Kategorie: Allgemein
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Going To Places
Dr. Seuss (1990). Oh, the Places You’ll Go. Story behind the Passage A dear friend of mine gave me the Dr. Seuss book as a birthday present. As you can tell, this is exactly my level of literary sophistication. I am not kidding. I mean it. The most memorable books I ever received as presents, I…
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Culture And Politics
CultureReport. Eunic Yearbook 2017/2018. Mafaldo Dâmaso, 151. Story behind the Passage This passage is from a book that I picked up at a huge Middle Eastern conference three years ago. It was actually the last academic conference I attended, I think. If it will remain the last academic conference I ever attended, I do not know….
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Breathing
Iyengar, B. K. S. (2015/1966). Light on Yoga: The Definitive Guide to Yoga Practice, 361. Story behind the Passage A few weeks ago, I noticed that my breathing was slightly off. This does not happen to me that often anymore, but it did. So, it was like an alarm bell going off. I have to…
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Bearing Freedom
Bergmann, Frithjof (1977). On Being Free. Kindle. Story behind the Passage It is still so remarkable that all this New Work talk was triggered by a man who wrote his book On Being Free close to five decades ago. Nobody knows exactly how it then ended up as this hype and how he was involved in…
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Book Of The Week The First And Last Freedom
Krishnamurti, J. (2013/1954). The Last Best Freedom. Story behind the Book Choice Krishnamurti has been on my reading and learning list for a long time. In a way, his teachings have already reached me via different channels. Still, it needed the project I am currently working on to finally read one of his books. This one…
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Reentry From Error
Al-Ghazali (1107). Deliverance from Error. Story behind the Passage For 318 days, I have been blogging about a book passage or text excerpt now. Every single one of these books stayed in my memory because it had taught me something. Yet, since the reading had mostly taken place a long time ago, the insights were not…
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Transcending Space
St. Augustine, translated by Edward B. Pusey, D. D. (1999/AD 400). Confessions, Book III, Chapter I. Story behind the Passage Yesterday someone reminded me of St. Augustine’s Confessions. I will forever be grateful to this person for mentioning this book. I did not actually deserve it because my text that triggered this clue will never compare…
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Work State And Education
Committee of the Corporation, Academical Faculty (1828). Reports on the Course of Instruction in Yale College. 7. Story behind the Passage You know me as a sometimes critical, sometimes silly, sometimes emotional writer. Today, I am all of this together and in addition, I am in a very bleak mood. The pictures reaching us this morning…
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War And Action
Emcke, Carolin (2016). Von den Kriegen: Briefe an Freunde, 188. Story behind the Passage Well, the story behind the passage is more than obvious today. It is happening seven flight hours away from Germany. There, Afghanis are being killed by the Taliban. They are stopped from escaping. Women are beaten and kicked in the streets. Children…
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Radical Experience
James, William (2000). Pragmatism and Other Writings, 338. Story behind the Passage No, the title today is not a typo. You might think so if you happen to know the term “radical empiricism” by William James. I am building on James today but I want to focus more on the concept of experience itself. How…