5I) (5.29.25) / brother
    
*   _alice thomas_ // [burning hearts](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/35sYaMjocg4dqe-o6IZrGltwdz8vZaPS2tBTcMfLIjU) (12.13.24) / maternal grandmother
    
*   _ammini susan mathews_ // [dream grass](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/hT_W8DmAw7by9oBTc9zxnqTWH086yyTNTvmjzHLCvhg) (6.29.23) / paternal grandmother
    

#### true friends

*   [on my friends](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/tDFgcVPD3_WhI1gBzCS1Jz91XmwdKCmffoJm-v8-Nq8) (6.28.25) / on my 11 closest friends
    

#### xenophons, my own

*   _kobe bryant_ // [the mamba’s mind](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/dw3-Yyj9qPEb2E0Yj6jABH-rRNGrlO4IAz7W6g6Md3Q) (1.26.25) / mindset inspiration
    

quark<i ~ guidance
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_guidance for my ongoing expedition to experientially validate the hypothesis: i am more than my physical body; or, to be painfully precise, i am more than the arrangement of quarks constituting my physical body; or, to be more general,_ **_i am more than how i appear, how i seem to be_**_; otherwise said,_ **_how i seem to be is less than what i am_**

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_drawing inspiration from the fundamental particles, this will manifest in 6 flavors:_

*   _charm_ // [archés mēns ~ guidance](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/V1MQ5bZWV7tVjQb3OXzPikSgFHIzL1Q9z4g0aBLLpGM) (3.1.25) / investigating interpersonal dynamics
    
*   _down_ // [tempus ousía ~ guidance](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/HDGFeeG0p8v5meOS3qQXOARcJc-AxdwYzjQhSOaOqMo) (11.20.23) / inquiring into time
    
*   _up_ // TBD / on time, pt. 2 (pushing pace, perhaps?)
    
*   _strange_ // TBD / on indecipherable, dynamic semantic contexts that evidently exist
    
*   _top_ // TBD / on feeling like you're on top of the world
    
*   _bottom_ // TBD / on feeling like you're at the bottom of the world
    

_note: i faithfully believe that data supporting my hypothesis will manifest in more than just these 6 "flavors" of experience; the cognitive scaffolding simply mapped too well for me to refrain from giving a shot_ 😂

### appendix

*   [jort peff](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/ZCFO1P92BzJINml9tV6x6kiRpEH5AaOqB8UtpP_7zQo) (8.22.25) / meta-reflections on the creative process
    

conduits of wisdom
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_progress for the sake of progress transforms the world into a beautiful wasteland without any values: a trophy of human achievement but a tombstone for the human spirit since all that we hold near and dear has been eradicated for the purposes of economic achievement_

_i believe every culture has built up tremendous reserves of scholarly wisdom re: living a good life - a majority of which is tucked away and inaccessible to most people_

_i want to share the best ideas i know, transmitting these timeless messages and serving as a clarifying conduit of this wisdom_

### topic map 🗺

*   [Deconstructing The Monkey and The Horse Gram](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/xVQnGvQitot7ps4I091K4Qz0FLwpt-uIESmUg9y4ud0) (5.12.22)
    
*   [Deconstructing The Lion that Sprang to Life](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/WVYQYnWXIXfjeeMbhEpSpcWBl36d2rQBwWU847WCnwE) (3.16.22)
    

vizier vibrations
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_as a uomo universale exploring the entire depth of his existence, i enjoy thinking about business, biology, astronomy, tech, history and politics from a forward-facing point-of-view_

_the liminal space where pragmatism_ 🤝 _reverie_

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*   [Imagining an Open Metaverse](https://mirror.xyz/trnqlbnvvnt.eth/OVi8hj56lqEoj6h1dUyhuGMYsADYKLiDbZocnybBSQQ) (4.7.22)
    

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_be well, happy journeys and please let me know what you find :)_

_p.s. this will be an evergreen work in process (“wip”), so circle back!_

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*Originally published on [trnqlbnvvnt // noah](https://paragraph.com/@trnqlbnvvnt/the-sailing-manual)*