December 2010
44 posts
“Life is a creative process, not a journey of discovery or a school of learning....”
– Neale Donald Walsch
“Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.”
– Raymond Lindquist
“I once had a terrible argument with Margaret Mead. She was holding forth one...”
– Alan Watts
Daft Punk — Recognizer From Tron Legacy
From the cold sunlight that's reflected off the...
Lines that stick with me
“How directions change or how your movement changes or how your manifestations...”
– Elias Session 1503
“Your quest is to be exploring all of you and challenging yourself with how much...”
– Elias Session 1601
Solitary confinement as torture →
I often wonder what history will view as 20th century versions of mercury hats and bloodletting.
We expose ourselves daily to toxins in everything from food to shampoo to dryer sheets. We do the same to the environment. We have a system that holistically favors and sustains the elite. We force kids to learn by rote rather than encouraging curiosity and leveraging multimedia. We think of ourselves...
Stuart Rutherford on Portfolios of the Poor →
Fascinating video series on the way microfinance is actually used, and therefore how it can be improved. It turns out that although microfinance is nominally used for small business, in many cases it’s used for life cycle purchases or even as a form of savings. The interviewee argues that savings is a substantially important product for microfinance banks to provide.
“There was a young lady named Bright
Whose speed was much faster than light;...”
– Arthur Buller, 1923
“Self-respect is often mistaken for arrogance when in reality it is the opposite....”
– Osho
“Better indeed is knowledge than mechanical practice. Better than knowledge is...”
– Bhagavad Gita
Chaos or Calm: Rewiring the Stress Response →
Great article detailing the link between stress, mindset, the nervous system, and bodily symptoms. And our ability to gracefully control all of it.
Remember the tale “The Lady or the Tiger?” As it ends, the hero is standing before two identical doors: one conceals a beautiful maiden; the other, a ferocious tiger. The hero must open one of these doors—the choice is his—but he has no...
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and goes to bed at night and in...”
– Bob Dylan
