Exercise: Experience The View From Above
In human terms, there is no better (or higher) "view from above" than the one an astronaut experiences from outer space. As they gaze wide-eyed from their unfathomable vantage point,…
Exercise: Write Your Meditations Book One
Marcus Aurelius's Meditations is a collection of private notes the Roman Emperor wrote to himself for his own guidance and self-improvement. Written almost two thousand years ago, it remains one…
Exercise: Learn To Want What You Have
From an early age, largely thanks to advertising, we’re told it’s normal to be on a satisfaction treadmill. We feel dissatisfied when we develop desires that are unfulfilled. We strive…
Excercise: Get To The Heart Of The Real Thing
The comedian David Mitchell was working on a jocular answer to the tricky question “What are things?” for his Guardian column when he wrote the following: “What is a call…
Exercise: Define Your ‘Epithets For The Self’
Do you have your own rules for life? Your own set of principles you steadfastly stick to in any situation and can default to when faced with tough choices? You…