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Rebecca Solnit on Hope in Dark Times, Resisting the Defeatism of Easy Despair, and What Victory Really Means for Movements of Social Change
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 25th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
A Lighthouse for Dark Times
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 18th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Antidote to the Irreversibility of Life: Hannah Arendt on What Forgiveness Really Means
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 11th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Kafka’s Creative Block and the Four Psychological Hindrances That Keep the Talented from Manifesting Their Talent
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 4th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Poetic Science of the Ghost Pipe: Emily Dickinson and the Secret of Earth’s Most Supernatural Flower
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 28th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Maya Angelou on Courage and Facing Evil
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 21st, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Kinship in the Light of Conscience: Peter Kropotkin on the Crucial Difference Between Love, Sympathy, and Solidarity
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 14th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Curiosity as an Instrument of Love: Thoreau and the Little Owl
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 7th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Milky Way, the Pond, and the Meaning of Life: Thoreau on Solitude, Sympathy, and the Salve for Melancholy
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 30th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
In Search of the Sacred: Pico Iyer on Our Models of Paradise
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 23rd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
How to Bless Each Other: Poet and Philosopher John O’Donohue on the Light within Us and between Us
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 16th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
From the Labor Camp to the Pantheon of Literature: How Dostoyevsky Became a Writer
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 9th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
You and the Universe: N.J. Berrill’s Poetic 1958 Masterpiece of Cosmic Perspective
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 2nd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Old Age
Ralph Waldo Emerson – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 26th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Ursula K. Le Guin on Growing Older and What Beauty Really Means
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 19th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Ocean and the Meaning of Life
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Beach and the Soul: Anne Morrow Lindbergh on the Benedictions of the Sea
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 5th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
200 Years of Solitude: Great Writers, Artists, and Scientists on the Creative and Spiritual Rewards of Fertile Aloneness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Ecstasy of Eternity: Richard Jefferies on Time and Self-Transcendence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 22nd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Desiderata
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July 15th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Change: The Paradoxes and Possibilities of Transformation
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 8th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Between Mathematics and the Miraculous: The Stunning Pendulum Drawings of Swiss Healer and Artist Emma Kunz
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 1st, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Questions
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 24th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
On Growing Old, the Perils of Success, and the Secret of Remaining Young at Heart
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 17th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Inspire to Action
Unknown – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 10th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Flower and the Meaning of Life: Emily Dickinson, Michael Pollan, and The Little Prince
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 3rd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Healing Power of Nature and Beauty: Florence Nightingale on Expediting Recovery from Illness and Burnout
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 27th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Hermann Hesse on Hope, the Difficult Art of Taking Responsibility, and the Wisdom of the Inner Voice
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 20th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Trial, Triumph, and the Art of the Possible: The Remarkable Story Behind Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy”
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 13th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
A Poet and a Geologist’s Love Letter to Life Lensed Through a Mountain
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 6th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Art… Signs of the Times
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
What It Takes to Grow: Pioneering Psychoanalyst Karen Horney on the Key to Self-Realization
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 22nd, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Socrates Redux
Mr. Fish - TRANSCEND Media Service
April 15th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Carl Jung’s Legacy and the Countercultural Courage to Reclaim the Human in a Posthuman Age
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 8th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Love Anyway
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
April 1st, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Gardening as Resistance: Notes on Building Paradise
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 25th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Life Is like Blue Jelly: Margaret Mead Discovers the Meaning of Existence in a Dream
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 18th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
May Sarton on the Art of Living Alone
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 11th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Hermann Hesse on Discovering the Soul Beneath the Self and the Key to Finding Peace
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
March 4th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
When Things Fall Apart: Tibetan Buddhist Nun and Teacher Pema Chödrön on Transformation through Difficult Times
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 26th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Some Wisdom…
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 19th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Imagine a Falling Empire…
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February 12th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Tim Ferriss on How He Survived Suicidal Depression and His Tools for Warding Off the Darkness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
February 5th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
The Art of Solitude: Buddhist Scholar and Teacher Stephen Batchelor on Contemplative Practice and Creativity
Maria Popova | The Marginalian - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 29th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Successful!
