Brice Budke
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Brice Budke
Optimism Is Associated With Exceptional Longevity in 2 Epidemiologic Cohorts of Men and Women
Lewina O. Leepnas.orgSo the work that we do to try to be present can in time deliver us to a slightly different sense of being present. Here, we find that we ourselves aren't really doing any work, but somehow there's a presence that's already here that we start joining or tapping into. It can be quite lovely to find it.
On consciousness
Many of us at times will find it hard to be still. But learning not just to have a still body, but to be comfortable in it, is a tried and tested way for helping the mind slow down and become more still. Movements of the body are one way we continually reinforce our entrenched sense of self. It can be very freeing to allow stillness to spread from... See more
I started to pay attention to how the words I was saying, even inside my head, were always in reaction to and in dialogue with things others had said or things I expected them to say in the future.
Henrik Karlsson • A List of Books and Essays That I Love
He had said that our lives are steered by uncertainties, many of which are disruptive or even daunting; but that if we persevere and remain generous of heart, we may be granted a moment of supreme lucidity—a moment in which all that has happened to us suddenly comes into focus as a necessary course of events, even as we find ourselves on the
... See moreAmor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
Montaigne’s maxim that the surest sign of wisdom is constant cheerfulness.
Amor Towles • A Gentleman in Moscow: A Novel
How to Manage Multiple Interests & Actually CREATE Something
youtu.beUsually the seed of an idea starts at the center of a mindmap
Discussing the next phase of human evolution: a shift from individuals to 'univigils' who are conscious of their oneness with the universe.
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But what's happening, I think, is you're sensing the oneness. So to come to your second question, I'm wanting to suggest that the next jump in our evolution, and we can get into this, but make no mistake about it, human beings have evolved. We're a development from, but we're not the same as our ancestors. we have they they moved it forward and
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