📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: How to Have Enough: Wendell Berry on Creativity and Love 🗓️ Published: Sat, 14 Dec 2024 20:36:14 +0000 📄 Summary: In a world of commodified happiness, Emily Dickinson and Kurt Vonnegut remind us that true contentment lies in realizing that we have "enough." Amidst the pressure to constantly strive for more, this simple wisdom offers a profound perspective on fulfillment. Read more about this insightful reflection on modern society's pursuit of material and spiritual abundance: [link to article] #contentment #happiness 🔗

The Marginalian

How to Have Enough: Wendell Berry on Creativity and Love

“Enough is so vast a sweetness, I suppose it never occurs, only pathetic counterfeits,” Emily Dickinson sighed in one of her love lette...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #mindfulness #quantum #awareness #universe

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: How You Relate to Anything Is How You Relate to Everything: Reclaiming the Spirit of the Christmas Tree 🗓️ Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 18:23:26 +0000 📄 Summary: This article explores the interconnectedness of life and the importance of how we relate to everything around us. It emphasizes the choice we have in how we approach objects or entities in our lives, whether to commodify or consecrate them. The example of the Christmas tree is used to illustrate this concept. 🔗

The Marginalian

How You Relate to Anything Is How You Relate to Everything: Reclaiming the Spirit of the Christmas Tree

Because life is a cosmos of connection, because to be alive is to be in relationship with the world, because (in the immortal words of John Muir) &...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #metaphysics #gnosis #awakening #understanding

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: The Art of the Sacred Pause and Despair as a Catalyst of Regeneration 🗓️ Published: Wed, 25 Dec 2024 04:49:21 +0000 📄 Summary: This article discusses transitional times in both the world and individual human lives, characterized by disorientation and chaos before rebuilding around a new organizing principle. It emphasizes the importance of surrendering to these difficult phases, trusting the process of growth and transformation. #transformation #growth #trusttheprocess 🔗

The Marginalian

The Art of the Sacred Pause and Despair as a Catalyst of Regeneration

Just as there are transitional times in the life of the world — dark periods of disorientation between two world systems, periods in which hu...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #truth #sufism #transcendence #alchemy

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Some Blessings to Begin with 🗓️ Published: Tue, 31 Dec 2024 15:46:14 +0000 📄 Summary: Starting a new year or day with gladness is valuable. The article shares personal joys and bird divinations to mark the gratitude for existence and the beauty of life's unpredictability. Embracing the universe's gifts, like the last aspen leaf, can help us appreciate the wonder of being alive. [Read more: themarginalian.org/2024/12/31/some-blessings-to-begin-with/] 🔗

The Marginalian

Some Blessings to Begin with

It is good, I feel, to begin a new year, or a new day, with a little reservoir of gladness. Here are some gladnesses I have gathered, and two new b...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #alchemy #meditation #quantum #taoism

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Wherever You Are, Stop What Youre Doing 🗓️ Published: Sat, 04 Jan 2025 23:27:53 +0000 📄 Summary: The article explores how paying attention to life's details can magnify and sanctify our existence, likening the act of noticing small marvels to a devotional practice. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing and reverencing the miniature wonders that shape our world, even though our consciousness tends to filter them out to focus on more abstract concepts. 🔗

The Marginalian

How to Stop Doing and Start Living

Nothing magnifies life — in the proper sense of the word, rooted in the Latin for “to make greater, to glorify” — more than...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #sacred #reality #knowledge #mindfulness

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Dont Waste Your Greening Life-Force: Hildegards Prophetic Enchanted Ecology 🗓️ Published: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 00:45:42 +0000 📄 Summary: In 1174, society lacks knowledge of gravity, oxygen, and electricity. Medicine relies on bloodletting and herbal remedies, while universities do not educate women. At 76, Hildegard of Bingen stands out as a poet, painter, healer, composer, philosopher, mystic, and medical writer in a world where many do not live past their thirties. #MedievalHistory #HildegardOfBingen 🔗

The Marginalian

Don’t Waste Your Greening Life-Force: Hildegard’s Prophetic Enchanted Ecology

The year is 1174. Gravity, oxygen, and electricity have not been discovered. Clocks, calculus, and the printing press have not been invented. Earth...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #knowledge #consciousness #metaphysics #esoteric

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Do Not Spare Yourself 🗓️ Published: Sat, 11 Jan 2025 00:47:39 +0000 📄 Summary: The article explores the dangerous desire to save oneself from disappointment and heartbreak, often mistaken for love. It delves into how humans have created various institutions like religion, therapy, and marriage as forms of salvation to navigate the complexities of reality and relationships. Read more at the link provided. 🔗

