Curious Curation
Videogames have gotten harder to turn off — a concern that has mental-health experts and parents questioning the impact of gaming on players’ lives. The Wall Street Journal’s Sarah E. Needleman has the details: Videogames: Harder to Turn Off Now?
David Amerland writes: “I had time on my hands this Sunday as the internet was down so I found myself indulging in my other pastime: museums. This one had me thinking deep. This is a remarkable statue dating to Roman Times in North Western Greece so it is approximately 1900 years old. It is very well preserved but what it depicts is of greater interest.
It shows Hercules as an old man. Draped over his right shoulder is the hide of the lion he killed as one of his labors. But gone is the vigor of youth. No more bulging muscles or chiselled cheekbones. His face is round. His body soft, slightly rotund. The usual steely gaze replaced by a more thoughtful mien.”
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“When a ruler is silent on the subject of virtue, the people are discouraged from practicing it. Meanwhile, a ruler who revels in riches encourages thievery. Value virtue over wealth, and the people’s hearts will be at rest. Wise rulers do not accumulate treasures, but seek to quiet the hearts of their people. They soothe the people’s appetites and strengthen their bones. They treasure innocence, and protect the simple from the schemes of the clever. When a ruler practices restraint, everything will be in peace.” Chapter 3
“The Tao that can be understood is not the eternal, cosmic Tao, just as an idea that can be expressed in words is not the infinite idea. And yet this ineffable Tao is the source of all spirit and matter; expressing itself, it is the mother of all created things. Not to desire material things is to know the freedom of spirituality; and to desire them is to suffer the limitations of matter. Yet these two things, matter and spirit, so different in nature, have the same origin. This unity is the mystery of mysteries, and the gateway to spirituality.” Chapter 1
Still hard to get over the fall of Bill Cosby. Some of my fondest memories are growing up listening to Bill’s comedy albums with my dad. Albums like Bill Cosby is a Very Funny Fellow… Right:
Maybe not so much…
Other Bill Cosby posts:
The spiritual legacy of a ‘big hitter’…
Not familiar with the ‘big hitter’ part? It comes from the movie Caddyshack…
Carl Spackler’s iconic Dalai Lama monologue is one of the most famous improvised scenes in comedy history. He tells the story of becoming a “looper” in the Himalayas and caddying for the religious leader. [1, 2]
The legendary dialogue from the 1980 classic Caddyshack goes like this: [2, 3]
In this scene, Carl Spackler (Bill Murray) recounts to Angie D’Annunzio how he once caddied for the Dalai Lama in the Himalayas. After witnessing the Lama hit a long ball into a crevasse, Carl recalls the Lama’s famous, nonsensical words: “Gunga galunga… gunga, gunga-lagunga.” Upon finishing the round, Carl expects a tip, but instead receives a promise of “total consciousness” on his deathbed, concluding with the iconic line, “So I got that goin’ for me, which is nice”. [2, 3]
You can find the full script and additional quotes on the IMDb Caddyshack Quotes page. [1]
[1] https://www.tiktok.com/@cliprush.101/video/7546759198290283807
[2] https://scottdistillery.medium.com/great-scene-caddyshack-e2a32ef04ebf
[3] https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080487/quotes/?item=qt2803286
The hilarious obituary of Massachusetts man, Chris Connors (67), who passed away in 2016, claims he died of stubbornness and whiskey: Is this the greatest Irish obituary ever?
Kids’ video game obsession isn’t really about video games. It’s about unmet psychological needs: Why kids are obsessed with the Fortnite video game
A new study finds that sleep-deprived people feel lonelier and less inclined to engage with others, avoiding close contact much like those with social anxiety. Worse still, that alienating vibe makes the sleep-deprived more socially unattractive to others, according to researchers at the University of California, Berkeley. And well-rested people feel lonely after just a brief encounter with a sleep-deprived person, potentially triggering a viral contagion of social isolation. The study appears in the journal Nature Communications. “We humans are a social species. Yet sleep deprivation can turn us into social lepers,” said study senior author Matthew Walker, Ph.D., a UC Berkeley professor of psychology and neuroscience. Notably, researchers found that brain scans of sleep-deprived people as they viewed video clips of strangers walking toward them showed powerful social repulsion activity in neural networks that are typically activated when humans feel their personal space is being invaded: Poor Sleep Can Set Off Viral Loneliness & Social Rejection
In an emotional interview, a fellow music legend remembers the Queen of Soul’s “sincerity” and influence: Stevie Wonder reveals his last words to Aretha Franklin before she died
The classic Tao Te Ching . . . reveals how both action and contemplation are paths to experiencing harmony, peace, and unity amidst diversity. It exemplifies both the Bodhisattva’s skillful means of being there while getting there, every single step of the way: The Way of All Things – Center for Action and Contemplation
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