Tag: zen
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Rick Ruben on the creative act.
This book, “The Creative Act: A Way of Being” by Rick Rubin, challenges misconceptions about creativity. It advocates for living life as an artist and embracing awareness in daily activities.
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The Illusion Paradox: Exploring the Thin Veneer of Truth in a World of Illusions
Out on our morning walk.Wow. Someone has gone to the trouble of stencilling this on their driveway. Perhaps they felt it would be useful reminder squinting out through their ice-scraped windshield as they back out into a freezing Canberra morning. In a world gone mad, it curves a half-smile across my sagging colon to think…
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Wild Mind.
Each morning I sit for 40 minutes. Just in the moment, without adding anything extra. Nothing to do. No one to be. Nowhere to go. Meditation reveals the basic contours of wild mind, and cultivates a return to wild mind belonging to wild earth. In its barest philosophical outlines, meditation begins with sitting quietly and…
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Flipping switches.
It is never too late to turn on the light. Your ability to break an unhealthy habit or turn off an old tape doesn’t depend on how long it has been running; a shift in perspective doesn’t depend on how long you’ve held on to the old view. When you flip the switch in that…
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