phenomenology
a philosophy of experience that seeks to explain the nature of things through the way people experience them
phenomenology
one of my big shifts the last four years was from
"health & wellbeing as a list of chores I have to do"
to
"health & wellbeing as a self-motivating attractor state, because feeling good feels good"
a key to the shift seems to be:... See more
Elena Lake 🌿x.comOpen and Closed
rivalvoices.substack.com
Phenomenology
Is a branch of modern philosophy that attempts to describe phenomena - the world of appearances- ‘as they are’, unmediated by intellectual filters.
Phenomenologists ask themselves - how can we best allow the world of objects to shine forth? Preconceptions and the intellectual apparatus are ‘bracketed out’ in an attempt to let the world
... See morethis feels connected to why I prefer sensory- and qualia-based healthcare approaches.
like, people """"""could""""" spend hundreds of hours learning how to review (often shoddy) academic papers
or they could learn to detect the felt sense of illness & remedy
Elena Lake in the forest of dangers & wondersx.comThe best path to uncover our true desires lies in the body. Our embodied experience of how goals and activities feel to pursue can highlight where there’s personal resonance.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
Henri Bergson — Why we live in the past
ralphammer.com
Just realized I don't really talk about psychedelics anymore because I learned to meditate (and I use that term loosely—what I'm referring to is actually more like a cluster of skills that can be summed up as "sink into and trust my felt senses, which when listened to carefully, reveal vital information about how I take in the world and feed it... See more
Carmenx.com