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We are perhaps the most “living-above-the-shoulders-behind-the-eyes-and-between-the-ears” culture that has ever existed, and despite this we are directly lifting instructions that were meant for people whose sense of self was much more distributed in other parts of the body. For western audiences, investigating our thoughts tends to lead us to the... See more

River Kenna • What is Somatic Meditation?

We are a species disconnected. For all the technological advancements we’ve made, our ability to connect on a human level is miles away from its natural, primitive state.

Brianna Wiest • 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think

I find it fascinating & troubling that humans are getting lonelier as we simultaneously create a world that’s both safer and wealthier.

Esther Crawford ✨ • Tweet

“The quantified self, meanwhile, turns our sensations into data, measurable signals. We know the heart beats, but we no longer feel it.” – Marie Dollé

Thomas Klaffke • Forgotten bodies in a headspace world

A fundamental paradox at the core of human life is that we are highly social and made better in every way by being around people,” Epley said. “And yet over and over, we have opportunities to connect that we don’t take, or even actively reject, and it is a terrible mistake.”

Derek Thompson • The Anti-Social Century

And now, in its own way, we can see how technological society ignores the wisdom of the body. In modern life the body becomes a machine for living, the subject of managed care, of steroids and plastic surgery. Our flesh is mortified in new forms as we sit in traffic jams, work in cramped cubicles and at school desks under artificial light, and

Jack Kornfield • The Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology

we live in a truly strange world. i don’t think people stop enough to think about that. so much that we have built doesn’t align with our human psychology. so many of us are controlled by cognitive biases

The place we generally start is with the body. Do you trust it? Are you aware of its signals? Do you know how to take your phenomenology seriously and move your finger? Ironically, putting our minds before our bodies pushes us to a default where our mental pre conceptions pre empt our direct experience. We ignore the reality before us, because it... See more

Sadalsuud • It's Called "Woo" Because It's Fun

So how is it that we have entered into our most digitally connected age ever yet loneliness is at an all-time high?

A few things come to mind:

The new ways we connect lack depth

We face information overload from too many people we don't care much about

We move locations and jobs more often

Information is decentralized: we go to technology for