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Nick Williams

·5 days ago

Trapped In The Small Picture

The Small Picture is created by our fear of the Big Picture. Only, there isn’t any such thing as a small picture really; there is no SP in reality but we nevertheless create it (in a subjective kind of way) by running away from the BP. …

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Zen Michael

Zen Breaks

·Mar 7

“Beauty is really the total abandonment of the Me”

95 | Krishnamurti gives us clues to find a quiet mind — When can we find the beauty in things? Do we have to look for it? Or do we have to stop looking for it? Krishnamurti gives us some clues to understand why sometimes — and not always — we manage to appreciate the beauty of a tree or a mountain. …

The Self

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“Beauty is really the total abandonment of the Me”

The Self

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Nick Williams

·Feb 22

Pseudo-Volition

What we call ‘volition’ exists only in relation to the everyday mechanical self, and even then it is only pseudo-volition. It’s not the real thing — it can’t be the real thing because the real thing doesn’t exist. One way of explaining volition is to say that it has to…

The Self

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The Self

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Nick Williams

·Jan 4

Serving A Life Sentence In The Prison Of Our Own Unacknowledged Prejudices

The self is always kept prisoner in a prison made -up of its own prejudices — it has to be kept there because there’s nowhere else it can survive. …

The Self

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Serving A Life Sentence In The Prison Of Our Own Unacknowledged Prejudices

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Scott-Ryan Abt

Bouncin’ and Behavin’ Blogs

·Dec 18, 2022

I Spent the Day in Bed

Kind of Happy I Did — I didn’t come up with that title on my own, that was our Stephen Patrick Morrissey from his exquisitely titled “Low in High School” album from 2017. It was unplanned. It had to be, it was the only way. But as soon as the kernel of thought at the possibility…

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The Self

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The Middle Is The Land Of The Past, And There Is No Going Back

And a fuller understanding of the conundrum “oneself in the moment” ensues — I’ll keep it short for once. “Boats are safest in their harbors, but that’s not what boats are for”, goes that old chestnut. Of course that’s true, and life kicks you in the ass with that reality often enough. But that harbor does have its place. …

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The Middle Is The Land Of The Past, And There Is No Going Back

The Self

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Emilie Tran

·Nov 12, 2022

What Happens to the Self in Virtual Reality?

Through the VR headset, we get to experience a new world in 360 degrees. But could this alteration of environment also change the user? In 2018, following my visit to the GIFF (Geneva International Film Festival), I discovered that certain VR projects place the user in the shoes of a…

The Self

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The Self

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Macaulay Elsworth

Publius Corner

·Oct 23, 2022

Nature of the Soul

The enigma of Meaning — A look at what I call “New Age” philosophy — the Freudian ideas of sexual identity and selfhood — its influence on society, which lead to this philosophy replacing, in Phillip Rieff’s terms, the old scarce order of the Middle Ages. I am discussing the impact of the Enlightenment, her…

The Self

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The Self

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John Voris

·Oct 14, 2022

Who Are You, Really?

Why is it important to ask who you are? Because it determines what you can and cannot change in yourself. Picture in your mind that you are a teenager in high school. Watch what you are doing. Are you sitting in your classroom, or out in a field? What are…

The Self

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The Self

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Nicholas Kemp

·Sep 11, 2022

What is the authentic self?

This question could lead me down a very long rabbit hole. As such, I would like to offer a Japanese perspective on the self, with the phrase jibunrashii. Jibunrashii Jibunrashii, is written in Japanese as 自分らしい, translates to ‘like oneself’ or ‘worthy of oneself’. …

The Self

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