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Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (4)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 5th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (3)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 29th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
Consciousness, Artificial Intelligence, and Our Search for Meaning: Oliver Sacks on ChatGPT, 30 Years before ChatGPT
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 22nd, 2023 ( 1 Comment »)
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (2)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 15th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (1)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 8th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
Dostoyevsky on Animal Rights and the Deepest Meaning of Human Love
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 1st, 2023 ( Comments Off on Dostoyevsky on Animal Rights and the Deepest Meaning of Human Love)
Jung on Evil
Carl Jung - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 24th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Jung on Evil)
An Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of the Art of Connection
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 17th, 2023 ( Comments Off on An Introvert’s Field Guide to Friendship: Thoreau on the Challenges and Rewards of the Art of Connection)
How to Bear Your Loneliness: Grounding Wisdom from the Great Buddhist Teacher Pema Chödrön
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 10th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Bear Your Loneliness: Grounding Wisdom from the Great Buddhist Teacher Pema Chödrön)
God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 3rd, 2023 ( Comments Off on God, Human, Animal, Machine: Consciousness and Our Search for Meaning in the Age of Artificial Intelligence)
How to Survive Hopelessness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 27th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Survive Hopelessness)
Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 20th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Bertrand Russell on the Secret of Happiness)
Against the Cult of Originality: Emerson on the True Nature of Genius
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 13th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Against the Cult of Originality: Emerson on the True Nature of Genius)
The Vital Difference between Work and Labor: Lewis Hyde on Sustaining the Creative Spirit
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 6th, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Vital Difference between Work and Labor: Lewis Hyde on Sustaining the Creative Spirit)
How to Be with Each Other’s Suffering: Elie Wiesel on the Antidote to Our Paralysis in the Face of World-Overwhelm
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 27th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Be with Each Other’s Suffering: Elie Wiesel on the Antidote to Our Paralysis in the Face of World-Overwhelm)
How to Be Less Harsh with Yourself (and Others): Ram Dass on the Spiritual Lessons of Trees
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 20th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Be Less Harsh with Yourself (and Others): Ram Dass on the Spiritual Lessons of Trees)
Rising Strong: Brené Brown on the Physics of Vulnerability and What Resilient People Have in Common
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 13th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Rising Strong: Brené Brown on the Physics of Vulnerability and What Resilient People Have in Common)
A Winter Walk with Thoreau: The Transcendentalist Way of Finding Inner Warmth in the Cold Season
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 6th, 2023 ( Comments Off on A Winter Walk with Thoreau: The Transcendentalist Way of Finding Inner Warmth in the Cold Season)
Faith
Unknown – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 30th, 2023 ( 1 Comment »)
The Tragic Miracle of Consciousness: John Steinbeck on the True Meaning and Purpose of Hope
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 23rd, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Tragic Miracle of Consciousness: John Steinbeck on the True Meaning and Purpose of Hope)
Meditation: A Lifeline to Sanity in a World Gone Crazy
William T. Hathaway – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 16th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Meditation: A Lifeline to Sanity in a World Gone Crazy)
The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 9th, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Seamstress Who Solved the Ancient Mystery of the Argonaut, Pioneered the Aquarium, and Laid the Groundwork for the Study of Octopus Intelligence)
The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 2nd, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Four Desires Driving All Human Behavior: Bertrand Russell’s Magnificent Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech)
The Poetic Science of the Aurora Borealis
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 19th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Poetic Science of the Aurora Borealis)
A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 5th, 2022 ( Comments Off on A Stoic’s Key to Peace of Mind: Seneca on the Antidote to Anxiety)
Forgive Yourself
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 28th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Forgive Yourself)
Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 21st, 2022 ( Comments Off on Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain)
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 14th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”)
Be the Water…
Bruce Lee – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 7th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Be the Water…)
Act!
Antonio C.S. Rosa | Editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 31st, 2022 ( Comments Off on Act!)
16 Life-Learnings from 16 Years of The Marginalian
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 24th, 2022 ( Comments Off on 16 Life-Learnings from 16 Years of The Marginalian)
Direct Link
Helen Berg - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 17th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Direct Link)
Protection Wall
Unknown – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 10th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Protection Wall)
The Everlasting Wonder of Being: How a Cold Cosmos Kindles the Glow of Consciousness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 3rd, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Everlasting Wonder of Being: How a Cold Cosmos Kindles the Glow of Consciousness)
The Mirror of Enigmas: Chance, the Universe, and the Fragile Loveliness of Knowing Who We Are
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 26th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Mirror of Enigmas: Chance, the Universe, and the Fragile Loveliness of Knowing Who We Are)
Keith Haring on Our Resistance to Change, the Dangers of Certainty, and the Root of Creativity
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 19th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Keith Haring on Our Resistance to Change, the Dangers of Certainty, and the Root of Creativity)
The Art of Choosing Love over Not-Love: Rumi’s Antidote to Our Human Tragedy
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 12th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Art of Choosing Love over Not-Love: Rumi’s Antidote to Our Human Tragedy)
Learning How to Die: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Collapse
Elizabeth West – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 5th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Learning How to Die: Finding Meaning in the Midst of Collapse)
Believe! You Can!
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 29th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Believe! You Can!)
How to Keep Life from Becoming a Parody of Itself: Simone de Beauvoir on the Art of Growing Older
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 22nd, 2022 ( Comments Off on How to Keep Life from Becoming a Parody of Itself: Simone de Beauvoir on the Art of Growing Older)
Wisdom
Creig Crippen - TRANSCEND Media Service
August 15th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Wisdom)
The Mouse Trap
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 8th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Mouse Trap)
The Bittersweet Story of the Real-Life Peaceful Bull Who Inspired Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s Ferdinand
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 1st, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Bittersweet Story of the Real-Life Peaceful Bull Who Inspired Munro Leaf and Robert Lawson’s Ferdinand)
Limits of Fear
Robin Sharma – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 25th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Limits of Fear)
Hardships…
Unknown Author – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 18th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Hardships…)
Facing the Storm
Author Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 11th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Facing the Storm)
Gandhi’s Shoes
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 4th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Gandhi’s Shoes)
Learned Helplessness
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 27th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Learned Helplessness)
Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 20th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Herman Melville’s Passionate, Beautiful, Heartbreaking Love Letters to Nathaniel Hawthorne)
Most Important
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
June 13th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Most Important)
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 6th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”)
Saving Lives
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 30th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Saving Lives)
Logic vs Emotion
Bruce Lee - TRANSCEND Media Service
May 23rd, 2022 ( Comments Off on Logic vs Emotion)
How to Face the Centuries with Confidence: The Mystery of the World’s Most Majestic Tree
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 16th, 2022 ( Comments Off on How to Face the Centuries with Confidence: The Mystery of the World’s Most Majestic Tree)
On Being Human
Unknown Author – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 9th, 2022 ( Comments Off on On Being Human)
The Russian Prince Turned Anarchist and Pioneering Scientist Peter Kropotkin’s Advice to the Young
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 2nd, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Russian Prince Turned Anarchist and Pioneering Scientist Peter Kropotkin’s Advice to the Young)
Wisdom of the Day
Author Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 25th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Wisdom of the Day)
Pedagogy of Positiveness
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 18th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Pedagogy of Positiveness)
Neither Victims nor Executioners: Albert Camus on the Antidote to Violence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 11th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Neither Victims nor Executioners: Albert Camus on the Antidote to Violence)
Stressing the Obvious
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 4th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Stressing the Obvious)
Expectations…
George Bernard Shaw - TRANSCEND Media Service
March 28th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Expectations…)
Escaping the Trap of Efficiency: The Counterintuitive Antidote to the Time-Anxiety That Haunts and Hampers Our Search for Meaning
