Category: philosophical counseling
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Beginner’s fingers: A study in Ensō
Beginner’s fingers / follow bristles lengthening / and thickening breaths.
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A ‘fasting of the mind’: Some reflections on being in a hurry
In The Inner Chapters, Confucius, in the role of a Daoist teacher, advises his pupil to undertake a ‘fast of the mind.’ Yesterday was spent fasting in silence. I recorded the following reflections neatly in my notebook. * 1. Hummingbirds make a sputtering sound like a boy’s radio-controlled airplane. The wind crinkles in the early morning.…
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Lunga School, ‘an ambitious offspring of the festival’
My friend Jonatan Spejlborg Jensen, a graduate of Kaos Pilots in Denmark, and his colleague Björt Sigfinnsdóttir have launched Lunga School. Lunga School, whose first incarnation will be 4-month-long semester of art and self-cultivation workshops starting this spring, is ‘the first of its type in Iceland.’ To learn more about the school, you can read…
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The Freelancer’s Dilemma: To hustle or to apologize?
Overview Chapter 1, ‘The Freelancer’s Dilemma,’ is an excerpt from Manners and Mores: A Tutorial for Freelancers Tired of Hustling and Prone to Apologizing. The Table of Contents is included below the excerpt. How to Order a Copy of Manners and Mores I live and work in a gift economy. To determine how much you would be…
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Manners and Mores: A Tutorial for Freelancers Tired of Hustling and Prone to Apologizing
Background The following ebook was written out of the desire to offer some guidance to freelancers who are stuck between hustling to make it and apologizing for running roughshod over others. Yet the Freelancer’s Dilemma, as I call it, can be overcome but only if one learns the gentler art of manners: of greeting, introducing,…
Andrew Taggart, Ph.D. 
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