Ram Dass on the wisdom of "turning people into trees."
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I spoke with Tao Lin about living psychedelically, leaving society, transcending existentialism, DMT entities, re-enchanting nature, and more.
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My hard-won roadmap for finding and following your bliss in 2018.
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Warning: Do not read this article if you're going to treat it as "just another self-improvement article."
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Free up your time for the things in life that matter to you.
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The story of the HighExistence team leaping from a flying machine at 9,000 feet in Costa Rica.
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“The universe may be, not only queerer than we think, but queerer than we can think.” — J.B.S. Haldane
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Charlie Munger is a genius you need to know about.
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Many people think the world is getting worse, but the data tell a fascinatingly different story.
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If you or your loved ones experience these symptoms, Free Thinking may be right for you.
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The real-life Tony Stark is at it again.
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Why we may be heading toward collapse and the key thing we need to do to avoid it.
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Are your spiritual beliefs secretly sabotaging your life?
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30 Challenges to Enlightenment is the ultimate New Year's resolution.
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Stoicism probably isn't what you think it is. Here's how this ancient philosophy can make your life a hell of a lot better.
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Some books are not books at all. They’re sticks of dynamite.
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The raw truth of how to get what you truly want in life.
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Traveling the world has never been more accessible. And earning a living while doing it has never been easier.
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In 1932, a woman named Mary Elizabeth Frye wrote a poem for the first time. Little did she know, her poem would touch the hearts and souls of millions of people.
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Thoughts don't have to be such a big deal. Here's why you shouldn't take your own mind so seriously.
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"Live up to your full potential" is shitty advice. Here's why.
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Spirituality need not be at odds with scientific skepticism, and we may need the "spiritual" domain of experience more than we realize.
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Your day is about to get a whole lot better.
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We interviewed Tim Urban, creator of Wait But Why. It was amazing. He's awesome. Don't miss this.
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Unfortunately, there are a lot of clueless Internet users. Here's how to be smarter than most, both online and in real life.
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You will never view Facebook and Google in the same way after reading this.
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Is your spirituality secretly sabotaging your life?
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Terence McKenna famously said, "Culture is not your friend." This is a powerful idea. It's also (partially) wrong. Here's why.
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Vinay Gupta is like Bucky Fuller 2.0.
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"What I do know, though, is that the vast majority of ordinary people are not the cartoonish caricatures of human beings that political rhetoric has made them out to be."
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"You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting."
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"... the law that every man is a unique miracle; they dare to show us man as he is, uniquely himself to every last movement of his muscles..." — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844—1900
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If you love Alan as much as we do, you won't want to miss this extraordinary revelation of humanity's deepest nature.
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Set your mind ablaze with 11 of the most jaw-dropping, perspective-broadening quotes on the human condition I've ever come across.
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What if I told you... liberals and conservatives are like the Yin and Yang?
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This will convince you to start meditating.
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These uncommonly cited Aldous Huxley quotes will broaden your mind, melt into your soul, and stir the depths of your being.
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"I'm going to describe how the gains we make in artificial intelligence could ultimately destroy us." — Sam Harris
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An introduction to Albert Camus, a hilarious comic, and a powerful critique of existentialism, all in one article.
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Playboy asked Stanley Kubrick, "Is life worth living?" What followed was unforgettable.
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Through meditation, I relearned a potent lesson about openness and humility.
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This might be the greatest religious and philosophical position ever.
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Imagine a life of no bosses, no schedules, no alarm clocks, and no commutes, in which you’re free to work wherever and whenever you want.
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Hint: The thing that makes people freak out about religion and politics is the same thing that made Nazi Germany possible.
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Your mind needs to absorb these gemstones.
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Your culture has vastly restricted your sense of what is possible. It's time to transcend your self-imposed limits.
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Martin Luther King Jr. once said: “Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?’”
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Vinay Gupta is one of those humans who make you wish there were about 10,000 more humans exactly like him. These quotes will expand your world.
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This has got to be the most wondrous, hilarious guided meditation on the Internet. Tell the external world to fuck off for a couple minutes and listen to this.
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This brilliant video uses humor to gently educate viewers about some common shadow tendencies of "spiritual" people.
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Vinay Gupta is the smartest human you've never heard of. He's a technologist, inventor, futurist, systems theorist, and global resilience guru whose life's work focuses on how to ensure the long-term...
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Time seems to accelerate as we get older. Luckily, there are ways to make it slow down and expand, at least subjectively.
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With various existential risks looming, humanity must either colonize space or risk extinction. It's time to become a multi-planetary species.
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"Practice any art... not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming , to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow."
