Stuart Evans
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piano technician • collaborative pianist
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When we are fully in the moment, we feel, see, hear, internalize things differently—more purely, more clearly. We become a stronger sender and receiver of everything. We become a more concentrated version of ourselves, a stronger magnet pulling in what aligns with us.
Isabel Hazan • distillation
If you’re looking for a good entry point into woo land, I recommend this book as a practical way to investigate the territory for yourself. It makes no big claims about reality. It just gives you some linguistic games to play that highlight the boundaries of the simulation. https://t.co/gRRXdX3E6Y
I know that if your significant other asks you to do an irritating-for-them task that is not especially difficult, you should be thankful. They have given you an unambiguous way to earn points in the relationship, which is how you get a nice life going. Usually, achieving personal flourishing is more complex than taking out the garbage.
Sasha Chapin • 50 Things I Know
We need individuals and communities that serve these liminal times by calling them into being with the fullness of their senses and with a compassionate dedication to realizing instances of these new futures in the present. Transforming fragmentation into cohering fragments of integral futures. Doing the difficult work that is both material and spi... See more
Jeremy Johnson • "Three Theses on Liminality"
feelings are basically anything non-verbal you can access through introspection. A lot of this corresponds to actually physical sensations in your body….
David R. MacIver • Labelling Feelings 101
Similarly, life is a creative adventure that requires becoming comfortable with discomfort, a journey where we continually experiment, make mistakes, learn, and grow.
Ness Labs • Liminal Creativity
So rather than view it as a choice between intrinsic or extrinsic motivation, embrace both. Cultivate intrinsic motivation to create a constant source of fuel that doesn’t wane. Embrace goals or desires as they emerge to increase motivation and accelerate action. Just continue to look within for guidance on what you actually want.
Sam Sager • Exploring Our Why
In the other direction, I think there are skills and dispositions which increase your agency in general. Practical wisdom, the skill of knowing that to do, is generally agency-increasing because it makes it easier to find paths to act on your preferences, so gets you used to acting in general.