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 21st, 2022 ( Comments Off on Escaping the Trap of Efficiency: The Counterintuitive Antidote to the Time-Anxiety That Haunts and Hampers Our Search for Meaning)
How the Great Zen Master and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Found Himself and Lost His Self in a Library Epiphany
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 14th, 2022 ( Comments Off on How the Great Zen Master and Peace Activist Thich Nhat Hanh Found Himself and Lost His Self in a Library Epiphany)
The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 7th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Four Buddhist Mantras for Turning Fear into Love)
The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 28th, 2022 ( Comments Off on The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity)
What Happens When We Die
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 21st, 2022 ( Comments Off on What Happens When We Die)
Tibetan Buddhism: Instructions for Life in the New Millennium
His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 14th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Tibetan Buddhism: Instructions for Life in the New Millennium)
Nobel-Winning Physicist Wolfgang Pauli on Science, Spirit, and Our Search for Meaning
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 7th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Nobel-Winning Physicist Wolfgang Pauli on Science, Spirit, and Our Search for Meaning)
Dreams, Consciousness, and the Nature of the Universe
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 31st, 2022 ( Comments Off on Dreams, Consciousness, and the Nature of the Universe)
Detachment
Sujata - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 24th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Detachment)
James Baldwin on Resisting the Mindless Majority, Not Running from Uncomfortable Realities, and What It Really Means to Grow Up
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 17th, 2022 ( Comments Off on James Baldwin on Resisting the Mindless Majority, Not Running from Uncomfortable Realities, and What It Really Means to Grow Up)
Carl Jung on How to Live and the Origin of “Do the Next Right Thing”
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 10th, 2022 ( Comments Off on Carl Jung on How to Live and the Origin of “Do the Next Right Thing”)
Music, the Neural Harmonics of Emotion, and How Love Restrings the Brain
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 3rd, 2022 ( Comments Off on Music, the Neural Harmonics of Emotion, and How Love Restrings the Brain)
May Sarton on the Cure for Despair and Why Solitude Is the Seedbed of Self-Discovery
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 27th, 2021 ( Comments Off on May Sarton on the Cure for Despair and Why Solitude Is the Seedbed of Self-Discovery)
Prayer for Peace
St. Francis of Assisi – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 20th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Prayer for Peace)
Serenity Prayer
Reinhold Niebuhr – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 13th, 2021 ( 2 Comments »)
Oliver Sacks on Gratitude, the Measure of Living, and the Dignity of Dying
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 6th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Oliver Sacks on Gratitude, the Measure of Living, and the Dignity of Dying)
Tao: The Way
Lao Tzu - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 29th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Tao: The Way)
What Makes You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of Consciousness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 22nd, 2021 ( Comments Off on What Makes You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of Consciousness)
Every Loss Reveals What We Are Made of: Blue Bananas, Why Leaves Change Color, and the Ongoing Mystery of Chlorophyll
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 8th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Every Loss Reveals What We Are Made of: Blue Bananas, Why Leaves Change Color, and the Ongoing Mystery of Chlorophyll)
One Fine Day: David Byrne Performs His Hymn of Optimism and Countercultural Anthem of Resistance and Resilience with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 1st, 2021 ( Comments Off on One Fine Day: David Byrne Performs His Hymn of Optimism and Countercultural Anthem of Resistance and Resilience with the Brooklyn Youth Chorus)
Beloved Writers on the Mightiest Antidote to Depression
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 25th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Beloved Writers on the Mightiest Antidote to Depression)
Thomas Wolfe on Ambition, Gratitude, and the True Measure of Success, in Letters to His Mother
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 18th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Thomas Wolfe on Ambition, Gratitude, and the True Measure of Success, in Letters to His Mother)
Place, Personhood, and the Hippocampus: The Fascinating Science of Magnetism, Autonoeic Consciousness, and What Makes Us Who We Are
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 11th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Place, Personhood, and the Hippocampus: The Fascinating Science of Magnetism, Autonoeic Consciousness, and What Makes Us Who We Are)
The Secret Philosophy of Bonsai Trees
Tim Brinkhof | Big Think - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 4th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Secret Philosophy of Bonsai Trees)
Bridging the Island Universes of Our Experience: Aldous Huxley on Making Sense of Ourselves and Each Other
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 27th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Bridging the Island Universes of Our Experience: Aldous Huxley on Making Sense of Ourselves and Each Other)
