#40 Time Travel for Beginners

Special thanks to my older brother, “The Professor”, Bret Riggle, for breaking the complexity of so much of this down into understandable concepts for me.

Time, is the variable that we can’t ignore if we care about connection and fulfillment.

In this episode we get into broadening perspective on what it is beyond just being something that traditional clocks measure.

History, Science, Religion, Astronomy, Spirituality, and Philosophy haven’t been able to pin it down fully.

We get into pop culture, movies, shows, journals, scriptures, and all kinds of ways it is defined and interpreted differently by geniuses, scientists, mathematicians, physicists, and theologians, and everyday people like yours truly. I share 5 techniques from a curious, non-expert, but life long obsessive observer on how we can manipulate it to work in our favor.

  1. Imagine a time when you are younger, and you time traveled to this moment.
  2. Imagine a time when you are much older and you travel to this moment.
  3. Remind yourself and others that you don’t have a physical time machine.
  4. The techniques of Metacognition, Mindfulness, and Breathing
  5. Travel to the past and have a 1:1 conversation with your old self.

Here is a, in no-way comprehensive list, of some of my favorites for entertainment and food for thought on time and time travel.

Best Time Travel Movies and Series

“Primer”, “Back to the Future”, “About Time”, “Men in Black 3”, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, “Dr. Who”, “Dark”, “Quantum Leap”(Scott Bacula version), “Sliders”

Best Time Loop Movies

“Ground Hog Day” (uncontested), “Edge of Tomorrow”, “Palm Springs”, “Source Code”, “12:01 pm”.

Fictional Novels on Time Travel

“Einsteins Dreams” by Alan Lightman, The Chronos Files #1-3″ by Rysa Walker, “The Time Machine” by H.G. Wells

Physicists and Researchers who broke new ground on Time

Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein, Nathan Rosen, Erwin Schroedinger, Ludwig Flamm, Stephen Hawking, Noah Linden, Juan Maldacena, Albert Tsao, Frank Wilczek

Interesting publications and articles of proof and theory

https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-the-brain-creates-a-timeline-of-the-past-20190212/

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-is-time-a-history-of-physics-biology-clocks-and-culture-20200504/

https://www.apa.org/monitor/oct03/mental

https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/quantum-entanglement-weirder/

https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-023-05356-w#:~:text=Clinical%20implications,a%20psychological%20and%20physical%20level.

https://drleaf.com/pages/about-dr-leaf

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#39 Lessons From Everywhere: The Blind and Visually Impaired

Installment number three in the ongoing “Lessons From Everywhere” series, I share lessons learned from several conversations I had sitting on a bench with blind and visually impaired people waiting for the same train as me outside a center for the blind at one of the stops on my daily commute.

Sometimes the people with the most perspective and awareness, are the ones who can’t see any of what you see.

The list of 10 lessons are shared below. Enjoy!

  1. Self reliance and Independance are two different things. We are all interdependent.
  2. You always have something to give that others don’t have.
  3. Our weaknesses can create our biggest strengths.
  4. You are probably being a bit dramatic with some of your problems and excuses.
  5. There is so much more to life than what we can physically see.
  6. If other people don’t get your struggle. Find someone who does. Not to comiserate, but to elevate.
  7. You might be missing the beauty in plain sight.
  8. No dignity is lost in asking for help.
  9. Technology can make you weaker.
  10. How you look is not who you are, or what makes you beautiful

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#38 How To Find Your Way On An Island

Quick concept today. Before Dory ever said “just keep swimming” on Finding Nemo, I had learned the simple concept of how to navigate on an island. “Keep Going, Keep Going.”

Its kinda silly, but it sure helps keep you in motion and tends to work to get your bearings when you feel lost in anything.

Enjoy this one.

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What the Mountain Taught Me About Comparison, People, And Perspective

Today is story time. Climbing a mountain with my brother and the unexpected lessons I learned about people on the way up and down.