The Marginalian

Do Not Spare Yourself

The only thing more dangerous than wanting to save another person — a dangerous desire too often mistaken for love — is wanting to save...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #metaphysics #quantum #enlightenment #buddhism

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: The Countercultural Sanity of the Irrational: Pioneering Psychiatrist Otto Rank on the Blind Spots of Reason 🗓️ Published: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 17:39:58 +0000 📄 Summary: The article explores how humans often act on impulse and emotion but later rationalize their choices as being based on reason. It criticizes Western civilization for favoring left-brain thinking, leading to a disconnection from our emotional selves. Despite advances in understanding how the mind works, the article suggests that our perception of reality is heavily influenced by emotional attention. 🔗

The Marginalian

The Countercultural Sanity of the Irrational: Pioneering Psychiatrist Otto Rank on the Blind Spots of Reason

In one crucial respect at least, the human animal does not pass the mirror test of self-knowledge: We move through the world by impulse and emotion...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #philosophy #universe #wisdom #mindfulness

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: The Light in the Abyss Between Us 🗓️ Published: Thu, 16 Jan 2025 18:20:18 +0000 📄 Summary: The article explores the concept of consciousness and how it shapes our individual experiences and perceptions. It highlights moments when individuals realize the unique nature of their own thoughts and mental processes compared to others, emphasizing the wonder and complexity of human consciousness. Read more at the provided link. 🔗

The Marginalian

The Light in the Abyss Between Us

Bless consciousness, for making blue different to me than it is to you. I remember the moment a friend’s son came home from school to recount...

🗞️ Source: The Marginalian #mindfulness #philosophy #alchemy #transcendence

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: An Integral Metatheory of Conservatism 🗓️ Published: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 21:46:55 +0000 📄 Summary: Join Robb Smith in exploring the rich tapestry of conservatism through integral theory in this enlightening presentation recorded during a recent election watch party. Gain deeper insights into the shaping of worldviews amidst political upheaval and societal change. #IntegralTheory #Conservatism #ElectionWatchParty 🔗

Integral Life

An Integral Metatheory of Conservatism – Integral Life

In a time of political upheaval and societal change, understanding the deeper currents that shape our worldviews is more crucial than ever. Join Ro...

🗞️ Source: Integral Life #meditation #wisdom #consciousness #awakening

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: What Were They Thinking?!? Decoding the 2024 Election 🗓️ Published: Fri, 20 Dec 2024 20:59:44 +0000 📄 Summary: David and Keith analyze how individuals navigate different developmental stages and cultural values when making electoral decisions, focusing on the 2024 U.S. election. They explore the interplay between cognitive development, cultural alignment, and systemic factors to understand the diverse rationales behind people's voting behavior. Check out the full post on Integral Life's website. #election2024 #votingbehavior 🔗

Integral Life

What Were They Thinking?!? Decoding the 2024 Election – Integral Life

David and Keith explore how individuals intersect between different vertical developmental stages (Amber, Orange, Green) and cultural value stacks ...

🗞️ Source: Integral Life #mindfulness #hinduism #sacred #existence

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: What Weve Learned: 2024 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2025 🗓️ Published: Thu, 02 Jan 2025 21:33:45 +0000 📄 Summary: The Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) is driving global change through holistic frameworks and interdisciplinary collaboration. Robb Smith and Josh Leonard discuss IAM's 2024 achievements and set a visionary agenda for 2025, emphasizing leadership, collaboration, and storytelling as catalysts for transformative progress. #Metatheory #GlobalChange #IAM2025 🔗

Integral Life

What We've Learned: 2024 Reflections and Looking Ahead to 2025 – Integral Life

The Institute of Applied Metatheory (IAM) is revolutionizing how we tackle global challenges by applying integrative metatheories—holistic framew...

🗞️ Source: Integral Life #mindfulness #taoism #awakening #meditation

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Making Sense of the Extraordinary 🗓️ Published: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:25:16 +0000 📄 Summary: Kimberley Theresa Lafferty delves into profound experiences that challenge our perception of reality in the debut episode of Evolving Spirit. She provides insights on integrating these transformative encounters with wisdom, compassion, and community, emphasizing the importance of ethical grounding. Originally published on Integral Life, this episode offers a sophisticated framework for exploring deeper meaning. 🔗

Integral Life

Making Sense of the Extraordinary – Integral Life

In the debut episode of Evolving Spirit, Kimberley Theresa Lafferty invites us into a raw and heartfelt exploration of extraordinary experiences—...