Mary’s Room: An Animated Inquiry into the Limits of Knowledge and the Mystery of Consciousness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 20th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Mary’s Room: An Animated Inquiry into the Limits of Knowledge and the Mystery of Consciousness)
An Illustrated Love Letter to Rivers
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 13th, 2021 ( Comments Off on An Illustrated Love Letter to Rivers)
When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 6th, 2021 ( Comments Off on When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang)
A Photograph and Its Meaning
Gary Corseri short interview with Robert Kowalczyk – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 30th, 2021 ( Comments Off on A Photograph and Its Meaning)
Why Time Slows down When We’re Afraid, Speeds up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 23rd, 2021 ( Comments Off on Why Time Slows down When We’re Afraid, Speeds up as We Age, and Gets Warped on Vacation)
The Invention of Zero: How Ancient Mesopotamia Created the Mathematical Concept of Nought and Ancient India Gave It Symbolic Form
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 16th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Invention of Zero: How Ancient Mesopotamia Created the Mathematical Concept of Nought and Ancient India Gave It Symbolic Form)
Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 9th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Richard Dawkins on the Luckiness of Death)
Be like a Pencil
Natarajan Ravendhran, MD – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 2nd, 2021 ( Comments Off on Be like a Pencil)
The Soul of an Octopus: How One of Earth’s Most Alien Creatures Illuminates the Wonders of Consciousness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 26th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Soul of an Octopus: How One of Earth’s Most Alien Creatures Illuminates the Wonders of Consciousness)
Probable Impossibilities: Physicist Alan Lightman on Beginnings, Endings, and What Makes Life Worth Living
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 19th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Probable Impossibilities: Physicist Alan Lightman on Beginnings, Endings, and What Makes Life Worth Living)
An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 12th, 2021 ( Comments Off on An Antidote to the Age of Anxiety: Alan Watts on Happiness and How to Live with Presence)
The Mirror of Enigmas: Chance, the Universe, and the Pale Blues of Knowing Who We Are
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 5th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Mirror of Enigmas: Chance, the Universe, and the Pale Blues of Knowing Who We Are)
How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 28th, 2021 ( Comments Off on How to Love: Legendary Zen Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh on Mastering the Art of “Interbeing”)
What Really Counts
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 21st, 2021 ( Comments Off on What Really Counts)
Comfort
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 14th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Comfort)
The Leaking Pot
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 7th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Leaking Pot)
Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 31st, 2021 ( Comments Off on Seneca on Grief and the Key to Resilience in the Face of Loss: An Extraordinary Letter to His Mother)
Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our Souls
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 24th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Aldous Huxley on the Transcendent Power of Music and Why It Sings to Our Souls)
Between Science and Magic: How Hummingbirds Hover at the Edge of the Possible
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 17th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Between Science and Magic: How Hummingbirds Hover at the Edge of the Possible)
The Soul-Expanding Value of Difficulty: Rilke on How Great Sadnesses Transform Us and Bring Us Closer to Ourselves
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 10th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Soul-Expanding Value of Difficulty: Rilke on How Great Sadnesses Transform Us and Bring Us Closer to Ourselves)
The Spirituality of Science and the Wonder of the Wilderness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 3rd, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Spirituality of Science and the Wonder of the Wilderness)
The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 26th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Stoic Antidote to Frustration: Marcus Aurelius on How to Keep Your Mental Composure and Emotional Equanimity When People Let You Down)
The Joy of Volunteering
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 19th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Joy of Volunteering)
A Big and a Small Dog
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 12th, 2021 ( Comments Off on A Big and a Small Dog)
Overcoming Hopelessness
Nick Vujicic | TED – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 5th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Overcoming Hopelessness)
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 29th, 2021 ( Comments Off on “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Losing a Friend)
Kindness Rewarded
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 22nd, 2021 ( Comments Off on Kindness Rewarded)
The Pattern inside the Pattern: Fractals, the Hidden Order beneath Chaos…
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 15th, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Pattern inside the Pattern: Fractals, the Hidden Order beneath Chaos…)
Philosopher Martin Buber on What Trees Teach Us about Being More Human…
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 8th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Philosopher Martin Buber on What Trees Teach Us about Being More Human…)
Confucius on Good Government, the 6 Steps to a Harmonious Society, and Self-Discipline as the Key to Democracy
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 1st, 2021 ( Comments Off on Confucius on Good Government, the 6 Steps to a Harmonious Society, and Self-Discipline as the Key to Democracy)
Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 22nd, 2021 ( Comments Off on Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means)
Anaïs Nin on Inner Conflict, the Interconnectedness of All Things, and What Maturity Really Means
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 15th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Anaïs Nin on Inner Conflict, the Interconnectedness of All Things, and What Maturity Really Means)
Typical…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 8th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Typical…)
The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: The Inspiring Illustrated Story of How Edwin Hubble Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 1st, 2021 ( Comments Off on The Boy Whose Head Was Filled with Stars: The Inspiring Illustrated Story of How Edwin Hubble Revolutionized Our Understanding of the Universe)
How Sarvodaya Was Founded
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 18th, 2021 ( Comments Off on How Sarvodaya Was Founded)
Improving Rural Health
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 11th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Improving Rural Health)
Mother Theresa
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 4th, 2021 ( Comments Off on Mother Theresa)
Nelson Mandela
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 28th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nelson Mandela)
Walt Whitman on What Makes a Great Person and What Wisdom Really Means
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 21st, 2020 ( Comments Off on Walt Whitman on What Makes a Great Person and What Wisdom Really Means)
Vincent van Gogh on Art and the Power of Love in Letters to His Brother
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 14th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Vincent van Gogh on Art and the Power of Love in Letters to His Brother)
Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche on Love, Perseverance, and the True Mark of Greatness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 7th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Beyond Good and Evil: Nietzsche on Love, Perseverance, and the True Mark of Greatness)
The Love of Truth and the Truth of Love: Bertrand Russell on the Two Pillars of Human Flourishing
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 30th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Love of Truth and the Truth of Love: Bertrand Russell on the Two Pillars of Human Flourishing)
Acting Is a Wonderful Way of Avoiding Feeling Despair – A Guide
Louis Kriesberg | The Transnational - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 23rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Acting Is a Wonderful Way of Avoiding Feeling Despair – A Guide)
Bruce Lee on Death and What It Takes to Be an Artist of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 16th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Bruce Lee on Death and What It Takes to Be an Artist of Life)
The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 9th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Science of How Alive You Really Are: Alan Turing, Trees, and the Wonder of Life)
Why Gratitude Is Good for Us – And Five Ways to Practise It This Winter
Lucy Purdy | Positive News - TRANSCEND Media Service
November 2nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Why Gratitude Is Good for Us – And Five Ways to Practise It This Winter)
The Body Politic Electric: Walt Whitman on Women’s Centrality to Democracy
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 26th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Body Politic Electric: Walt Whitman on Women’s Centrality to Democracy)
Nietzsche on the Journey of Becoming and What It Means to Be a Free Spirit
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 19th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nietzsche on the Journey of Becoming and What It Means to Be a Free Spirit)
Susan Sontag on Moral Courage and the Power of Principled Resistance to Injustice
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 12th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Susan Sontag on Moral Courage and the Power of Principled Resistance to Injustice)
Cosmic Consciousness: Maurice Bucke’s Pioneering 19th-Century Theory of Transcendence and the Six Steps of Illumination
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 5th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Cosmic Consciousness: Maurice Bucke’s Pioneering 19th-Century Theory of Transcendence and the Six Steps of Illumination)
Desiderata
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Desiderata)
(Português) Desiderata
Posted by Antonio C. S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service
September 28th, 2020 ( Comments Off on (Português) Desiderata)
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Love, Mortality, and Night as an Existential Clarifying Force for the Deepest Truths of the Heart
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 21st, 2020 ( Comments Off on “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Love, Mortality, and Night as an Existential Clarifying Force for the Deepest Truths of the Heart)
The Lion and the Mouse
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 14th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Lion and the Mouse)
James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 7th, 2020 ( Comments Off on James Baldwin’s Advice on Writing)
D.H. Lawrence on Trees, Solitude, and How We Root Ourselves When Relationships Collapse
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 31st, 2020 ( Comments Off on D.H. Lawrence on Trees, Solitude, and How We Root Ourselves When Relationships Collapse)
