How can we not listen to somebody who says that ‘quiet is a think-tank of the soul’? From the blurb on the podcast: “Silence is an endangered species, says Gordon Hempton. He defines real quiet as presence — not an absence of sound, but an absence of noise. The Earth, as he knows it, is… Read more »
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#tds2881 Lethargic or fructifying boredom today?
“And there is, of course, bad boredom. The good type motivates you to see what can come of it: “fructifying boredom,” as the philosopher Bertrand Russell called it. The bad type, in contrast, tires you, makes you feel like you can’t be bothered to do anything. (It has a name too: lethargic boredom.)A crucial part… Read more »
#tds2880 When making a living is to have enough
From the video yesterday, a quote that is worthy of some more thoughtfulness: What would change in our lives if ‘making a living’ was just having enough to live in the world rather than kill it? This is another complicated problem, says Berry in the video. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to… Read more »
#tds2879 Do we even know what it means to find ‘common cause’ with place?
Wendell Berry has featured here on the still web a few times, his beautiful and heartbreaking poems brings us face to face with our complicity in destroying the world we live in. In this video he speaks to his ideas about how to be in the world, and how searching for The Big Individual Solution… Read more »
#tds2878 Stillness Writing Prompt
Start today with 10 minutes of relaxing automatic writing before finding that pesky to do list. Inspired by The Sandbox Challenge and Writing from the Soul. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2878
#tds2877 Write a Gatha Poem
Traditionally gathas are short 4 line poems that correspond to regular moments throughout the day. The idea is to weave gathas together with daily action and breathing. For example, waking up in the morning, starting the car or finishing a meal, we can gently remind ourselves to quieten the mind and attend to that action. For… Read more »
#tds2876 Let’s not live in the moment
“This is a kind of neo-liberalism of the emotions, in which happiness is seen not as a response to our circumstances but as a result of our own individual mental effort, a reward for the deserving. The problem is not your sky-high rent or meager paycheck, your cheating spouse or unfair boss or teetering pile… Read more »
#tds2875 The place of no-mind
Today, find the place of no-mind. What might you create? Show us or keep it to yourself and enjoy it! Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2875
#tds2874 Our essential loneliness
“Always in big woods when you leave familiar ground and step off alone into a new place there will be, along with the feelings of curiosity and excitement, a little nagging of dread. It is the ancient fear of the unknown, and it is your first bond with the wilderness you are going into. You… Read more »
#tds2873 Make time for stillness
Attribution: Original blog post Photos: John Johnston Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2873
#tds2872 Make time for stillness
Attribution: Original blog post Photos: John Johnston Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2872
#tds2871 Make time for stillness
Attribution: Original blog post Photos: John Johnston Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2871
