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onto quest inspiration April 2, 2012 5:17 AM
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I’m dealing with massive cognitive dissonance right now. Multiple, contradictory beliefs and perceptions inhabit my mind, each compelling on its own terms. How
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What is mindfulness? And do you know the benefits it can bestow upon you? Here are 5 reasons why you should start practicing mindfulness right now.
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Decades ago the famous “gondola kitten” experiment demonstrated that one must actively explore if one is to learn. One littermate in the set-up was free to explore its environment while another hung passively suspended in a contraption that moved in parallel with the exploring kitten. The gondola passenger saw everything the exploring kitten did but could not initiate any action. The mobile kitten discovered the world for itself while the passive kitten was presented a fait accompli-world in the same way that screen images are passively delivered to us. The passive kitten learned nothing
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Fit principal Hannah du Plessis gave this presentation at four different venues during her recent visit to South Africa, with rave reviews. It uses the story of her personal shift from a career in interior architecture to the work of team, organizational, and community transformation to tell the larger story of a frontier for design
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this is totally amazing
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For centuries, religious artists like Zurbarán and Caravaggio have created ecstatic, hallucinatory work that can move even a staunch atheist like me
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From
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The idea that we are edging up to a mass extinction is not just wrong – it’s a recipe for panic and paralysis
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Must read from Steward -whole earth catalog- Brand
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The share economy makes life more convenient for a lot of people. But companies like Uber and Airbnb have their share of critics. So what exactly is the shar...
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great video
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“Obviously, a school that makes active children sit at desks studying mostly useless subjects is a bad school. It is a good school only…
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bp's going to love this place
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Anxiety is the “Dizziness of Freedom” - Kierkegaard Timothy Leary “The Vertigo of Freedom” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Leary Mr Nobody As long as yo...
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This guy is bonkers
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When you’re nervous, how can you be yourself? How you can force yourself to relax? How can you try not to try? It makes no sense, but the paradox may be essential to civilization.
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The Mursi tribe lives in the basin of the Omo River in the south of the east African state of Ethiopia. The women are known for placing large plates in their lower…
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This is the story of a young woman out for a hike along a coastal tide pool. Her encounter with a sea anemone triggers a phantasmagorical reaction. She meets a man…
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gorgeous!
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Geneticists David Reich and Nick Patterson detailed recent work on human migrations that led to the populations of today’s Europe.
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An essay on the contemporary reframing of animism
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What is mindful presence and how do you cultivate it? Mindful presence is a powerful way to live in the world, fully immersed in the present moment.
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Lakota views on male/female and matriarchy
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Hmmmm
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Documentary about how people can become convinced they're right, even when they're wrong.
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The celibate Gandhi is as much a conundrum as any other Gandhi we have known.
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For a while now, and especially following the interviews that I recently conducted with twelve Shipibo healers (that I wrote about in my last blog post), I have been wondering about the Shipibo wo...
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Walking Away From The King - Kindle edition by Mike Penney.
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Curious book
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Most people have made up their minds and are not interested in Objective truth and you will just aggravate them by presenting a point of view they don't agree with. A couple of interesting saying I have heard and use: "I have made up my mind, don't confuse me with facts" "Don't try to teach a pig to sing: You waste your time and irritate the pig."
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some good answers for the eternal question
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From
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BLUE, IS THE SKY Synopsis Lojz is contemplating about time, geography, colors and bible in an old military bunker high up in the Alps. A lot of people, even…
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hermit film
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Off Grid Living - All about living off grid, sustainable living, renewable energy, homesteading, prepping and survival. Off grid projects, designs, natural building, DIY, how to's. Shipping container homes, shelters, cabins, and survival bunkers from recycled shipping containers.
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Joseph Lazenka, director for the School of Lost Borders speaks for a few minutes about the severance phase of a rites of passage.
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