Greetings and welcome! I am currently 23 days into a meditation course, specifically a mindfulness meditation course. I am going to outline what this means as well as describing my experience so far. The course is through the ‘Waking Up’ app by Sam Harris the author, philosopher, neuroscientist, and podcast host. The practice involves 10-15 […]
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The Growth Philosophy Podcast #1 Mitch & Jake – Consciousness, UBI, Love and Ideal Societies.
The Growth Philosophy Podcast #1 Mitch and Jake go deep into consciousness, UBI, love, ideal societies and much more. Please feel free to like, comment, subscribe and share 🙂
What Are Dreams? They May Be More Real Than You Think.
The world was dark. That was until the man opened his eyes. He opens his eyes and feels the world around him before anything else. What are these colors? he thinks to himself. He moves to get up, or tries to, before looking down. His eyes finally catch up with the rest of his senses. […]
The Tree & The River
“The tree is oh so envious of the river. It flows so elegantly past, all day. Yet, the tree does not know. The river envies the tree. Watching it sway so eloquently, blooming into life throughout the seasons.” The Growth Philosophy
Voltaire and Meditation – Can 20 Minutes a Day Better Your Life?
Voltaire once said “Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.” The French historian and philosopher Voltaire proclaimed meditation to be some mystical tool for expanding your consciousness and being one with the universe. Or so it would seem after reading the […]
Feeling Your Way Through Life
Carl Jung once said “We should not pretend to understand the world only by the intellect; we apprehend it just as much by feeling. Therefore, the judgment of the intellect is, at best, only the half of truth, and must, if it be honest, also come to an understanding of its inadequacy.” I feel these […]
Be Yourself
Trying to be normal, whatever that is, is like trying to breathe underwater. Ultimately futile. Be yourself.
The Power of Change
Change. A scary word to some. An exciting one to others. Yet, every single one us has to encounter change through out our lifetime. The power of change is ever present and ever powerful, lets ponder this in a little more detail. Your kids will move out, the government will change, your parents will die, […]
Nothing Matters or Does It? by M L Wood
Nothing matters, i believe this is probably about as close to a fact as you can get. Yet, you probably disagree with me, or if you are sensitive saying this has made you uncomfortable, or maybe you’re a sociopath and you truly believe none of your actions matter. Either way, that’s okay. Let me explain […]
Eastern Philosophies and The Modern Man. Finding Meaning In The Western World.
“Western philosophy is about striving for personal perfection in an imperfect world. Eastern philosophy is about accepting personal (illusory) imperfection in a perfect world.” By Naval Ravikant The above thoughts and quote by Naval (who is a billionaire tech entrepreneur, by the way, look him up – incredible man), couldn’t be truer in my opinion. […]
