The Essential Crazy WisdomClarkson Potter/Ten Speed, 12. sep. 2012 - 256 strani Take a wild and rickety ride through the philosophies of the East and West to discover the madmen, dreamers, and unconventional wisdom seekers in the abridged, better-than-ever version of our best-selling cult classic. THE ESSENTIAL CRAZY WISDOM delivers the most significant, most lunatic, and most compelling insights of the ages. Scoop Nisker patches together the unorthodox teachings that have bubbled up through the words of such crazy visionaries as Rumi, Gautama the Buddha, Mark Twain, Lao Tzu, Albert Einstein, Mahatma Gandhi, Allen Ginsberg, and Lily Tomlin. Discover the common thread in these multiple perspectives and travel on this comedic course to enlightenment!• Original edition sold over 40,000 copies. |
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... being a brother in so many ways and to Ariana Garfinkcl for being Rose's friend; to Barbara Gates and the entire staff of Inquiring Mind for their encouragement; to Robert Fraser for scientific consultations about nothing 1.
... being a brother in so many ways and to Ariana Garfinkcl for being Rose's friend; to Barbara Gates and the entire staff of Inquiring Mind for their encouragement; to Robert Fraser for scientific consultations about nothing 1.
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... being a brother in so many ways and to Ariana Garfinkel for being Rose's friend ; to Barbara Gates and the entire staff of Inquiring Mind for their encouragement ; to Robert Fraser for scientific consul- tations 1 Acknowledgments.
... being a brother in so many ways and to Ariana Garfinkel for being Rose's friend ; to Barbara Gates and the entire staff of Inquiring Mind for their encouragement ; to Robert Fraser for scientific consul- tations 1 Acknowledgments.
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... mind is deeply condi- tioned , biologically , psychologically , and culturally , and what is labeled reasoning is often just the mind making excuses for emotional needs and bad behavior . Reason has become our ideology , but we may not ...
... mind is deeply condi- tioned , biologically , psychologically , and culturally , and what is labeled reasoning is often just the mind making excuses for emotional needs and bad behavior . Reason has become our ideology , but we may not ...
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... mind and given a life sentence . Our punish- ment is to suffer under a life of sentences ; the train of thought runs over our lives . Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ , no kind of eyelid or brake , to mask or block a ...
... mind and given a life sentence . Our punish- ment is to suffer under a life of sentences ; the train of thought runs over our lives . Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ , no kind of eyelid or brake , to mask or block a ...
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... minds . This can be done through prayer , meditation , nature , art , poetry , stories , and song . Behead yourself ! RUMI Some pathways to crazy wisdom are more direct than others . The spiritual masters , especially those in the ...
... minds . This can be done through prayer , meditation , nature , art , poetry , stories , and song . Behead yourself ! RUMI Some pathways to crazy wisdom are more direct than others . The spiritual masters , especially those in the ...
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Crazy Eastern Wisdom 65 | 64 |
Crazy Western Wisdom | 85 |
The Existential Get Down | 101 |
How to Become Crazy and Wise | 129 |
Crazy Wisdom on the Road | 151 |
Crazy Wisdom in the Here and Now | 207 |
Crazy Wisdom Does the Dance of Death | 227 |
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absurd ALBERT CAMUS animal archetypes artists asked atom Baal Shem Tov become begin believe big bang boogers brain Buddha Buddhist Cage called Chuang-tzu consciousness Coyote crazy wisdom crazy wisdom masters created cultures Dada dance death deity earth Eastern sages enlightenment everything Excerpt existence existential foolish fool fourth power Gandhi gods H. L. Mencken haiku holy fools human illusion JACK KEROUAC jester Jesus joke knowledge language LAO-TZU laugh live look meditation Milarepa mind monks moon mystery Nasrudin nature Nietzsche once ourselves Perhaps philosophers physicists planet play poem poet poetry R. H. Blyth reality reason Reprinted by permission right hemisphere Rumi Ryōkan sacred clown scientists sounds space species spiritual story SUTRA Taoist Taoists and Zen tell things Threshold Books trickster TRISTAN TZARA truth twentieth century understanding universe Western WILLIAM BLAKE wise wonder words Zen master