‘if you find yourself saying ‘it’s obvious we must do this’ or ‘we must stop doing this’…try inverting it. Perhaps you should stop doing that. And one positive in stopping doing anything, is that there is now space for something to speak to you. Stopping and listening, which is what the good hunter does” From… Read more »
Posts By: Mariana
#tds2306 Poetry is language against which we have no defence
Visit On Being’s Poetry Radio Project. Get lost there for as long as you dare. A favourite is Kindness but there are many wonders there. From the site: “Poetry, David Whyte says, is language against which we have no defense. We inhabit a moment in which defended language is practically all we know, and so… Read more »
#tds2305 The crime of Jay walking
Once upon a time somebody suggested that cars should slow down to enable pedestrians to use the roads. “As deaths mounted, anti-car activists sought to slow them down. In 1920, Illustrated World wrote, “Every car should be equipped with a device that would hold the speed down to whatever number of miles stipulated for the… Read more »
#tds2304 “Impermanent, alas, are all formations!”
Nele Acevedo makes ice sculpture, we thought that this gif of one of her installations could make an interesting contemplation for today. Take this expression used in some Buddhist countries to announce the death of a loved one as a filter for your day. What happens when you remind yourself of the impermanence of… Read more »
#tds2303 How many of you aren’t going to die? Raise your hand please
“…and since this is our final destination we might as well start now!” Today, just watch this 6 minute video with wisdom from two of our greatest spiritual teachers unpacking the possible connections between daily gratitude, old age, harvesting, and death. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include the hashtag #tds2303
#tds2302 We croak
“WeCroak’s basic message arrives while you’re crossing a street, fixing dinner, brushing your teeth, or waiting in line: Don’t forget, you’re going to die. When you open the app on your phone’s lock screen, it displays a quote about life and death from various literary sources. That’s it: five brief, pithy messages a day,… Read more »
#tds2301 And yes
“And yes we are watching numbers when what we are looking at are people, bodies, lives no more, deaths. Yes we are baking upside down plum cakes and eating salt and vinegar chips and worrying about our children. Yes we are finding it hard to concentrate. Yes we are taking courses and teaching courses and… Read more »
#tds2300 Learning to intertwine loss, decency and beauty
On Being is a treasure trove of still moments and insight. Let’s listen to another podcast today? “Kate Braestrup is a chaplain to game wardens, often on search and rescue missions, in the wilds of Maine. She works, as she puts it, at hinges of human experience when lives alter unexpectedly — where loss, disaster,… Read more »
#tds2299 Attending to monotony
Today, take time to attend to that which is “mono-tone” in your day. We often associate the words tedious or boring to monotony but its origin is more to do with sameness than boredom. In what useful ways is a sunrise monotonous? What can repeating events give us to encourage stillness in our monkey minds?… Read more »
#tds2298 I hate mindfulness! You are not alone
“Internet forums abound with people seeking advice after experiencing panic attacks, hearing voices or finding that meditation has deepened their depression after some initial respite.” “Rather than removing the source of stress, whether that’s unfeasible workloads, poor management or low morale, some employers encourage their staff to meditate: a quick fix that’s much cheaper,… Read more »
#tds2297 Mushrooms after the rain
“After abundant rain all summer, amazing fungi were popping up everywhere and calling out for me to take their portraits.” K. Fink Today take tiem to enjoy this amazing mushroom photos, and if you want to see more please visit Kathleen Fink’s blog post here. Tweet your response to @livedtime and be sure to include… Read more »
#tds2296 Too much of a good thing?
“The too-much-of-a-good-thing effect occurs when normally “positive phenomena reach inflection points at which their effects turn negative” [1]. Recognized more than a century ago as the Yerkes–Dodson law of optimal arousal [2], accumulating evidence across multiple disciplines suggests that the inverted U-shaped curve or non-monotonic relationship between psychological or physiological processes and wellbeing or performance… Read more »
