what doesn't kill you introduces you to carl jung, marcus aurelius, epictetus, friedrich nietzsche, james baldwin, bell hooks, audre lorde, frantz fanon, paulo freire, joseph campbell, alan watts, ram dass, gary zukav, brene brown, gabor mate, shadow work, attachment theory, nervous-system regulation, ancestral trauma, existentialism, stoicism, meditation, emotional intelligence, neuroplasticity, metacognition, pattern recognition, game theory, delusional optimism, boundaries and discernment.
"Wasting time" might be one of the strangest accusations we've ever invented.
Apparently you can waste 2:00 p.m. by sitting under a tree doing nothing. The afternoon was going to pass either way. The Earth was going to rotate either way. But because you didn't convert those hours into money, errands or improvement, we decided the time itself was wasted. As if simply being alive isn't enough to justify an afternoon.
the fabric of music interacts with your spirit in a way other art forms are not able to.
alchemystical physician-philosopher Marsilio Ficino's work theorized that music harmonizes the soul with the cosmos itself. he described the human spirit as a fine, airy substance, and sound as moving air. this fluidity allows for music to permeate the spirit directly in a way the other art forms cannot, as they are both the same elemental. for that reason, out of all the senses, hearing is the one that touches the astral body without any filtering or translation. it’s why sound baths and pure frequencies are deeply healing for us. these fluid airy veils form together the spiritual link between body and soul.