Finding Meaning
what gives our life meaning, etc..
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Finding Meaning
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.
David J Siegel • Modern Life Subjects Us to All-Consuming Demands. That’s Why We Should Reflect on What It Means to Step Away From It All
Sabbatical Travel - Journey Inward. Travel Outward.
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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.
Paul Millerd • Unlocking Generosity | #142
luck is the echo of effort
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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.
Alan Lightman • Where Science and Miracles Meet
It is necessary to share meaning. A society is a link of relationships among people and institutions, so that we can live together. But it only works if we have a culture — which implies that we share meaning; i.e., significance, purpose, and value. Otherwise it falls apart. Our society is incoherent, and doesn’t do that very well; it hasn’t for a... See more
Maria Popova • Legendary Physicist David Bohm on the Paradox of Communication, the Crucial Difference Between Discussion and Dialogue, and What Is Keeping Us from Listening to One Another
Humans are a story-telling species. The stories we tell ourselves and each other guide how we live in and relate to the world. They are the social technology through which we make sense of the world and give meaning to our lived experiences. Like the mycelium that runs below our feet, stories are everywhere, threading and reshaping our reality,... See more
Niels Devisscher • Belonging and Butterflies in Times of Breakdown
The real practice of the artist is a way of being in the world. I always had assumed that it was, it was about doing things a certain way is what an artist was. But it’s more than that. Yes, there is an aspect of it that’s about doing things a particular way and in a considered way. But the only way to do things in a considered way is to live in a
... See moreOn Being • Rick Rubin — Magic, Everyday Mystery, and Getting Creative
Wanna skip rocks? Why yes, yes I do.
Thanks @jenncolella for the read. 🫶🏽
“While grabbing dinner with a friend can be engaging, it’s a far cry from elaborate forest ceremonies.”
How did you play as a child? How do you play now?... See more
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