Transcend
To overcome the anxieties and depressions of contemporary life, individuals must become independent of the social environment to the degree that they no longer respond exclusively in terms of its rewards and punishments. To achieve such autonomy, a person has to learn to provide rewards to herself. She has to develop the ability to find enjoyment a
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi • Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
instead of focusing on training techniques or the acquisition of new skills, they described choosing opportunities that fit their truest self. Even in the face of all the mundane struggles of everyday life, such as bills, babies, family tragedies, and economic downturns, they strived for authenticity. For a sense that their individuality mattered.
Todd Rose • Dark Horse: Achieving Success Through the Pursuit of Fulfillment
Unlike many traditional approaches, Mind Transcendence is not limited to specific practices or settings. It is a way of being that can be integrated
Troy Valencia • Living Beyond the Mind: The End of Personal Suffering
a willingness to be agents in shaping their lives. The world beckons to each one of us, challenging us to ply our talents and carve our own paths. As the existential philosopher and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl discovered during his World War II concentration camp internment, it is our voluntary action, and not what we’re forced to do, that determine
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