Finding Meaning
what gives our life meaning, etc..
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Finding Meaning
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
You live in a deranged age — more deranged than usual, because despite great scientific and technological advances, man has not the faintest idea of who he is or what he is doing.
Walker Percy
The only journey worth taking is the one back to self. To truth. To the body. To life. 🙌🏿💜
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instagram.comThis disconnect between culturally mandated politics and the actual demonstrated preferences of most Americans has created an enormous reserve of unmet needs—and a generational opportunity. Build new things! Create great art! Understand and accept that sensory information is the brain’s food, and that Silicon Valley is systematically starving us of... See more
whoaa from Tablet Magazine - on getting over flatness and culture politics.
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... See more
To buying that envelope, to bumping into strangers, to stepping out, to the fire engines and the great-looking babies. And of course, to the dancing animals.
I saw this quote last week via @sambookshelf and was reminded, once again, how much the pandemic forbade our “dancing animals” — the joy one gets chatting with a... See more
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