everything is a conversation
notes on being in constructive dialogue with reality, instead of staying mired in delusional rigidity
everything is a conversation
Dostoevsky, unlike most other authors, treats his characters as full individuals, as if they are too big to fit in his head: he isn’t using them as mouth pieces but is listening to them. His books are polyphonic: they are made up of a multitude of voices, each with their own inner logic and perspective, and there is no voice that stands above the... See more
A list of books and essays that I love
Tired: Rushing to quick answers or public declarations
Wired: Sitting with questions, refining them in trusted company, and waiting until the shape of truth emerges
Yancey Stricklerx.com“A conversation has a spirit of its own,” Gadamer writes, “and the language in which it is conducted bears its own truth within it.” This insight directly challenges information-transfer models of communication. Language isn’t just a vehicle for pre-formed thoughts; it’s the medium through which thinking itself happens. Or as Soleio writes,... See more
A Philosophy of Conversation
A.A.’s earliest members “tried on” the ideas and insights of these brilliant, often eccentric thinkers, and whatever matched their own experience became part of the patchwork.
Ernest Kurtz • The Spirituality of Imperfection
A beautiful quote from John O’Donahue, on friendship and conversations:
... See moreWhen was the last time you had a great conversation? A conversation that wasn’t just two intersecting monologues, but when you overheard yourself saying things you never knew you knew, that you heard yourself receiving from somebody words that found places within you that you
one thing that is truly lifechanging is seeing precisely how haters, hecklers, etc are part of the theatre production. they are a part of the show
Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet
There is a Tibetan form of spiritual hyperstition that is more powerful than any of the modern day forms.
It works by living and believing as if you have already awakened to the ultimate truth of reality.
Tibetan Buddhists mastered this technique hundreds of years ago.
In their “pure vision” practice, they spend all day everyday playing the role of an... See more
It works by living and believing as if you have already awakened to the ultimate truth of reality.
Tibetan Buddhists mastered this technique hundreds of years ago.
In their “pure vision” practice, they spend all day everyday playing the role of an... See more
