Category: Wisdom
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Domestic Minimalism
Art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of one of the world’s most enigmatic cultures, Japan. James explores every inch from the falling cherry blossoms to the dazzling modern cities, discovering the importance of art and aesthetics to the Japanese life and culture.
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Transcendental Meditation by David Lynch
What is Transcendental Meditation? What is transcending? Where do you go when you transcend? And what good is it to transcend? To help answer these questions, I’ve done a little drawing and you can refer to it from time to time.
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The perfection of imperfection
Wabi-Sabi Spaces – Japanese beauty Traditional Japanese house, interior, tea room, garden, landscape, etc. – by Yurara Sarara
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Finding balance through self-hypnosis
Worth sticking with this quite academic explanation of virtually all aspects of how the mind works, and then how to find balance and ‘steer’ our own minds.
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Finding your self and living excellently
Paul McKenna is a behavioural scientist and author, with the goal of helping people become the best version of themselves. Drawing from his experiences working with people from all walks of life, Paul explains the power of rewiring the mind and the transformative effects of visualisation and hypnosis.
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Economics in the 21st Century
Myths and truths about the US and global economies We cannot separate what has happened to working people over the last five decades from the dangerous lure of Trumpism, that influenced and disrupts global economies.
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Wonders of Japan
Art historian Dr James Fox takes us on a captivating journey through the art and history of Japan’s enigmatic culture.
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What is Consciousness?
Is consciousness an illusion? 5 experts explain Published on YouTube January 2024 – Big Think 7.45M subscribers “If science aims to describe everything, how can it not describe the simple fact of our existence?” On this episode of Dispatches, Kmele speaks with the scientists, mathematicians, and spiritual leaders trying to do just that: This video…
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Requiem for the American Dream
REQUIEM FOR THE AMERICAN DREAM is the definitive discourse with Noam Chomsky, widely regarded as the most important intellectual alive, on the defining characteristic of our time – the deliberate concentration of wealth and power in the hands of a select few.
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Be careful what you wish for
Read transcript We can’t know what our future selves wants 4,303,383 views | Shankar Vedantam | TED • April 2022 “You are constantly becoming a new person,” says journalist Shankar Vedantam. In a talk full of beautiful storytelling, he explains the profound impact of something he calls the “illusion of continuity” — the belief…