Short Episodes
What is Now Visible: Episode 422
Episode 422 What is Now Visible If we begin a new hobby or discipline, calligraphy or architecture theory for example, we might suddenly notice a remarkable amount of detail in the world around us. Suddenly we can see calligraphy in a classic style in all kinds of...
Purposeful Speech: Episode 421
Episode 421 Purposeful SpeechOur speech is one of few tools we have to interact with the world, so it is wise to use it carefully. In the past, guides of gentleman's etiquette recommended to never criticize someone behind their back, and never in public. To criticize...
Love Your Past Self: 420
Episode 420 Love Your Past SelfWe might say to someone “If you met me years ago, you wouldn’t have liked me.” Perhaps this is an indication that we don’t fully accept ourselves now. Imagining our past self, we might still have some judgments about that person. Perhaps...
Learn the Trade: 419
Episode 419 Learn the TradePerhaps there are two ways to get ahead in life. One way might be to learn the tricks of the trade, creating the appearance that you know what you’re doing. Another might be to learn the fundamentals of the trade, knowing it thoroughly so...
Jump Up and Over: Episode 417
Episode 417 Jump Up and OverWe have so many past experiences that we might assume that the causes and solutions to our problems lay there. We might spend a lifetime looking through the details, all the dirt and grit in the hope of finding some jewel. Perhaps the power...
Inconsumable: Episode 416
Episode 416 InconsumableIf we buy into some of the myths of consumerist culture, we might mistakenly believe that it’s not just things that are to be consumed, but also people. When we treat people in a way that they can be consumed and disposed, that they are only...
Comfort is Yours: Episode 415
Episode 415 Comfort is YoursWe might subject ourselves to a lot of unnecessary suffering by trying to help people who have not asked for our help. In the end, we learn the lesson that it’s best to only give advice or other assistance to people who ask for it. Perhaps...
Play with Questions: Episode 414
Episode 414 Play with QuestionsThere are so many things we assume in our lives, without necessarily realizing that we assume them. We might be caught in a trance, hypnotized by our own beliefs, with no idea that we’re even under their guidance. When we take time to...
Make a Difference: Episode 412
Episode 412 Make a DifferenceStarting a project, you might dare to imagine what the fruits might taste like. Perhaps your friends will be congratulating you on doing something amazing. Perhaps your followers will approach you and thank you for what you have achieved....
A Realistic Hope: Episode 411
Episode 411 A Realistic HopeIn Better Angels of our Nature, Steven Pinker outlines the amazing decline in violence over the course of history. It may seem surprising, but we are living in close to the most peaceful time in human history yet. Just a few hundred years...
Trust the Process: 410
Episode 410 Trust the ProcessWhen a caterpillar perches itself on a tree and starts enveloping itself in goo in order to enter its chrysalis, it doesn’t stop to think. If that caterpillar had the ability to cognize as a human does, it would be shocked to see what it...
Be Real: Episode 409
Episode 409 Be RealSometimes we slip up and accidentally reveal the true and vulnerable nature of our beings. Quickly afterward we follow it up with a joke or something that changes the context of what we’ve said, in order to cover ourselves up. In the case of men,...
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