We are doing a 13 part series on “A Handbook for New Stoics: How to Thrive in a World Out of Your Control” Greg Lopez will be leading 6 of these Meetups and giving us exercises from the book for the other 7 Meetups which will be facilitated by others familiar with the book. GregContinue reading “Handling Physical Hardships: Week 5 of The Handbook for New Stoics @ Stoic Saturdays”
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“The Aleph” on Omniscience & Existentialism @ Self Improvement Fridays
“The Aleph” by Jorge Luis Borges is a short story housing a phenomenon which a sphere (the Aleph), if looked at from particular angles and distances- will provide all potential realities and all experiences, across all time and all space. In short, the entire universe, infinity, encapsulated into one point. “I saw the Aleph fromContinue reading ““The Aleph” on Omniscience & Existentialism @ Self Improvement Fridays”
Rule #7: Pursue what is Meaningful… @ Jordan Peterson 12 Rules For Life
“Meaning is what manifests when multiple levels of being arrange themselves into perfect harmony… Meaning is the ultimate balance between chaos of transformation & possibility on one hand and pristine order on the other, whose purpose is to bring forth from the attendant chaos even more immaculate order… Pursue what is meaningful (not what isContinue reading “Rule #7: Pursue what is Meaningful… @ Jordan Peterson 12 Rules For Life”
Humanity’s Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action @ Comprehensivist Wednesdays
To further our efforts to become comprehensivists, we need to provision a toolkit to come to understand our worlds more and more broadly and deeply. What resources might we mobilize in our quest to comprehensively comprehend our worlds and its peoples? This question is explored in the essay “Humanity’s Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action”Continue reading “Humanity’s Great Traditions of Inquiry and Action @ Comprehensivist Wednesdays”
Most Useful Techniques from the 8 Week Course @ Meditation Tuesdays
Taylor, Jon & Izzi will be sharing which technique from the 8 week course they found most useful. Everyone is invited to share their own favorite technique or idea they learnt from this course. ****While preparation above will enable you to get the most out of the Meetup, it is not required. We will beContinue reading “Most Useful Techniques from the 8 Week Course @ Meditation Tuesdays”
Ray Batra on Role of Community in Online Education @ The Switch
Ray Batra from Shift_Up (https://www.shiftup.tech/) will be talking about Learning Gyms for advanced/online learning. We’ll talk about the role of community in independent education and some of the philosophy behind starting such a group in Detroit. See past Meetups in The Switch series here.
Ray Dalio’s 5-Step Process
Use the 5-Step Process to Get What You Want Out of Life 1) Set clear ambitious goals: First you have to pick what you are going after—your goals. Your choice of goals will determine your direction. 2) Identify and don’t tolerate problems: As you move toward your goals, you will encounter problems. Some of thoseContinue reading “Ray Dalio’s 5-Step Process”