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In a rare 1988 interview, mythologist Joseph Campbell was asked "How would you advise somebody to tap into joy?"
In response, he gave the most mystical, mind-blowing and beautiful answer I could have ever imagined: https://t.co/pmJk3qzmVu
Ashwin Sharmax.com"I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen, but as the years wasted on, nothing ever did unless I caused it.”
—Charles Bukowski
“Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries,” Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “And yet it is, itself, the greatest of our miseries.” The same French philosopher famously remarked that all man’s problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.
The Joy of Quiet - Pico Iyer Journeys
I have thousands of photos of my children but few that I’ve set aside to revisit. I have records of virtually every text I’ve sent since I was in college but no idea how to find the ones that meant something. I spent years blasting my thoughts to millions of people on X and Facebook even as I fell behind on correspondence with dear friends. I have ... See more
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Pensées by Blaise Pascal
Overview
Pensées, which translates to "Thoughts," is a remarkable collection of philosophical reflections, unfinished notes, and theological meditations by the French mathematician, philosopher, and Christian apologist Blaise Pascal. Written in the 17th century, this work delves into human nature, the existence of God, and th
... See moreMihaly Csikszentmihalyi has discovered in his research that one of the simplest and most common forms of flow that people experience in their lives is reading a book—and, like other forms of flow, it is being choked off in our culture of constant distraction. I thought a lot about this. For many of us, reading a book is the deepest form of focus we
... See moreJohann Hari • Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention And How to Think Deeply Again
The History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Acc…
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Being Zen: Bringing Meditation to Life
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