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A Short Note on Persistent Practices
To "have a practice" in yoga, say, or tai chi, or calligraphy, is to follow a rigorous, prescribed regimen with the intention of elevating the mind and the spirit to a higher level. A practice implies engagement in a ritual. A practice may be defined as the dedicated, daily exercise of commitment, will, and focused intention aimed, on one
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To see something, which you are sure can only be interpreted one way, being interpreted in another is a phenomenon that all of us need practice in.
Nora Bateson • Small Arcs of Larger Circles: Framing through other patterns
Here is the thing: every technique, approach, tool, tip, and process, if not embodied, will only yield disappointment and more exhaustion.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
The terms “set and setting” are common in psychedelic use, but the term “matrix” (by Betty Eisner) is little known. Matrix is the cultural substratum that enable all possible set and settings to unfold within. Consider the difference in matrix between the summer of love and the following blackout and Ancient Greece where entheogens were state-contr
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