Conscience in Revolt: Sophie Scholl on Suffering, Strength, and the Deepest Wellspring of Courage
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 24th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Conscience in Revolt: Sophie Scholl on Suffering, Strength, and the Deepest Wellspring of Courage)
Beethoven on Creative Vitality and Resilience in the Face of Suffering
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 17th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Beethoven on Creative Vitality and Resilience in the Face of Suffering)
Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 10th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Ursula K. Le Guin on Suffering and Getting to the Other Side of Pain)
Thoreau on Knowing vs. Seeing and What It Takes to Apprehend Reality Unblinded by Our Preconceptions
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Thoreau on Knowing vs. Seeing and What It Takes to Apprehend Reality Unblinded by Our Preconceptions)
The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi
Rozina Ali | The New Yorker - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Erasure of Islam from the Poetry of Rumi)
Nature as an Antidote to Depression
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Nature as an Antidote to Depression)
The Magic of Moss and What It Teaches Us about the Art of Attentiveness to Life at All Scales
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 6th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Magic of Moss and What It Teaches Us about the Art of Attentiveness to Life at All Scales)
Family Tradition
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 29th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Family Tradition)
Gardening and the Secret of Happiness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 22nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Gardening and the Secret of Happiness)
The “Greedy” Monk
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 15th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The “Greedy” Monk)
Wonder and the Sacred Search for Truth: Ann Druyan on Why the Scientific Method Is like Love
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 8th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Wonder and the Sacred Search for Truth: Ann Druyan on Why the Scientific Method Is like Love)
Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Moving beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 1st, 2020 ( Comments Off on Yes to Life, in Spite of Everything: Moving beyond Optimism and Pessimism to Find the Deepest Source of Meaning)
Mango Trees
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 25th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Mango Trees)
Consolation for Sorrow from King Arthur’s Court: Merlyn’s Advice on What to Do When the World Gets You Down
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 18th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Consolation for Sorrow from King Arthur’s Court: Merlyn’s Advice on What to Do When the World Gets You Down)
What It Takes to Grow Up, What It Means to Have Grown
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 11th, 2020 ( Comments Off on What It Takes to Grow Up, What It Means to Have Grown)
Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 4th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Standing on the Shoulders of Solitude: Newton, the Plague, and How Quarantine Fomented the Greatest Leap in Science)
Are We before the Possible ‘Awakening’ of Mankind?
Juana Pérez Montero | Pressenza - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Are We before the Possible ‘Awakening’ of Mankind?)
The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 20th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Difficult Art of Self-Compassion)
Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Future Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor’s Passionate Teenage Love Letters to His Tutor
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Marcus Aurelius in Love: The Future Stoic Philosopher and Roman Emperor’s Passionate Teenage Love Letters to His Tutor)
An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 6th, 2020 ( Comments Off on An Antidote to Helplessness and Disorientation: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist Erich Fromm on Our Human Fragility as the Key to Our Survival and Our Sanity)
Plague – Inspirational
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March 23rd, 2020 ( 2 Comments »)
Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 23rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on Alain de Botton on Existential Maturity and What Emotional Intelligence Really Means)
Calculating the Incalculable: Thoreau on the True Value of a Tree
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 16th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
The Haunting Beauty of Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Pioneering 19th-Century Photomicroscopy of Snow Crystals
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 9th, 2020 ( Comments Off on The Haunting Beauty of Snowflakes: Wilson Bentley’s Pioneering 19th-Century Photomicroscopy of Snow Crystals)
World Game
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 2nd, 2020 ( Comments Off on World Game)
Compassion
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 24th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Compassion)
Why Be a Pacifist?
Sarah Freeman-Woolpert | Waging Nonviolence – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 17th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Why Be a Pacifist?)
Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 10th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Erich Fromm’s 6 Rules of Listening: The Great Humanistic Philosopher and Psychologist on the Art of Unselfish Understanding)
‘Good’ Deeds?
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 3rd, 2020 ( Comments Off on ‘Good’ Deeds?)
