Kevin Chen
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If there is anything unhealthy in your reactions, just bear in mind that sickness is the means by which an organism frees itself from what is alien; so one must simply help it to be sick, to have its whole sickness and to break out with it, since that is the way it gets better.
The Eighth Letter (from “Letters to a Young Poet”) by Rainer Maria Rilke – Words … for the Time BeingAnd if only we arrange our life in accordance with the principle which tells us that we must always trust in the difficult, then what now appears to us as the most alien will become our most intimate and trusted experience.
The Eighth Letter (from “Letters to a Young Poet”) by Rainer Maria Rilke – Words … for the Time BeingBut the fear of the inexplicable has not only impoverished the reality of the individual; it has also narrowed the relationship between one human being and another, which has as it were been lifted out of the riverbed of infinite possibilities and set down in a fallow place on the bank, where nothing happens. For it is not only indolence that causes human relationships to be repeated from case to case with such unspeakable monotony and boredom; it is timidity before any new, inconceivable experience, which we don’t think we can deal with. But only someone who is ready for everything, who doesn…
The Eighth Letter (from “Letters to a Young Poet”) by Rainer Maria Rilke – Words … for the Time BeingWhere do dreams go when you stop chasing them? They hang just above your head on invisible strings. If you’ve put in the work, they’ll stick around until they hit you square in the face. Funny, isn’t it? How we repel the things we want too much. When we surrender to the possibility of losing the object of desire, opportunity wafts them in without any effort.
Home | SubstackAwe is the most powerful medicine in the world. I have never felt awe and shame at the same time, awe and loneliness at the same time, awe and judgment at the same time, and nothing wakes us to awe more than life’s brevity. which is to say forming an intimate relationship with our mortality could not only save us, it could save our world. If you don’t believe me, tell me the last time you saw anything bite with its’ jaw dropped.
Embracing Eternity: Discovering Joy in MortalityJust because you're feeling this way now doesn't necessarily mean it's permanent or true.
Pi, your personal AIOne way to think about it is that what is being "reincarnated" is not a soul or essence, but rather the karmic energy that we generate through our actions and intentions in this life.
Pi, your personal AI