Thursday, February 5, 2015

Art of Travel by Alain de Botton

Begin again each morning

Catharsis

Dream of who we might become when we go to that place in that moment Dissolves boundaries

Elsewhere - anywhere but here

Familiarity blinds us from the ecstasy or the moment

Go deep

Hacking our reality... Hermenaut: “a traveler in search of signification,” according to Joshua Glenn.

Inspired, experiencing revelatory ecstasy

"Journey is really about a desire for self transcendence." ~ Jason Silva
Knowing vs...

Losing ourselves and finding that Liminal space, the place of transition, waiting, and not knowing

"Making time dilate because of the poetry of this moment." ~ Jason Silva
Now
Open to letting go the hedonic treadmill, the acceptance of blah
Powerful Poetry of this moment

Rebirth or apotheosis the idea that an individual has been raised to godlike stature.

Searching for flow, for Signification

"Unique spiritual position where human beings hate to be but where the biblical God is always leading them." 

Very often, we find that we have to bring ourselves along

We are the travelers in search of signification...
"eXquisite italicization of the moment" ~ Jason Silva

Yearning

Zest for life!