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Sunday book recommendation đ±
This beautiful masterpiece by @Julian Brave NoiseCat is moving, heartbreaking and a must read - if you ask me!
I feel parts of my own story mirrored in the pages. Painful and real. I needed to breathe deeply at times, most of all moved by the stories that weave... See more
Carina Jean Lyallsubstack.comDragonfly-Eye | Sight
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Using relevance realization and 4E cognitive science to reverse engineer enlightenment and address perennial existential problems
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And now it's where we're going to start drawing the historical and the scientific together.
Is this account that I'm trying to argue for, for relevance realization as our meaning making, machinery, and for understanding sacredness in terms of religio, a higher order form of relevance realization,
Can I also use that machinery to give, and I've tried
... See moreVow can be imagined as the Soulâs inborn commitment to discover and realize its singular niche in the ecosystem of the anima mundi (World Soul). It designates what is yours to do , the gift youâve been given so that it can be given away in service to the whole. Encountering Vow, you may discover the mythopoetic values that live deep within you,... See more
Sam Hinds âą Offering: Deep Alignment Sessions
The unique visions of numerous thinkers have incorporated notions that resonate with the conception of Vow.
- C.G. Jung theorized about the âindividuationâ process issuing from the unconscious influence of the âobjective psyche,â symbolized by âthe Self.â
- Henry Corbin described a âmystic vocationâ held by every person, lured onward by the âAngel out
Offering: Deep Alignment Sessions
There is an essay on the concept of mingei, the Japanese folk craft movement Yanagi helped establish. He defines the criteria for genuine folk craft, emphasizing that true beauty is found in utilitarian objects made by common people for common people.
Wabi Sabi Life âą The beauty of everyday things
We donât need to surround ourselves with Japanese creations to appreciate this book. Yanagi asks us to be aware of how our lives are surrounded by everyday things and urges us to ensure these things are made with care, built to last and treated with respect. This is a call for simplicity, beauty and utility to come into harmony.
Wabi Sabi Life âą The beauty of everyday things
Paradoxes are capable of holding seemingly opposing facts and deeper levels of complexity which, in my experience, are often closer to reality. And yes, they can be uncomfortable, too. And even just naming that we hold these paradoxes can soften something inside. The idea of âwrongnessâ can give way to more curiosity and compassion. For example: