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Is it possible in our age of advanced technology to recall the spiritual dimension of repetition? Or has it been conclusively subsumed into the deadening drumbeat of modern life?
Routine Maintenance, by Meghan O’Gieblyn
harpers.org
You’re not anxious because capitalism is a chaos engine. You’re anxious because you need to cut carbs and meditate harder. You’re not lonely because society atomizes you by design. You’re lonely because you haven’t found your tribe. This is not ideology; it’s self-help with delusions of grandeur.
The Roganification of the Male Mystique
Joan Westenberg
Look around the room and notice five things you can see. Notice three or four things you can hear. Notice what you can smell, taste, or sense inside your nose or mouth.
The Happiness Trap
Harris, Russ
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