Michelle Pellizzon
@mpl
Michelle Pellizzon
“No one can play a game alone. One cannot be human by oneself. There is no selfhood where there is no community. We do not relate to others as the persons we are; we are who we are in relating to others. Simultaneously the others with whom we are in relation are themselves in relation. We cannot relate to anyone who is not also relating to us. Our ... See more
James Carse • Finite and Infinite Games Quotes by James P. Carse
If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them.
Richard Rohr
Creativity has two parts:- Creative discovery mode: shuffling things around, exploring. Playful.- Implementation mode: creating something robust and concrete.- Revisit the work the next day in an alert state and assess whether it is ready for linear implementation.
Andrew Huberman • Optimize Your Learning & Creativity with Science-based Tools
Well, I heard they invented coffee so Sufi poets could stay awake all night having mystical experiences and writing poetry and now we just drink it to get through the day.
Sarah Ruhl • Becky Nurse of Salem
One of my heuristics for growth is to seek out the magicians, and find the magic. Often without noticing, your progress in aspects of life or all of it unconsciously becomes linear. You made a certain amount of money last year, so you aim to make some ‘reasonable’ proportion more this year. But you are largely using the same tools to get 2x as you ... See more
autotranslucence.wordpress.com • Becoming a Magician
Why did humans evolve with religion, with the capacity to experience spiritual ecstasy, to deeply feel that there is this Whole? Because it was rewarded, it worked and continued. Why? Because of the Actuality. We need to grasp and grapple with our environment — its strange ways and our lack of ultimate control.
Sonya Mann • What is God?
Novelist and mystic Romaine Rolland says, “There is only one heroism in the world: to see the world as it is, and to love it.”