"Misdirection is the art of initiating a train of thought in the mind of a spectator." - Alan Alan, Escapologist and illusionist In this chapter, Jamie repeats ideas on the outside-in misunderstanding, to really get them through. This misunderstanding, the outside-in misunderstanding, tells us that, in order to feel different, we need to have a … Continue reading Post #64. On The Power of Principles
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Post #61. On How Perception is Created
"Thought creates the world then says 'I didn't do it!'" - David Bohm, Quantum Phycisist This chapter is all about the idea that 100% of our experiences of the world is created by thought. To be honest, at first glance it seems like a bizarre and perhaps even dangerous thought. I mean... If we see … Continue reading Post #61. On How Perception is Created
Post #59. On “The Hidden Trap”
"None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Poet, playwright, novelist and philosopher In this chapter Jamie is questioning something that seems obvious to us. He's also talking about the destructive power of misunderstanding the nature of something and how things that we've held to … Continue reading Post #59. On “The Hidden Trap”
Post #58. Introduction to Clarity
“What information consumes is rather obvious: it consumes the attention of its recipients. Hence, a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.” - Herbert Simon, Economist, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 1978 In the same way that clarity is water’s natural state, clarity is also our natural state. As I was entering … Continue reading Post #58. Introduction to Clarity
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