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Sloww Sunday Newsletter 191 (Jun 16, 2024) — Radical Wholeness, Triple Helix, Direct Path, & More
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🆕 New News
🎙️ New Podcast Appearance:
I joined Alex Levy on his Through Conversations podcast for the second time. Just a reminder that I also recently published this handy guide to all my podcasts so you can see exactly what I talk about (all topics), where I talk about it (which podcast), and when I talk about it (time stamps). You can also catch all my podcasts on this YouTube playlist and Spotify playlist. Enjoy!
🧠 Synthesizer Course Updates:
Speaking of podcasts, I give an overview of the new Synthesizer course here.
- Free Lessons: Synthesizer Manifesto (5 mins), The Challenge (4 mins), & The Vision (6 mins).
- Student Testimonials: 20+ testimonials (unsolicited) from the early adopters of the course.
- Low Cost, High Value: I compared 50+ courses (look where Synthesizer is on the spreadsheet). Many other courses start in the $thousands without delivering this much value.
- Flexible Pricing: There are pricing options including payment plans, student discounts/scholarships, and global purchasing power parity for those outside the US. I want everyone who wants to take the course to take the course!
LAST CALL:
- First 100 students: Course + Community + Calls = $495
- Students #101 & beyond: Course + Community + Calls = $995
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📚 Lifelong Learning & Deeper Development
New Book from Ken Wilber
Ken Wilber’s new book came out this week: Finding Radical Wholeness: The Integral Path to Unity, Growth, and Delight. I’ve started reading it and will publish a book summary. This is the 6th Wilber book I’ve read, so I’ll also be publishing a Premium synthesis of all things Integral Theory:
- “The Integral Vision” by Ken Wilber (Book Summary)
- “A Brief History of Everything” by Ken Wilber (Book Summary)
- “A Theory of Everything” by Ken Wilber (Book Summary)
- “Integral Psychology” by Ken Wilber (Book Summary)
- “Integral Spirituality” by Ken Wilber (Book Summary)
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Explore more: 50+ posts on Lifelong Learning & Deeper Development (Sloww Stage Support)
🌎 Lighter Living
No-alcohol year in my own words
My no-alcohol year (🔒) is still going—now over 400+ days straight. On this new podcast at the 24:36 mark, I talk about the experience for the first time:
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Explore more: 100+ posts on Intentional Living (Sloww Stage 1)
🧭 Higher Purpose
Triple Helix of Good Work
Howard Gardner’s Good Project proposes a new model for good work and good citizenship called the “triple helix” or “ENA” (as a play on the double helix of DNA):
- “Over a 10-year period we determined that being a good worker had three components—the Three Es: Excellence, Engagement, and Ethics … If you want to be a good worker, you can’t just be excellent, you can’t just be engaged, and you can’t just be ethical. You need to have those intertwined strands of ENA … The sense of purpose has to take into account not only your own goals and aspirations, but effects on other people.” — Howard Gardner
Triple Helix (or ENA):
- Excellence: good work is technically excellent; the good citizen is excellent and knows their stuff.
- Engagement: good work is personally engaging; the good citizen is engaged and cares about what happens in society (you can’t do good work or citizenship unless you get involved and spend real time with it).
- Ethics: good work is carried out in an ethical manner; the good citizen tries to carry out duties in an ethical way (you can be excellent and engaged, but you can be doing really bad stuff—so an essential component of good work and citizenship is ethics).
The triple helix/ENA is interesting to compare with the three circles of my Ikigai 2.0 model:
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Explore more: 50+ posts on Life Purpose (Sloww Stage 2)
🧠 Mental Mastery
Free Will with Sam Harris
Sam Harris seems to be the main gateway into free will for many people. I’ve covered absolutely everything you could ever want to know from him on free will:
- Desires & Decisions: Free Will Thought Experiments (Sam Harris Excerpts)
- Does Free Will Exist? The Latest Thinking from Sam Harris
- “Free Will” by Sam Harris (Book Summary)
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Explore more: 75+ posts on Mental Mastery (Sloww Stage 3)
☯️ Spiritual Seeing
The Direct Path of Jean Klein
The “direct path” resonates with my direct, lived experience (see more in Sloww Sunday #172). I spent last week immersed in the teachings of Jean Klein (top quotes). I’ve also read his book I Am, and The Book of Listening is on my reading list.
Jean Klein learned the direct path from Atmananda Krishna Menon (top quotes). I’ve read Krishna Menon’s Atma Darshan & Atma Nirvriti and Atmananda Tattwa Samhita, and Notes on Spiritual Discourses (Vol 1-3) is on my reading list.
Jean Klein taught the direct path to Francis Lucille. I’ve read all three of Lucille’s books The Perfume of Silence (⭐️ absolute must read), Truth Love Beauty, and Eternity Now (there will be summaries and a synthesis after Francis’ Wise Walk week).
And, Francis Lucille taught the direct path to Rupert Spira. I’ve also read three of Spira’s books including Being Aware of Being Aware (⭐️ must read), Being Myself, and The Heart of Prayer.
For some shorter posts to dive into the direct path:
- What’s between Question & Answer? (Francis Lucille & Rupert Spira Excerpts)
- Tea or Coffee: Who is the Chooser of a Choice? (Rupert Spira Short Excerpt)
- The Dream Metaphor of Mary & Jane (Rupert Spira Summary)
🔒 Sloww Premium deep dive:
- How to See with the Screen Analogy from Rupert Spira (+ Infographic)
- Rupert Spira Synthesis: Everything about Nonduality (+ Infographics)
- Atmananda Krishna Menon Synthesis: Everything on the Direct Path (+ Infographic)
Explore more: 75+ posts on Spiritual Seeing (Sloww Stage 4)
💬 Wise Words
Nice quote on my will and Thy will:
- “The mariner of old said to Neptune in a great tempest, ‘O God! thou mayest save me if thou wilt, and if thou wilt thou mayest destroy me; but whether or no, I will steer my rudder true.'” — Michel de Montaigne
Here’s a paraphrased version via László Polgár:
- “In a great storm, sailors in ancient times invoked Neptune: ‘O God! You will save or destroy me according to your will. But whatever you will, I will steer my ship as necessary!'” — Michel de Montaigne
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