You may be familiar with his first book "Be Here Now" considered a seminal work of the hippie/eastern spiritualism movement in the US. Personally, that book doesn't do much for me.
This follow up however, is sublime. Ram Dass made a career out of communicating and teaching and this book depicts his life post-stroke which left him unable to speak. As this was quite a stark transition from his previous path and abilities the book is a great insight into the way aging/illness changes us. It's about life and change and death and I can't recommend it enough.
Jan 16, 2025
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Book by Ram Dass
Mar 7, 2024
Thich Nhat Hanh is one of my favorite teachers and this is the book that introduced me to his teachings.
Thay teaches that freedom comes from living your life in this moment, right now, with awareness. Not multi-tasking. Not thinking about what might have been different, or what you plan to do in the future. Just being here, right now, in your body.
“Maybe we too are living like dead people. We move about life in our own corpse because we are not touching life in depth. We live a kind of artificial life, with lots of plans, lots of worries and anger. Never are we able to establish ourselves in the here and now and live our lives deeply. We have to wake up! We have to make it possible for the moment of awareness to manifest. This is the practice that will save us—this is the revolution.“
Feb 3, 2025
this is the best book on mindfulness I have ever come across. it is very simple, funny and insightful.
Dec 12, 2024
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Jan 14, 2025
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getting juuuuust a lil bit silly but not drunk and then walking home yum yum yum
no next day ruminating, no hangover, just having a chill time with some friends and going home 👌
Feb 3, 2025
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neal.fun
- a bunch of bizarre games/interactives with a dystopian and anti-caplitalist bent
window-swap
- shows you the view from random windows from around the world
radio/garden
- you can listen to live radio stations from all across the world
ytch.xyz
- show you random youtube channels and let's you click through like you're watching an old television
marginalia-search
- a search engine that isn't algorithmic, shows you niche search results that would typically be pushed to the bottom of other engines
thecreativeindependent
- articles by creatives, very simplified retro design that feels similar to this site
The Magazine Rack at Archive.org
- tons and tons of scanned and archived magazines spanning over 50 years
- recommend checking out High Times very fun and oh so 70's
Jan 14, 2025