By Brian Alger on 02/05/2010
How much of our experience is driven by involuntary tendencies and habits? Understanding the nature and essence of habit in our lives is an essential task. Habits are both inevitable and unavoidable. They are a medium of perception; a complex network of filters that influence how we interpret and orient ourselves to everyday life. The [...]
Posted in 2. MIND | Tagged addiction, apprehension, comprehension, confinement, confusion, dependency, distraction, habit, learning, mental degradation, pattern, perception, routine, time |
By Brian Alger on 02/01/2010
[Exploring Life] Aristotle posed the question, How should a human being lead his life? It is a universal question that touches every human life on the planet. For some, the question visits us only once in a while; for other, it relentlessly pursues our attention and demands intimacy. In What should I do with my [...]
Posted in 5. EXPERIENCE | Tagged adversity, aging, confinement, death, dying, exploration, exuberance, freedom, intention, joy, life, meaning, passion, pattern, purpose, ritual, routine, solitude, vocation, work |