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If mankind were contacted by an alien race, how would the world react? How would people change? In...
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26 days ago, I arrived at a cabin on a Canadian commune, where I will be living for a total of three months...
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Donald Trump went from a joke to the leading Republican presidential candidate. Here's how he did it.
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Friedrich would giggle in spite of himself.
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Vladimir Kush has an uncanny ability to seduce us into seeing the world differently. Do your soul a favor and soak in these 35 masterworks.
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Zen can help us discover greater equanimity and perceive the simple wonders of our day-to-day lives. Savor these 7 parables that point to a wiser way of life.
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If you dream of a life of no bosses, no schedules, no alarm clocks, and no commutes, you need to read this.
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In April of 1958, 22-year-old Hunter S. Thompson wrote a letter containing words so potent and prophetic that they might alter the course of your life...
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“In Buddhism there is no place for using effort. Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat...
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You might want to grab some napkins, in the event that your eyes roll back into your skull and you start foaming at the mouth from an overdose of paradox.
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Your Twitter experience is about to be electrified.
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To liberate your mind, you must learn to give a fuck and not give a fuck at the same time.
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Bro, have you even looked at the sky lately?
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Are you sure you're ready for this? Be warned: This potent collection of life secrets and wisdom is powerful enough to revolutionize your life and mind.
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Does it matter what words we use to describe our relationship to the cosmos? Arguably, yes, it matters a whole awful lot.
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This time-lapse footage will rearrange your grey matter in seconds. The view of Earth from space is mesmerizing.
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Charles Eisenstein nails it. Do not read if you aren't prepared to consider the dark truth of modern life.
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"Even the mightiest emperor reigned over but a stone."
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These heavenly books will make you feel like you're talking with God herself.
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This artistic masterpiece of a comic will spark questions you'd never thought to consider.
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“The most painful state of being is remembering the future, particularly the one you'll never have.” — Søren Kierkegaard
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In the darkest of times, self-acceptance and self-love can come unexpectedly.
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You're unlikely to read these subversive sentiments anywhere else on the Internet.
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The most significant lessons and ideas I (re-)discovered while bumming around the Earth for 8 months.
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In his dazzling autobiography, In My Own Way, Alan Watts manages not only to unfurl the captivating...
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"What civilization is is 6 billion people trying to make themselves happy by standing on each other's shoulders and kicking each other's teeth in."
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To ask whether or not God exists is to miss the point.
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Please allow us to tell you a little backstory. The Blog Post That Sparked a Movement 50 Life...
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150 rare gems of thought from some of history's greatest minds.
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This comic has the power to make you question everything.
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How to wake up from the American Dream....
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“Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” ― Rudyard Kipling
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The Tao Te Ching is a philosophical masterpiece written by Lao Tzu. In this post you'll learn how to use his teachings to life a wise, meaningful life.
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In this essay you'll learn the troubling history of society's evolving culture — how we ditched our empathetic "partnership" system for one founded on domination, and what hope there is looking...
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These eight books can help you to liberate yourself from day-to-day drama and the ebb and flow of mental states.
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An inquiry into the meaning of love that combines a personal story with a poet's timeless wisdom.
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The reality in which you exist is an oceanic living mystery. Where are we? Who are we?
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Question: are you the same person going to bed as you are waking up? Are you the same person now as you were when you were 5-years-old? In this post we explore this difficult question.
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What would happen if some of history's most famous philosophers were alive today and tried to condense their ideas into Internet memes?
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Since the day you emerged into this bizarre, sparkling universe, you’ve been conditioned to...
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It's one of those things that 99.9999% of people never realized would imbue their living space with an all-permeating aura of playfulness and awesomeness.
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Effective Altruism is a movement that is radically re-imagining what it means to be an altruist.
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Why you should educate yourself rather than rely on the school system.
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Whether you're new to Zen or a devotee, these stories will be funny, interesting, and instructive.
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In the face of death, this man is seeing things clearly and wants to tell you what he thinks life is about.
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Aldous Huxley's 1958 vision of the future is chillingly accurate.
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It will leave you pondering and chuckling and feeling groovy.
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We all must breathe in order to live, but not many of us know how to really BREATHE. This article will show you how to kill anxiety just by breathing a certain way.
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“I would only believe in a god who could dance.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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'The Ungrateful Son' is a beautiful old European folk tale that will penetrate to your core and reside there forever.
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An absolute mindfuck of a comic on personal identity and existentialism.
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What is art for? In the post we cover the 10 most important reasons art exists and why you ought to start making it.
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In his book The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz outlines four simple principles, or...
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In Nietzsche’s most popular book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, he described what would become one...
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