interactive book club reading response: week 5

it’s the last week of the interactive book club! i’m super excited and also super sad.

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matthieu ricard: being happy in isolation simply doesn't make sense

lately, i’ve been really jamming out on this whole “all reality is interconnected” trip. i know it has a lot to do with listening to on being (i wonder if this is in their plans somehow?) but so many guests on the show talk about this idea.

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offloading and uploading anxiety

yesterday was the third in a series of three salons hosted by my friend, cyndi, about her forthcoming book about power and play. it’s epic, both in terms of its concision and its breadth. it’s going to be a big deal when it comes out and i’ve been learning a ton from it.

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the Trinity and the bodymindspirit

back in mid-july i had a great, wandering convo with a work colleague and one of the topics we discussed was the interrelated nature of reality. the latest research in several fields, including neuroscience and astrophysics, is pointing to one truth: nothing in the universe exists in isolation. everything is in relationship. subatomic particles, human identities, and more; these things all exist in relationship.

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everyone needs a project over which they have agency

the other day i had dinner with my little (fratnernity) brother and we went back on an idea that i’ve been coming to believe more and more. he pushed me on it (which is something i appreciate about our relationship, we don’t let shit slide with each other) and it helped me clarify this idea into something i firmly believe now.

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