The Dao of Letting Go (or Not Trying) Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Dr. Edward Slingerland on “wu wei,” the Confucians and the Daoists’ key to political and spiritual success. ———————————————————————————- Edward Slingerland: Edward Slingerland is Professor of […]
Be Mindful. Be Kind. Be Patient. Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- The Venerable Losang Samten, a renowned Tibetan scholar and a former Buddhist monk, stresses the virtues of being mindful, kind, and patient. ———————————————————————————- LOSANG SAMTEN: The Venerable […]
The Science of Compassion: Kindness Is a Fundamental Human Trait Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ———————————————————————————- Throughout his life, Thupten Jinpa (the Dalai Lama’s primary English translator) has studied the connections between science and compassion. In his latest book, […]
Read the story: https://aperture.gg/blogs/the-universe/anti-natalism Merch: https://aperture.gg/merch The philosophy of anti-natalism is that thought that human procreation is unethical. The belief that any action with suffering as its byproduct should not be encouraged, no matter how much pleasure will follow as well. Everyone suffers from being human, but no one suffers […]
Hack Your Brain’s Default Mode with Meditation Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think+ for exclusive videos: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- Dan Harris was named co-anchor of ABC News’ weekend edition of “Good Morning America” in October 2010. He is also a correspondent for ABC News’ broadcasts and […]
The new law that’s testing India’s secular values. Subscribe to our channel! http://goo.gl/0bsAjO On December 11th, 2019, India’s parliament passed a controversial new law: the Citizenship Amendment Act. The law fast-tracks citizenship for migrants from three neighboring countries, specifically if they are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis, or Christians. It […]
Alan Watts’s impact on the world continues to reverberate. His teachings remind us about our potential connection to everything we love, hate, and don’t care about, as well as our foolishness in thinking we know enough to take anything, including his ideas, too seriously. Shop Pursuit of Wonder merch here: […]
New Pursuit of Wonder book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08D4VSD88 We are accustom to stories, jokes, ideas, riddles, etc. that have answers or conclusions. Things we can walk away with and hold on to. In Zen, however, there is a riddle that goes the other way. A riddle that self-destructs itself and denies you […]
A fictional, interpretational account of a man’s ‘whole life flashing before his eyes’ during his final moments. Shop Pursuit of Wonder books here: https://www.pursuitofwonder.com/store If you are interested in supporting the channel, you can donate to our Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/pursuitofwonder Follow Pursuit of Wonder on: Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/pursuitofwonder Facebook at: […]
Superhumans: The remarkable brain waves of high-level meditators Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think+ for exclusive videos: https://bigthink.com/plus/ ———————————————————————————- People who have meditated for thousands of hours exhibit a remarkable difference in their brainwaves. Psychologist and author Daniel Goleman says we can actually see what […]
