Aliveness
musings on the feeling of aliveness + what makes people feel alive and in touch with their humanity
by sari and · updated 18d ago
Aliveness
- "There are two ways to make the world more mesmerizing: to seek out new and increasingly intense experiences, or to loosen the filters that make ordinary experience “ordinary”. You can go skydiving, or you can meditate for long enough that walking feels like skydiving. Either way, I think what we’re seeking is an escape back into what we used to be... See more
Stuart Evans added 10mo ago
Like the tiger, we dream of the savannah, the rainforest and the mangrove swamp. We want to hunt and fuck and bask in the sun. We want to climb trees and drink from freshwater streams. We want to pursue our true calling and live to our full potential. I believe this desire is in every one of us. And when it’s suppressed long enough, we rebel. Somet
... See morefrom A Call to Rebellion: A New Story About Depression by Jonathan Carson
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- For me, harmonizing with the trouble is not to find perfect synchronicity or balance, but to move and be moved into a trans-contextual dance of aliveness . It is to become sensually intimate with the push and pull, the tension and release, the agony of death and the joy of living that exists in each moment – with each in-breath and out-breath. As N... See more
from Harmonizing the Body Electric
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- Sophia Loren // "Isn't it wonderful to be alive? You know, you can forget all about it. Then suddenly you remember, and think of all the things you can do. Here I am. I can walk around. I can talk. I can see things and remember things. I am alive. How wonderful."
from NITCH by Sophia Loren
sari added 1y ago
Pretty much everything in life is like this: there are some ways you can show up that just feel better. And when you show up for the truest and most beautiful version of your life that you can imagine, you feel excited and alive.
from Not Disappointing Myself by Ava
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- As my work-driven identity dissolved, I felt a burning ambition across all facets of life. Instead of a desire to achieve goals that society told me were valuable, I felt a hunger to discover what makes me feel fully alive. Instead of a commitment to “winning” other people’s games, I felt a commitment to design a life that I deeply enjoy inhabiting... See more
from Work, Ambition, and Identity by Sam Sager
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- “To make living itself an art, that is the goal.”
– Henry Millerfrom quotes – Page 8 – swissmiss by Tina Roth Eisenberg
sari added 1y ago
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