Posted by Antonio C.S. Rosa | Editor - TRANSCEND Media Service
January 8th, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Choose Kindness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
January 1st, 2024 ( No Comments »)
Why Empathy Constitutes the Ultimate Leadership Skill
Dr. Julia Milner | The Conversation - TRANSCEND Media Service
December 25th, 2023 ( 1 Comment »)
How to Bless Each Other: Poet and Philosopher John O’Donohue on the Light Within Us and Between Us
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 18th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
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
December 11th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
What Happens When We Die
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
December 4th, 2023 ( No Comments »)
Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 27th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Necessary Losses: The Life-Shaping Art of Letting Go)
Lucille Clifton on the Balance of Intellect and Intuition in Creative Work and the Healing Power of Connection
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 20th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Lucille Clifton on the Balance of Intellect and Intuition in Creative Work and the Healing Power of Connection)
Alain de Botton on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind
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November 13th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Alain de Botton on the Qualities of a Healthy Mind)
How the Forgotten Prodigy William James Sidis Presaged the Quantum Undoing of Time and Thermodynamics
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
November 6th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How the Forgotten Prodigy William James Sidis Presaged the Quantum Undoing of Time and Thermodynamics)
Dear Dove
Mr. Fish | ScheerPost - TRANSCEND Media Service
October 30th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Dear Dove)
How to Own Your Weakness: Alan Watts on the Confucian Concept of Jen and the Dangers of Self-Righteousness
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 23rd, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Own Your Weakness: Alan Watts on the Confucian Concept of Jen and the Dangers of Self-Righteousness)
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the Sahara Desert, and the Meaning of Life
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 16th, 2023 ( Comments Off on “Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, the Sahara Desert, and the Meaning of Life)
The Geometry of Grief: A Mathematician on How Fractals Can Help Us Fathom Loss and Reorient to the Ongoingness of Life
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 9th, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Geometry of Grief: A Mathematician on How Fractals Can Help Us Fathom Loss and Reorient to the Ongoingness of Life)
The Courage to Be Yourself: Virginia Woolf on How to Hear Your Soul
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
October 2nd, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Courage to Be Yourself: Virginia Woolf on How to Hear Your Soul)
International Day of Peace –> 21 September
Prof. Francisco Gomes de Matos – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 25th, 2023 ( 2 Comments »)
How to Live in Light: A Blind Hero of the French Resistance on Seeing the Heart of Life and Contacting the Oneness of Being
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 18th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Live in Light: A Blind Hero of the French Resistance on Seeing the Heart of Life and Contacting the Oneness of Being)
What Makes You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of What We Are
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 11th, 2023 ( Comments Off on What Makes You Makes the Universe: Nobel Laureate Erwin Schrödinger on Quantum Physics, Vedanta, and the Ongoing Mystery of What We Are)
Cultural Differences
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
September 4th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Cultural Differences)
Dostoyevsky on Animal Rights and the Deepest Meaning of Human Love
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 28th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Dostoyevsky on Animal Rights and the Deepest Meaning of Human Love)
How to Say Goodbye: An Illustrated Field Guide to Accompanying a Loved One at the End of Life
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 21st, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Say Goodbye: An Illustrated Field Guide to Accompanying a Loved One at the End of Life)
“Little Women” Author Louisa May Alcott on the Creative Rewards of Being Single
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August 14th, 2023 ( Comments Off on “Little Women” Author Louisa May Alcott on the Creative Rewards of Being Single)
How to Keep Criticism from Sinking Your Soul: Walt Whitman and the Discipline of Creative Confidence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
August 7th, 2023 ( Comments Off on How to Keep Criticism from Sinking Your Soul: Walt Whitman and the Discipline of Creative Confidence)
Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: On Giving
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July 31st, 2023 ( Comments Off on Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet: On Giving)
Internal Beauty
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 24th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Internal Beauty)
A Shelter in Time: John Berger on the Power of Music
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 17th, 2023 ( Comments Off on A Shelter in Time: John Berger on the Power of Music)
The Universe and the Soul: Richard Jefferies on Nature as Prayer for Presence
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
July 10th, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Universe and the Soul: Richard Jefferies on Nature as Prayer for Presence)
Fifteen Useful Facts
Caitlin Johnstone - TRANSCEND Media Service
July 3rd, 2023 ( Comments Off on Fifteen Useful Facts)
The Art of Human Connection: Pioneering Psychologist and Philosopher William James on the Most Important Attitude for Relationships
Maria Popova | The Marginalian – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 26th, 2023 ( Comments Off on The Art of Human Connection: Pioneering Psychologist and Philosopher William James on the Most Important Attitude for Relationships)
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (5)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 19th, 2023 ( 1 Comment »)
A Memorial Day to Remember What, Exactly?
Unknown - TRANSCEND Media Service
June 12th, 2023 ( Comments Off on A Memorial Day to Remember What, Exactly?)
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (4)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
June 5th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (4))
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (3)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 29th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (3))
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 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (2))
Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (1)
Lao Tzu – TRANSCEND Media Service
May 8th, 2023 ( Comments Off on Tao Te Ching on Peace and Nonviolence (1))
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
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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
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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
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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
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When Did Time Really Begin? The Little Loophole in the Big Bang
Maria Popova | Brain Pickings – TRANSCEND Media Service
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A Photograph and Its Meaning
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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
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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
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A Big and a Small Dog
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
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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…
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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
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Mother Theresa
Dietrich Fischer – TRANSCEND Media Service
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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)
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