The Cycles of Modern Life: Urgency, Control, and the Illusion of Comfort
Domestic Discontinuity and Interlocking Chaos Rob us of Time
Endurance is not resistance but finding a way to move with larger forces.
Meditate.
“The superior person brightens their bright virtue.”
There is no truth in life, only trying. There is no trick to life but trying. Life is trying (😉).
After many years of confusion and struggle (said without s
... See moreWe have forgotten how to look forward to things, and how to enjoy the moment when they arrive. Restaurants report that hurried diners increasingly pay the bill and order a taxi while eating dessert. Many fans leave sporting events early, no matter how close the score is, simply to steal a march on the traffic. Then there is the curse of multi-taski
... See moreFarnam Street • In Praise of Slowness: Challenging the Cult of Speed
And now, in its own way, we can see how technological society ignores the wisdom of the body. In modern life the body becomes a machine for living, the subject of managed care, of steroids and plastic surgery. Our flesh is mortified in new forms as we sit in traffic jams, work in cramped cubicles and at school desks under artificial light, and dist
... See moreJack Kornfield • The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology
This confrontation with limitation also reveals the truth that freedom, sometimes, is to be found not in achieving greater sovereignty over your own schedule but in allowing yourself to be constrained by the rhythms of community—participating in forms of social life where you don’t get to decide exactly what you do or when you do it. And it leads t
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