Its a good episode for anyone who feels they aren’t as good as they once were, to see a perspective that shows there are better things to think about.

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#36 Curiosity Challenge Round 4: Have More Fun

This challenge is almost too simple. Go put more fun into everything you do. Be more fun this week. Switch your daily fun percentage from 10% of the time, to 90% of the time. And consciously pay attention to the difference it makes in everything else.

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#35 Lessons From Everywhere: The Fishermen

The second installment in the ongoing “Lessons from everywhere” series where we believe you can learn valuable lessons from just about anything.

A lifetime of fishing has brought me way more lessons than just the 13 + 1 in this episode, but this should distill a good bit of it down into some solid nuggets of wisdom. You will become better at fishing, at experiencing fishing, as well as at life if you listen carefully. See the list below and let me know if you would add any.

  1. Sometimes you need to let the bigger fish run.
  2. Practice catch and release
  3. Be patient, persist, adapt. If its not working. Move or change.  
  4. Fishing is always worth doing.  Catching is better.  But fishing is still good.  
  5. Respect the river.  Respect the fish.  Be grateful.     
  6. Details matter. But make sure your line is on the water.  
  7. Etiquette.   Don’t crowd.  Don’t judge.  Don’t hog.  
  8. Share the experience.  
  9. Conditions are less of an obstacle when you love it. (early morning, cold temps, rain, snow, ice, animals)
  10. Let a guide show you what you are missing.  
  11. Pay attention to the patterns and the changes in patterns.
  12. It’s not just what you see, it’s what you don’t see too.
  13. If the spot gets popular, let everyone else go pressure it out.

Bonus:  1. Its not just a hobby.  Its a connection, a bond, and a legacy.  

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#34 The Worst Advice I Have Ever Taken

Sometimes we think the people who have given us great advice and guidance are always right. Its a weird shortcut we take once we have a little trust built up. Is any human ever always right? Well then that would make them not human wouldn’t it.

On this episode I share lessons learned from taking bad advice from good people, and one way of thinking about how to stop doing that.

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#33 The “Not Going to Stop”Commitment

Some things in life are things we do once. Some things for a while. Some things we try. Some things we do on and off, and some we never stop.

When we consciously decide and commit to never stop something, it becomes confounding and compounding.

We discuss what we can do to control what is conditional and what is unconditional. The commitment makes it inevitable and infinite in its impact.

A commitment to not ever stop is different than never give up. You can say, I will never give up on something that has a natural end. Like a boxing match. You may not give up during the match. But the match ends. So saying I will never stop a thing focuses on lifelong never done commitments.

The power of consistency and habits and determination and discipline all have a great value and are covered a lot by gurus and in books. Not stopping can co-exist and amplify these, but it is not dependent on them.

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#32 A fresh quote on releasing un-needed burdens

My number one lesson learned in the last year on gaining clarity and unblocking the things you did not know were holding you back.

Its a brand new “Riggleism” from yours truly. “Learn to let go from the get go”.

When you hold on to the wrong things, resent, personalize, or defend as a default, it is blinding and the enemy of connection and fulfillment.

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#31 The goldmine of good conversations

Conversations are underrated. Because we waste the bigger opportunities hidden in so many of them.

I think they contain the key or the map leading to everything and anything we could possibly want or need. But we let our fear, egos, indifference, ignorance, and impatience get in the way.

This episode is chock full of tactics and principles from personal experience, and decades of mistakes on learning what not to do, and how being real, being open, and being curious is the key, to unlocking the bigger treasure they contain.

Its not just about pretending to be interested in someone to win them as your friends and influence them. (Sorry Dale Carnegie) Its about actually being interested in them, and not letting your agenda, or assumptions, or anticipations, or shortcuts, or desire for control or personal gain or a quick win, get in the way of something far greater.

Its about bringing patience, and practice and true transparency, thoughtfulness, empathy, and intention. Knowing when to speak and when not to.

Easier said than done. And always a work in progress. But its worth the effort.

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