The World Is Nothing But a Dream: Jack Kerouac on the Golden Eternity, Silence, and Emptiness

“To know nothing about yourself is to live. To know yourself badly is to think,” Fernando Pessoa wrote while contemplating moments of calm amid uncertainty and disquiet. “To know yourself in a flash, as I did in this moment, is to have a fleeting notion of the intimate monad, the soul’s magic word. But that … Read more

10 Best Psychology Today Articles on Mindfulness (2023 Top Picks)

  Psychology Today is a treasure trove of latest scientific insight into human psyche. Due to its inveterate curiosity, it couldn’t pass the opportunity to explore such popular topic as mindfulness. That’s why I’m offering you a selection of 10 best mindfulness articles from Psychology Today, along with my favorite quotes. 1. “Easy Ways to … Read more

Chuang Tzu and the Butterfly Dream: A Chinese Parable That Questions Whether We Can Know Anything to Be Real

Chuang Tzu, or more commonly Zhuangzi, is the name of a great Chinese philosopher who lived around the fourth century BCE in the Meng province, present-day Henan. Chuang Tzu is also a name of a work considered to be one of the foundational texts of Taoism. Central to it is the belief that only by … Read more