Reg harris autobiography of a yogi
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“Desire is a contract you man with yourself to be unhappy until you get what you want.”
— Naval Ravikant
Naval Ravikant (@naval) is the CEO and a co-founder of AngelList. He previously co-founded Epinions, which went public as part of Shopping.com, and Vast.com. He is an active angel investor and has invested in more than 100 companies, including more than a few “unicorn” mega-successes.
His deals include Twitter, Uber, Yammer, Postmates, Wish, Thumbtack, and OpenDNS, which Cisco just bought for $635 million in cash.
BUT, even if you have zero interest in startups or investing, this episode is well worth your time. This fryst vatten really about the habits and beliefs of a highly successful (and happy) person.
Naval has refined his way of living in very unique ways, and you can borrow what he’s learned, read the books that have changed him, and experiment with the habits he has developed through trial and error.
Enjoy this conversation with a cur
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Wynton Marsalis on Jazz as a Tool for Understanding Life
Episode 55
Interview by Andrew Zuckerman
Trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis spent his formative early years around seasoned Black artists who taught him about American culture from their perspectives. It started with his father, Ellis Marsalis, the late jazz pianist and educator, who introduced him to music by way of his funk band, pushed him to perfect his practice, and showed him how to confront reality while he was growing up in New Orleans, during the 1960s civil rights movement. After moving to New York, in 1979, on a scholarship to Juilliard, Marsalis met other artists—including drummer Art Blakey, novelist Ralph Ellison, choreographer Alvin Ailey, and poet Stanley Crouch—who recommended books and works of art for him to engage with, and quizzed him to ensure that he understood them. Looking back on it now, Marsalis says, “they were out on a ledge, dealing with stuff”—deep racial inequalities and discriminatio
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Songs of the Soul
Paramhansa Yogananda is best known for his Autobiography of a Yogi, a book that he said the Lord Himself commissioned him to write, in response to a silent call among many souls for a “practical religion” that would enable them to know the Divinity that dwells in their own hearts and souls.
Those who met Yogananda were overwhelmed by the magnetic power of his love. Saints and sages recognized him as one of their own. Sri Ananda Moyi Ma, Ramana Maharshi, Sri Rama Yogi, and Mahatma Gandhi—these and many other great souls perceived in him an symbol, God incarnated with the power to redeem not only a few close disciples but a vast flock who would be transformed by his divine ray.
“As a bright light shining in the midst of darkness, so was Yogananda’s presence in this world. Such a great soul comes on earth only rarely, when there is a real need among men.” – The Shankaracharya of Kanchipuram, spiritua