Rishita Chaudhary
@rish_yossarian
multi-hyphenate
tech policy, media & society
Rishita Chaudhary
Perfect Mind: The Gnostic Field Guide to Wholeness and Hearing the Voice of Truth
Maria Popovathemarginalian.orgThe Transcendent Brain: The Poetic Physicist Alan Lightman on Spirituality for the Science-Spirited
Maria Popovathemarginalian.orgRituals give form to the essential transitions of life. They are forms of closure. Without them, we slip through. Thus, we age without growing old, or we remain infantile consumers who never become adults.
Byung-Chul Han • The Disappearance of Rituals: A Topology of the Present
Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention. If you stand together and profess a thing before your community, it holds you accountable. Ceremonies transcend the boundaries of the individual and resonate beyond the human realm. These acts of reverence are powerfully pragmatic. These are ceremonies that magnify life.
Robin Wall Kimmerer • Braiding Sweetgrass
In The Disappearance of Ritual, Byun-Chul Han explains that “Rituals are characterized by repetition. Repetition differs from routine in its capacity to create intensity.” ... Rituals involve enacting reality; tapping into the imaginal, the place between our minds and the world, to take on new and wider perspectives. We can do this by revisiting,... See more
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A ritual is not just the action but the particular way we enact it—the how. It matters to us not simply that we complete the action but the specific way that we complete it. Rituals are also deeply and inherently emotional. Unlike most habits, rituals provoke feelings, both good and bad.