Tag: instinct
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Spontaneous Mind: The Paradox Of An Actively Passive Existence
Read time 4 minutes. Spontaneous Mind is a stand alone article in our series regarding paradox. Former pro quarterback Hugh Millen once told a story about John Elway, who gave him a deceptively simple piece of advice: “You don’t want to be thinking out there. You just want to be reacting.” At the highest level of the…
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Emotions: Instinctive Body and Intellectual Mind At Play
Read time 3 minutes. Explore how emotions arise from the tension between instinct and intellect. This stand alone article is part of our letting go series. Our broader discussion around letting go moves another step forward as we examine the next layer of our emotional activity. We’ve already seen that a kind of low-grade, existential distress leads…