🌀🐇 #23: altered states app, stoicism meditation, how we make decisions

​ ​ ​ ⚡️ Enlightening Bolts Can't miss gems of the weird and wonderful 🧘‍♀️ The Daily Stoic Mindful Review: HighExistence's own Jon Brooks guides you on a meditation to act with calm amid chaos. [Listen here.](=)​ 👁 An App For Altered States: Experience an immersive journey through a constantly shifting kaleidoscope of colors created by your subconscious. [Try the Lumenate app.](​ 🤔 Philosophical Dichotomy Test: Discover where you stand along multiple dimensions including egoism and altruism. [Take the test.]()​ 🐘 Elephant In The Brain: A visual explanation of how humans make decisions. [See it here.]()​ 📸 Kinda Cool, Kinda Creepy: Deep Nostalgia can turn 100-year-old family photos into moving videos. [Read more here.]()​ 🎇 Image of The Week ​ Hyperion is the world's tallest living tree measuring in at more than 380 ft. (taller than the Statue of Liberty and Big Ben). It's a roughly 600 year old coast redwood tree that towers above every other tree on the planet. Where is it? A secret location within Redwood National Park in California. 🕵️‍♂️ You Imposter When venturing into territory outside of your comfort zone, it's not uncommon to feel like an imposter. "Who am I to be doing this?" is the question that rings in the ears of so many people on the cusp of a new beginning. It's so easy to see supreme confidence and competence in those you admire while minimizing your own ability. Here's the thing: the people you admire were once exactly where you are. So please, don't let the dreaded "imposter syndrome" keep you from trying something new. Embrace it. Understand that feeling like an imposter does not mean you're lacking something. It does not mean you should not keep going. It can be a GOOD sign. It means you see many ways you can improve. Of course, seeing how you could be better can feel overwhelming and daunting. But when you accept you don't need to be perfect, you instead experience the imposter's gift: you see the details that lead to a path of greater mastery. You have ample material to slowly hone your craft and refine your skills. Imposters grow more than self-perceived know-it-alls. Embrace it. 🪦 Farewell Letter Enjoy this beautiful poem from David Whyte: FAREWELL LETTER She wrote me a letter after her death and I remember a kind of happy light falling on the envelope as I sat by the rose tree on her old bench at the back door, so surprised by its arrival wondering what she would say, looking up before I could open it and laughing to myself in silent expectation. Dear son, it is time for me to leave you. I am afraid that the words you are used to hearing are no longer mine to give, they are gone and mingled back in the world where it is no longer in my power to be their first original author nor their last loving bearer. You can hear motherly words of affection now only from your own mouth and only when you speak them to those who stand motherless before you. As for me I must forsake adulthood and be bound gladly to a new childhood. You must understand this apprenticeship demands of me an elemental innocence from everything I ever held in my hands. I know your generous soul is well able to let me go you will in the end be happy to know my God was true and I find myself after loving you all so long, in the wide, infinite mercy of being mothered myself. P.S. All your intuitions were true. 🤓 Learn This Word Simplexity: Definition from Peter Wipperman: "We long for simplicity and satisfaction. Simplexity therefore stands for a balance between the growing complexity of daily life and our own personal satisfaction. In order to attain this state, we have to stop always striving to make optimal decisions. In the future, it will be more important to make judgments that are just good enough." ⏳ From The Archives A hand-picked classic HighExistence article ​[What if Money Were No Object? — Alan Watts on the Meaning of (Your) Life](=)​ My dear readers, please, by the suggestion of Alan Watts take a moment to ask yourself: “What do I desire?” Think about this deeply now. Take the time to listen to the entirety of Watts’ famous 3-minute “What would you like to do if money were no object?” monologue while pondering what you truly desire, then keep reading: ​[Keep Reading](=)​ 🎬 Endnote We hope you enjoyed this issue of Down The Rabbit Hole. Feel free to reply and tell us what you think. Share this with a friend and brighten up their day. Simply click forward and send it their way. We'll love you for it too. :) With Wonder, Mike Slavin & The HighExistence Team P.S. Did a friend forward you this email? Read previous issues and sign-up to receive future issues here: [(​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​[Unsubscribe]( | [Update your profile]( | 40 E. Main St. #1137, Newark, DE 19711 [Built with ConvertKit]()