If everything is just happening and the meaning of life is just to be alive (Alan Watts)...

and if everyone's experience is valid and no experience is bad/wrong (Eckhart Tolle)...

and if everything in the universe is coherent including incoherence (David Bohm)...

and if we… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… "The so-called outside world and the so-called inside world come together. They are a happening. Your thoughts are happening, just like the sounds going on outside and everything is simply a happening and all you’re doing is watching it." — Alan Watts

"The meaning of life is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

10 quotes to realize ego is *not* the enemy 👇 What if the paradox is that you need a strong ego to transcend ego?

So, what if we focus on ego development instead of ego death?

You should know that the "American dream" is mostly a myth (if you think the dream is individually building wealth). Here's why👇 "The notion of the American Dream is part of our essence. Yet the numbers say otherwise. The life prospects of a young American *depend more on the income and education of his or her parents* than in almost any other advanced country." — Joseph Stiglitz

This seems about right: Those most pissed off about everything seem to be those most certain about everything.

On the flip side: decreasing certainty/increasing uncertainty (which means less pissed-off-ness) comes with increasing psychological development.

If you can get beyond the middle line of this journey, in a sense it’s like living in the future. You are among the minority getting a sneak peek of what the human mind is capable of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… For those wanting to learn more: sloww.co/ego-developmen…

Sorry to burst your bubble, but this popular image is not reflective of reality. Why not? Because it's not how the brain actually works (short thread👇) According to neuroscientist David Eagleman:

Want to change the world? Do something that gives kids a better childhood. Tom Bilyeu (Impact Theory) has worked with thousands of people over decades and guesses maybe only 2% of them have changed with good information.

Mark Laita (Soft White Underbelly) has filmed 5000+ video interviews and guesses maybe only 4 people have turned their lives around.

"One of the greatest realizations and gifts is when you realize that your spiritual journey and your life journey are exactly the same thing." — Michael Singer "The discovery of yourself and the discovery of God will eventually be parallel movements. You fall deeper into yourself. You fall deeper into God. You fall deeper into God, you have permission to fall deeper into yourself." — Richard Rohr

🧠Wise concepts worth knowing (thread): Iron Prescription:

"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning." — Louis L'Amour "Every transformation demands as its precondition ‘the ending of a world’—the collapse of an old philosophy of life." — C.G. Jung

📚 My 10 Favorite Books of 2022 (in no particular order): 1. “Poor Charlie’s Almanack” by Charlie Munger & Peter Kaufman sloww.co/poor-charlies-…

🆕 Lifelong Learning Project: DailyWiki.co

I have hundreds (maybe thousands) of Wikipedia pages saved. I will read one page/day, and create a new note of key takeaways. Each new note internally links to all mentions in prior notes to keep the wiki web going & growing. Create your own for free with @obsdmd, @Pocket, @Wikipedia: dailywiki.co/WIKI/%F0%9F%91…

What are the deepest and/or darkest quotes of all-time? Add your favorites👇 "The child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth."

— Ancient Proverb

10 quotes on the interconnectedness of life: "The first law of ecology is that everything is connected to everything else."

— Barry Commoner

Who is someone that influenced Ken Wilber, Jean Gebser, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and more?

Sri Aurobindo. Here are 10 quotes to see why: 1. "I learned that when reason died, then wisdom was born; before that liberation, I had only knowledge."

— Sri Aurobindo

Time for humanity to transcend this:

A map of you (via Richard Lang of "The Headless Way"): First-person view from a headless body (via Richard Lang):

An ongoing thread of humans who understand the lottery of birth (aka birth lottery, ovarian lottery, lucky sperm club, lucky egg club, etc): To learn more about the lottery of birth:

· Intro Overview: sloww.co/lottery-of-bir…

· "Creating Freedom" Book Summary: sloww.co/creating-freed…

·🔒Premium Synthesis: sloww.co/lottery-of-bir…

🤯Why don't more people talk about how Marcus Aurelius won the lottery of birth?

· Born to emperor's nephew & married next emperor's daughter
· Raised in upscale area w/ many aristocratic villas and by grandfather who owned a palace
· Educated at home with top teachers/tutors Socrates:

· Born to relatively affluent Athenians
· Inherited part of his father's estate securing a life reasonably free of financial concerns
· Like most wealthy Athenians, received extra education lessons in various other fields such as gymnastics, poetry, and music

Update after a year:

Most Urgent & Important: Further development of the human mind.

https://twitter.com/SlowwCo/status/1405618640573980672

If you are sick and tired of all the problems in the world, consider our ultimate challenge: ourselves.

sloww.co/humanity-chall…

Protect yourself from psychological warfare with "The Art of War"

25+ top quotes (thread👇) "Warfare is the art of deception. So when you can, feign incapacity, and when deploying troops, appear to have no such plans. When close, seem to them to be far away, and when far away, seem near."

— The Art of War by Sun Tzu (Nylan translation)