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music cognition, anticipation
I'm thinking about anticipation in music. I'll probably use anticipation to mean several things in this entry, but it's part of the process of thinking of more nuanced definitions and explanations ( Read more... ) -
sloppy, im tired.
I have been thinking lately about non-physical realms of existence. I don't feel like discussing what I mean by non-physical at the moment, or deciding if that is the most appropriate term, but hopefully, readers can follow along ( Read more... ) -
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Your result for The Spirit Animal Test...
The Rabbit Spirit
You scored 65% Creativity, 56% Compassion, 43% Strength, and 62% Intelligence!
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Your result for Which Tarot Card Represents Your Higher Self? Test...
The Star
3 0Fool, 2 1Magician, 6 2Priestess, 2 3Empress, 2 4Emperor, -1 5Hierophant, -1 6Lovers, 5 7Chariot, 2 8Strength, 2 9Hermit, -1 10WheelOfFortune, 1 11Justice, 3 12HangedMan, 0 13Death, 2 14Temperance, 2 15Devil, 0 16Tower, 9 17Star ( Read more... ) -
What Makes Us Happy?
I'm reading an article ( http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200906/happiness ) that is quiet long, so I've decided to post interesting pieces here, as well as a bit of the introduction ( Read more... ) -
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happiness...again...
Yesterday I decided that I'll stop looking only to my emotions/thoughts for advise on achieving and maintaining a state of greater happiness, and instead I will devote myself to the methods developed by researchers in the psychology of happiness - and specifically to the methods in "The How Of Happiness", written by one such researcher. The book ( Read more... ) -
happiness...
I was copying some files in my office today and picked up this book that has been sitting on my desk called, "The How of Happiness". It presents research into happiness - into what qualities are actually associated with happy people and which are not. As you might expect, "external" things like wealth and beauty are not associated with happiness ( Read more... ) -
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Now I'm thinking about time. I want to know what physics has to say about time and compare that with moral philosophy. The last chapter I read from "The Art of Happiness" concluded with the Dalai Lama summarizing his conclusions about which activities lead to happiness ( Read more... ) -
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I've started reading "The Art of Happiness", a book written through discussions between a Western psychiatrist and the Dalai Lama. I've only begun the book, but I am already trying to compare the things said here with what I've read and thought elsewhere. For instance, this book states, "The purpose of our existence is to seek happiness" whereas ( Read more... )