rob hardy

@robhardy

writer of manifestos, petter of cats. in devotional pursuit of a more beautiful internet 🌱

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Ken Wilber talks about how we can't think our way to the next level of development - we have to live our way there.

This explains why I can understand concepts intellectually for years before they actually transform how I operate in the world.

Knowing isn't the same as being. Integration requires embodiment, not just comprehension.

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manifestory and micro-manifesto

my working definition of perfectionism is that it's the pathological need to be perceived as both special and exceptional, because you learned that love and acceptance are conditional on being perceived that way

what even is perfectionism??

We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps.

— Herman Hesse, Siddhartha

Dylan O'Sullivan • Tweet

shifting perspectives and Personal Development

Cut a chrysalis open and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly... No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.

— Pat Barker

The Only Thing to Do

Quotes and self renewal

describe the cosmic humor that's hidden in the problem you're currently struggling with

Visakan Veerasamy • Tweet

freewriting prompts

A life in which we make mistakes and take full responsibility for those mistakes, without recourse to blame, is in some ways even more admirable than a life of impeccable morality. Our very human nature is to grow. So the purpose of your life is not a fixed mark. It is an ever-changing alignment to the core of your humanity, to your ability to... See more

self renewal

Sublime is a search engine without answers

Being in the questions vs. reaching conclusive answers - in these containers, one leaves with more questions than answers. The goal is not to reach an answer or convert others to your point of view, but to grapple and explore the emergence of whatever arises together. Not to define the map, but to enlarge

living the question

brand manifesto and

if we want the world to stay civilized, we can't be pushovers, especially not to anyone possessed by anger, fear, or envy

David • Tweet

culture war dynamics