Becoming Antifragile

Lessons from 'Fragments' by Heraclitus

Heraclitus was an ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus (c. 535 - c. 475 BCE). The "Fragments" are a collection of quotes, passages, and sayings attributed to him. These fragments are the remaining parts of his original works, which have been lost over time. Heraclitus's influenced from Plato, John the Disciple, Marcus Aurelius, Nietzsche, Heidegger and Jung.

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Lessons from ⁠The Dhammapada⁠ by The Buddha. A collection of sayings/teachings from The Buddha on how you can master your mind, how to not let outside events affect you, and how to achieve enlightenment.

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Lesson from 'Love, Freedom, Aloneness' by Osho.

Osho (1931 -1990) was a spiritual teacher and mystic. He was known for his unconventional and provocative teachings that challenged traditional spirituality and societal norms.

Osho emphasized freedom, self-love, awareness, and solitude.

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Shownotes

00:00 - Introduction

01:00 - Excerpt from ‘Love, Freedom, Aloneness’ by Osho

03:30 - Who is Osho and what is his main message?

07:45 - What is love?

09:21: - Love and Truth are one; you can’t love God and hate man

12:50 - Love yourself first before loving others

14:35 - Osho’s thinks ‘love yourself’ is superior to ‘know thyself’

22:00 - Love vs. Lust

26:04 - How can I know love?

33:45 - Love is not an emotion but a verb

38:00 - Ladder of freedom and building your inner castle

43:10 - When you understand love, your life is meditation

44:05 - Challenges

Lessons from '⁠The Power of Now⁠' by Eckhart Tolle.

Eckhart Tolle is a German-born spiritual teacher. His books include, ⁠'A New Earth'⁠ and ⁠'Guardians of Being'⁠. Tolle gained prominence in the U.S. and internationally after Oprah Winfrey endorsed his books.

'The Power of Now' is a spiritual guide to enlightenment through the active participation of being present in every moment of your life. And understanding that true freedom lies in your ability to embrace the present moment.

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Shownotes:

00:00 - Excerpt
07:17 - The parable of the beggar sitting on gold
10:00 - Power of Now = constant flow state
11:15 - Why the word ‘God’ is empty of meaning
14:10 - Stop your mind from using you, become Conscious
17:20 - Dream state is entering pure consciousness
19:20 - The pain-body stops you from inner peace and fulfillment
22:25 - How to live in the Now
25:55 - Thrill seekers are seeking the Now
31:10 - Stop waiting for the future to make you happy and you'll awaken
42:00 - Seek nothing outside yourself
45:00 - Is there such thing as negative or positive in life?
50:04 - How to free your mind from itself?

Lessons from ⁠The Prophet⁠ by Kahlil Gibran.

The Prophet is a collection of 26 prose poetry fables that deal with love, children, friendship, freedom, charity, time and death. The Prophet is one of the most translated books.

Kahlil Gibran was a Lebanese-American writer, poet, and artist. He was born in 1883 in Bsharri, a village in northern Lebanon. He wrote in both Arabic and English, and his works reflect his influences from various spiritual and philosophical traditions. He is best known for his book The Prophet.

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Shownotes:

00:00 - On Identity and Pain

05:13 - Excerpt from "The Prophet"

07:48 - Gibran’s influence on culture

11:57 - The Prophet’s synopsis

12:53 - Unify your reason and passion

15:09 - How to prepare for death

16:43 - How to love deeply

20:43 - How to treat your children

24:13 - How to give with joy

31:08 - Embrace both suffering & joy fully

35:13 - How to work

40:53 - Giving thanks for your food

45:53 - How to seek knowledge within yourself

46:13 - Find solitude always

51:13 - The path is made by walking

Lessons from 'Lean Out: A Meditation on the Madness of Modern Life' by Tara Henely, and 'Tribe: On Homecoming' by Sebastian Junger

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Lessons from ‘Symposium’ by Plato

Plato was an ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Socrates, and a teacher of Aristotle. His works laid the foundational stones of Western philosophy and science

The "Symposium" is one of Plato's most famous dialogues, set during a banquet attended by a group of notable Athenian men. The dialogue is a series of speeches the participants give, each extolling the nature and virtues of Eros (Love).

