Finding Meaning
- But if the deep roots of boredom are in a lack of meaning, rather than a shortage of stimuli, and if there is a subtle, multilayered process by which information can give rise to meaning, then the constant flow of information to which we are becoming habituated cannot deliver on such a promise. At best, it allows us to distract ourselves with the p... See more
andrea added 1y ago
being more generous, expanding our “gift circles,” and finding ways to give directly to people without any attachment to how they react to the money or spend it, we might make our lives more meaningful and interesting.
from Unlocking Generosity | #142 by Paul Millerd
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
We desire escape from the limited capacities of our material bodies. We yearn for some kind of permanence, something eternal, something beyond our impending personal death. A world in which miracles occur might contain such a possibility.
from Where Science and Miracles Meet by Alan Lightman
Stuart Evans added 1y ago
- All these people you’ve known and loved – “they suffered and struggled so much, and then life is over,” said Scorsese. “You get to the point of saying, ‘Well, what does it all mean?’ It doesn’t matter what it means. You have to live it. And if you choose not to live it, you choose not to live it; that’s up to you. But you are existing and you live ... See more
from Martin Scorsese: “I have to find out who the hell I am” by Zach Baron
sari added 1y ago
- every human being is a storyteller, that stories are how we seek to understand the meaning of our lives
from Steve Almond Tells Us
Natalie Audelo added 6mo ago
- It is often only in the interludes that we come to realise just how much our busy lives are an active conspiracy against the very things that supposedly give our existence a deeper sense of meaning and purpose.
from Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All by David J Siegel
Tara McMullin added 1y ago
- Life-long learning, aided by the giants who have come before, is a (spiritual) practice. Nutritionists advocate for healthy eating and exercise but there is no real regimen for the soul. Yoga and Soulcycle emphasize transcendence through corporeality, but nobody has managed to scale Logos, to create the equivalent for the thoughtful word. Nike star... See more
phoebe added 1y ago
- these quilts are ways of creating my own legacy because I don’t have one that’s been handed down to me. I don’t have one that is available to me because of my queerness and my otherness, so the study of quilts for me is almost like a re-parenting type of shit, a way of creating my own story, my own legacy by looking at the idea that legacy doesn’t ... See more
from How Do You Fight a System That Commodifies Love? by Ryan Kuo
linda added 1y ago
- so much of the way we’ve derived our identity, our sense of accomplishment, achievement, contribution, value, self-worth, is subject to radical overhaul in the next decade and the one following that and beyond. More jobs will be automated, augmented, enhanced, and yes, eliminated. And certainly new jobs will be created, but we can’t wait for them t... See more
from The Tech Humanist Manifesto by Kate O'Neill
sari added 1y ago