An Alternative View of Human Nature: Rebecca Solnit on Disaster as a Catalyst for Dignity, Agency, and Human Goodness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 27th, 2020 ( Comments Off on An Alternative View of Human Nature: Rebecca Solnit on Disaster as a Catalyst for Dignity, Agency, and Human Goodness)
The Art of Listening
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 20th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Changing Perceptions on Homosexuality
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 13th, 2020 ( Comments Off on Changing Perceptions on Homosexuality)
Dostoyevsky, Just After His Death Sentence Was Repealed, on the Meaning of Life
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 6th, 2020 ( 1 Comment »)
Shelley’s Prescient Case for Animal Rights and the Spiritual Value of Vegetarianism
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 30th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Shelley’s Prescient Case for Animal Rights and the Spiritual Value of Vegetarianism)
Why Climate Change Is an Irrelevance, Economic Growth Is a Myth and Sustainability Is Forty Years Too Late
Kevin Casey | Global Comment – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2019 ( 1 Comment »)
13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on 13 Life-Learnings from 13 Years of Brain Pickings)
The Book of Delights: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Book of Delights: Poet and Gardener Ross Gay’s Yearlong Experiment in Willful Gladness)
Ignorant Good Intentions Lost in Translation
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 9th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Ignorant Good Intentions Lost in Translation)
Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on Kahlil Gibran on Silence, Solitude, and the Courage to Know Yourself)
The Yin & Yang of Authentic Being-In-The-World
Stefan Schindler – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Yin & Yang of Authentic Being-In-The-World)
The Answer Is in the End: George Harrison, a Prophet for Our Time
Ben Jolliffe | Resurgence Magazine – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 25th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Answer Is in the End: George Harrison, a Prophet for Our Time)
The Lonely Genius Arthur Eddington Who Confirmed Einstein’s Relativity
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Lonely Genius Arthur Eddington Who Confirmed Einstein’s Relativity)
E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2019 ( Comments Off on E.F. Schumacher’s “A Guide for the Perplexed”: Mapping the Meaning of Life and the Four Levels of Being)
The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 4th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Writing of “Silent Spring”: Rachel Carson and the Culture-Shifting Courage to Speak Inconvenient Truth to Power)
D.H. Lawrence on the Antidote to the Malady of Materialism
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on D.H. Lawrence on the Antidote to the Malady of Materialism)
Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes
Igor Micunovic | Human Wrongs Watch – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Yi Jing – I Ching 易經 — The Book of Changes)
Buddhist Economics: How to Start Prioritizing People over Products and Creativity over Consumption
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 21st, 2019 ( Comments Off on Buddhist Economics: How to Start Prioritizing People over Products and Creativity over Consumption)
When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 14th, 2019 ( Comments Off on When Breath Becomes Air: A Young Neurosurgeon Examines the Meaning of Life as He Faces His Death)
Work Partnership
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 7th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Work Partnership)
The Origins of European Unification
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 30th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Origins of European Unification)
A Lake without Fish
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 23rd, 2019 ( Comments Off on A Lake without Fish)
The Eternal Fruit of Toni Morrison’s Iroko Tree
Nanjala Nyabola – Al Jazeera
September 16th, 2019 ( Comments Off on The Eternal Fruit of Toni Morrison’s Iroko Tree)
Sparking Change: How Movements Pass on Inspiration
Rivera Sun – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 9th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Sparking Change: How Movements Pass on Inspiration)
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2019 ( 2 Comments »)
How Van Gogh Found His Purpose: Heartfelt Letters to His Brother on How Relationships Refine Us
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2019 ( Comments Off on How Van Gogh Found His Purpose: Heartfelt Letters to His Brother on How Relationships Refine Us)
Altered States of Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 26th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Altered States of Consciousness: The Neuropsychology of How Time Perception Modulates Our Experience of Self, from Depression to Boredom to Creative Flow)
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 Sep 1896 – 14 Nov 1977)
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August 26th, 2019 ( Comments Off on A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1 Sep 1896 – 14 Nov 1977))
Borders and Belonging: Toni Morrison’s Prescient Wisdom on the Refugee Struggle, the Violence of Otherness, and the Meaning of Home
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 19th, 2019 ( Comments Off on Borders and Belonging: Toni Morrison’s Prescient Wisdom on the Refugee Struggle, the Violence of Otherness, and the Meaning of Home)
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