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Shownotes

00:00 - Introduction

01:45 - Excerpt from ‘Symposium’ by Plato

05:44 - What’s happening in the Symposium

06:50 - Are you not whole until you find your other half?

10:10 - Why Socrates thinks everyone is wrong about love

11:15 - Phaedrus’s notion of self-sacrificial love

13:10 - Different types of love

15:20 - Socrates correcting Agathon on Eros

21:10 - Love is of something that you’re desire

25:18 - Love in on continuum ferrying between the immortal and mortal realm

28:50 - How Diotima initiates Socrates through the ladder of love

42:10 - The Beautiful and Tao

44:00 - The Beautiful makes life meaningful, become a philosopher

47: 15 - Humans seek immortality, true immortality is found in birthing virtues

50:48 - Challenges

Lessons from ‘Tao Te Ching of Lao Tzu’ by Lao Tzu.

Listen to episode 18 for more context on 'Tao Te Ching'

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Shownotes:

00:00 - Introduction

03:08 - Excerpt from ‘Tao Te Ching’ of Lao Tzu

04:00 - Seek Tao in your life and you’ll find rest

09:00 - What is the meaning of your life?

14:50 - Tao is the Eternal Spring and Source

19:35 - Live in Harmony and generously

23:10 - Stay vigilant

25:35 - The importance of rest, know what is enough

28:22 - Be free of desires

31:45 - The overlapping of Taoism and Atman/Brahman

34:50 - Tao is found wherever you are

37:10 - Challenges

Lessons from ‘The Sufi Path of Annihilation: In the Tradition of Mevlana Jalaluddin Rumi & Hasan Lutfi Shushud’ by Nevit O. Ergin

Ergin is the translator of the complete Divan-i Kebir of Rumi’s opus. He is a Turkish-born surgeon. He was initiated into Itlak Sufism under Sufi master Hasan Lutfi Shushud.

‘The Sufi Path of Annihilation’ examines three main parts of the Sufi path of annihilation through zikr, fasting, and mental suffering.

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Shownotes:

00:00 - Introduction

00:00 - Excerpt from ‘The Sufi Path of Annihilation’

09:10 - What is Itlak Sufism, and what is the true and greatest Jihad?

13:40 - Non-dualism is the true state of being, but don’t become a bird without wings

18:33 - The path of annihilation is the essence of all religion

22:22 - The three that leads to annihilation: breath work, fasting, suffering

26:30 - Why anyone can become a Saint

29:25 - The intellectual and experiencer

32:25 - Going to Nothingness and Absence

37:40 - Attaining and experiencing non-dualism, why you shouldn’t belong to religions

43:55 - Is annihilation only for monks?

46:00 - Suffering, death, and remaining unattached to this world

52:30 - The three stages of annihilation

56:00 - Love is the only way towards Absence and immortality

Lessons from “Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences” by Abraham Maslow. Maslow is the American psychologist who developed Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and proposed a theory of psychological well-being based on satisfying fundamental human needs in a specific order, ultimately leading to self-actualization.

The article referenced in the episode: 'Beyond Modern Nihilism: The Revival of Symbollism and Beauty in Art' - https://ijmakan.substack.com/p/beyond-modern-nihilism-the-revival?r=763v5

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Shownotes:

00:00 - Excerpt from “Religions, Values, and Peak-Experiences” by Abraham Maslow

05:50 - Why Maslow thinks we should study peak-experiences

08:10 - What is Peak-experiences? Why Logical Positivism is wrong

14:25 - Mystical experience == peak experiences, the state of B-Cognition

20:50 - Finding meaning, curing nihilism

22:17 - The importance of artists and Humanist scholars for inspiring people to do great things

25:40 - If you’re too materialistic or over religious persons, you can’t have peak-experiences

33:19 - The greatest threat is our valuelessness nihilistic society

35:08 - If there is no beauty, what is there to admire? This creates a bleak society

38:00 - To cross the barrier of science and religion we need good education. Good education addresses the questions of life, meaning, goodness, beauty, ethics, and peak-experiences

44:25 - Aspects of peak-experiences, and attaining new knowledge through it

50:40 - Challenge

52:12 - Announcement