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Transcendence : Self-Reliance by Ralph Waldo Emerson : 028
Continuing our discussion of “Self-Reliance” by Ralph Waldo Emerson. “And now at last the highest truth on this subject remains unsaid; probably cannot be said; for all that we say is the far-off remembering of the intuition. That thought, by what I can now nearest approach to say it, is this. When good is near…
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A Week Focused on Action – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a book discussion community on Reddit focused on A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week, I’ve focused on Chapter 14 – The Sixth Pivot – Action – Committing to Change. Previous entries in this weekly exercise: Introduction (on r/ALiberatedMind) Chapter 9 – The First…
A Week Focused on Values – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a book discussion community on Reddit focused on A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week, I’ve focused on Chapter 13 – The Fifth Pivot – Values – Caring by Choice. Previous entries in this weekly exercise: Introduction (on r/ALiberatedMind) Chapter 9 – The First…
A Week of Mindfulness – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a book discussion community on Reddit focused on A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week, I’ve focused on Chapter 12 – The Fourth Pivot – Presence – Living In The Now. The previous entries in this weekly exercise are: Introduction Chapter 9 – The…
A Week of Acceptance – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit I’m trying to get off of the ground to discuss the book A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week I focused on Chapter 11 – The Third Pivot – Acceptance – The Art of Perspective Taking. [Previous entries in this…
A Week of Self as Context – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit I’m trying to get off of the ground to discuss the book A Liberated Mind: How to Pivot Toward What Matters.] Over the past week I focused on Chapter 10 – The Second Pivot – Self – The Art of Perspective Taking. You can read the…
A Note on the Self-Reliance Series
The Self-Reliance series hasn’t been abandoned – it’s on a hiatus for about four more weeks. I’ve decided that this six-week study of the pivots from Dr. Steven Hayes’ book “A Liberated Mind” will add more value to our lives. I’ve also decided that there’s nothing wrong with stopping something that is less valuable, no…
A Week of Defusion – Working on “A Liberated Mind”
[This is a crosspost from a community on Reddit discussing the book A Liberated Mind. Made sense to post it here as well.] Like I said in my previous post, I’m working through the six pivots from A Liberated Mind over the next six weeks. And I said I would apply these both to everyday…