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I embrace harmonization as the art of living, as sacred play – a cosmopoietic dance that liberates us from being trapped in one song or story; it opens up vast, pluri-dimensional horizons that diffract into more ways of seeing, more ways of tuning, more ways of healing, more ways of creating. And being a good dancer requires patience, practice and... See more
Harmonizing the Body Electric
We learn the same lessons over and over, forgetting and remembering, forgetting and remembering. That’s not failure — it’s life! It’s being human
The phone is not the enemy. The enemy is fear—fear of stillness, fear of silence, fear of being alone with one's own thoughts.
So let this be the final word: use it, but do not be used by it. Hold it, but do not be held by it.
And above all, remember: the truest moments of life happen in the spaces where there is no screen.
So let this be the final word: use it, but do not be used by it. Hold it, but do not be held by it.
And above all, remember: the truest moments of life happen in the spaces where there is no screen.
Six Meditations on the Phone
“Being able to say ‘this is who I am’ when everything else feels uncertain, flimsy, prone to dissolution, may be the greatest comfort we have. Is anything more seductive, more empowering?/ To be alive is to subject oneself to the reality of being permeable/ so, while I welcome the pleasure of those moments when I feel like myself, I don’t think I
... See moreEloghosa Osunde • A Long Talk: conversation between Eloghosa Osunde & Joshua Segun-Lean.
I continue to find immense inspiration in Nick Cave's wisdom, compassion and, of course, his art. His words are so precise and never cease to conjure emotion and introspection.
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“Better” is a journey, not a destination
... See moreYou’re never so centered on yourself as when you’re depressed. You’re never so ready to forget yourself as when you are happy. Happiness releases you from self. It is suffering and pain and misery and depression that tie you to the self. Look how conscious you are of your tooth when you have a toothache. When you don’t have a toothache, you’re not
By Anthony De Mello, from the book, Awareness.
From the May 30, 2025 edition of Tim Ferriss’s 5-Bullet Friday email newsletter.