Kristian S
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Kristian S
The focus was exhilarating. For the first time in my life, everything was lined up around a clear dharma assignment. And I discovered a secret: Bringing forth what is within you is mostly about creating the right conditions
Stephen Cope • The Great Work of Your Life: A Guide for the Journey to Your True Calling
Before you’ve noticed important details they are, of course, basically invisible. It’s hard to put your attention on them because you don’t even know what you’re looking for. But after you see them they quickly become so integrated into your intuitive models of the world that they become essentially transparent. Do you remember the insights that... See more
johnsalvatier.org • Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail
Here are eight imperatives—all of them drawing strength and sustenance from the humanities:
- We need a way of defining and pursuing progress that doesn’t reduce that concept to something that only comes from a digital device.
- We desperately need access to values and wisdom that aren’t corrupted by the relentless financial metrics and imposed
Ted Gioia • The Real Crisis in Humanities Isn't Happening at College
The truth is, we’re all so disconnected from our spirituality that we’ve forgotten who we truly are. We wander through life, searching for meaning and purpose, unaware of the divine spark that resides within each of us.
Patrícia Williams • There Can Be No Rebirth Without A Dark Night of The Soul
What we need are good, simple, accessible, non-annoying, long-lasting ways to approach spirituality as individuals. I believe that starts with a spiritual framework that clicks with you and that you can turn to as your spiritual guide.
Tim Urban • How Religion Got in the Way — Wait But Why
If you try to find time for your most valued activities by first dealing with all the other important demands on your time, in the hope that there’ll be some left over at the end, you’ll be disappointed. So if a certain activity really matters to you – a creative project, say, though it could just as easily be nurturing a relationship, or activism
... See moreOliver Burkeman • Four Thousand Weeks
Figuring out what you want is the central task of adulthood, and it’s not an easy one.
Once you leave formal schooling, you’re catapulted into a world with infinite possibilities. You no longer have to show up at school to avoid detention or ace tests to make your parents proud. You’re finally unshackled from the training wheels of life, and now you... See more
Once you leave formal schooling, you’re catapulted into a world with infinite possibilities. You no longer have to show up at school to avoid detention or ace tests to make your parents proud. You’re finally unshackled from the training wheels of life, and now you... See more
“In the past, jobs were about muscles. Now they’re about brains, but in the future, they’ll be about the heart.”
Maria Flynn • Opinion | The A.I. Economy Will Make Jobs More Human - The New York Times
The spiritual is real , actually, and it should be taken more seriously than it is. We can give it better grounding and appropriate respect in a framework that can be appreciated even by rationalists.