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Rituals (with your homies) make life worth living
The Power of Ritual: How to Create Meaning and Connection in Everything You Do
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The relationship at the heart of ritual is the relationship between life and death, mediated by elemental forces. The kinds of rituals that fall out of that might be a monthly day of silence, perhaps periodic fasting, perhaps singing around the fire. All such things need to be done as symbolic testimony to the joy and sorrow of being human, no... See more
Substack • Imagining a World Beyond Consumerism
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Rituals are those repetitive, comforting routines that help you connect to that depth within. For some it is knitting, for others it can be yoga, cooking, drawing, gardening—or any other number of activities that promote personal calm and wellness.
Laura Day • How to Rule the World from Your Couch
Strong communities create both formal and informal rituals. There are as many types of ritual as your imagination can conjure up. They often rely on special symbols and are important emotionally. Remember: feeling connected, trusted, appreciated, and welcome is all in the realm of emotion.
Charles Vogl • The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging
Invent as many family rituals as you can handle with ease. Anything done on a schedule —large or small, significant or silly— can become a ritual. Repeated consistently small routines become legendary. Anticipation is key.
Kevin Kelly • Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier
Ritual is vital because it gives us a sense that we belong to the world. A sense of connectedness, whether to society, nature or the divine, is in turn linked to a sense of psychological wholeness and lower rates of mental illness.
Social media offers the opposite; connection without relatedness.
Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
Rituals are tools to remind you of certain slippery-yet-critical truths.