🗞️ Source: Integral Life #divinity #sacred #understanding #esoteric

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Canadas Residential Schools: A Saga of Journalistic Wrongdoing 🗓️ Published: Fri, 27 Sep 2024 20:01:04 +0000 📄 Summary: The article discusses the residential schools in Canada and the journalistic wrongdoing surrounding them. It highlights how similar events could occur in the United States or any place where evidence is disregarded for personal beliefs. 🔗

Mind Matters

Canada’s Residential Schools: A Saga of Journalistic Wrongdoing

Could it happen in the United States? Of course. It can happen anywhere where people are willing to ignore the demands of evidence in favor of priv...

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #occult #buddhism #universe #meditation

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next? Not Better Science! 🗓️ Published: Wed, 02 Oct 2024 19:23:43 +0000 📄 Summary: The article discusses how truth is often distorted to align with woke causes, with any claims that don't benefit these causes being viewed as a threat. It explores the consequences of this trend in society. 🔗

Mind Matters

After Dawkins Is Canceled, What Comes Next? Not Better Science!

For many today, truth is whatever benefits Woke causes. Claims for truth that offer them no political benefit are seen as a threat, meriting a host...

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #knowledge #metaphysics #sacred #understanding

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Three Recent Books Argue for Consciousness in Plants 🗓️ Published: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:45:11 +0000 📄 Summary: Recent books argue that the belief in plants "feeling" things may be due to a misunderstanding of consciousness categories. The complex reactions of plants may not necessarily indicate consciousness. #PlantConsciousness #MisunderstandingOfConsciousness 🔗

Mind Matters

Three Recent Books Argue for Consciousness in Plants

The idea that plants can “feel” things, based on their complex reactions, may stem from a misunderstanding of categories of consciousness.

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #awakening #meditation #reality #taoism

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: COSM: Wikipedia Co-Founder To Speak on Todays Knowledge Risks 🗓️ Published: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 01:21:23 +0000 📄 Summary: Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger will speak at COSM on November 1 about the importance of preserving knowledge. Sanger, critical of Wikipedia's role, warns about the risks of allowing only one version of facts, which could lead to control by the wealthy and powerful. #knowledgepreservation #COSMevent 🔗

Mind Matters

COSM: Wikipedia Co-Founder To Speak on Today’s Knowledge Risks

His watchword is “No small group of elites deserves the power to declare what is known for all of us.”

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #awareness #awakening #taoism #occult

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Sam Parnia Faces Skeptical Questions 🗓️ Published: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:34:08 +0000 📄 Summary: The article discusses the confirmation of post-death consciousness during trauma, emphasizing its significance in science despite seeming small. It highlights how persistent little discrepancies can be crucial in understanding the nature of consciousness and life after death. 🔗

Mind Matters

Soul Survives Death? ER Doc Sam Parnia Faces Skeptical Questions

Confirmation of post-death consciousness during trauma might seem a little thing. But in science persistent little discrepancies are often the ones...

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #mindfulness #transcendence #mysticism #wisdom

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Billboard Chris Asks a Sharp Question About Evolution 🗓️ Published: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 20:57:19 +0000 📄 Summary: The article discusses the concept of private truth potentially overshadowing public truth, posing a threat to knowledge based on shared understanding. It questions the impact of individual perceptions on the broader landscape of accepted truths. 🔗

Mind Matters

Billboard Chris Asks a Sharp Question About “Evolution”

It may be that the big Whatever You Feel of private truth is here to stay and will slowly devour all forms of knowledge based on public truth.

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #hermetic #meditation #sacred #enlightenment

📰 To Read: 🔖 Title: Free Will: A Materialist Thinks It Might Somehow Be Real 🗓️ Published: Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:49:26 +0000 📄 Summary: University of Toronto psychiatrist Ralph Lewis explores the free will debate in a two-part series on Psychology Today. He examines arguments from Mitchell and Sapolsky, concluding that, due to our incomplete understanding of the brain's decision-making processes and human behavior predictability, we may consider ourselves as having degrees of freedom. Our evolved brain systems allow for self-control, suggesting some level of free will. #FreeWillDebate #NeuroscienceArguments 🔗

Mind Matters

Free Will: A Materialist Thinks It Might Somehow Be Real

Lewis is saying, essentially, that something not supported by physics somehow evolved. But surely that is not the position a physicalist would wish...

🗞️ Source: Mind Matters #taoism #spirituality #knowledge #reality