Don't Miss It 🌀🐇 #109 12 hour walk, mindful metaverse, love your solitude

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A new mindset. A life-changing experience. An opportunity to grow. [Learn more here.]()​ 🎮 The Mindful Metaverse: Shift your mood within minutes with the TRIPP virtual reality experience that uses guided visualizations, applied mindfulness techniques, healing binaural audio, and captivating breathing exercises. [See it here.](=)​ ⏸ PAUSE: A Waking Up In-App Retreat. [Learn more here](=)​ 🎇 Image of The Week ​ "This is a real picture of a real building. It's the ceiling of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona, started in 1882 and still unfinished. It was designed by Antoni Gaudí, one of the world's greatest ever architects." [Learn more here.](​ ✍🏼 Nervous System Mastery ​ Our friend and previous [podcast guest]() Jonny Miller is running the second cohort of his online bootcamp: [Nervous System Mastery](=). I know Jonny in the 3D world and the man is not an armchair philosopher but a real practitioner. He knows how to apply scientific insight to create marked improvements in well-being. You'll learn evidence-backed protocols to cultivate greater agency over your internal state. Applications close on October 29th and the cohort begins on November 7th. If you apply, just mention you came from HighExistence! ❤️‍🔥 Love Your Solitude Enjoy this passage from the beloved poet, Rainer Maria Rilke: “Therefore, dear Sir, love your solitude and try to sing out with the pain it causes you. For those who are near you are far away... and this shows that the space around you is beginning to grow vast.... be happy about your growth, in which of course you can't take anyone with you, and be gentle with those who stay behind; be confident and calm in front of them and don't torment them with your doubts and don't frighten them with your faith or joy, which they wouldn't be able to comprehend. Seek out some simple and true feeling of what you have in common with them, which doesn't necessarily have to alter when you yourself change again and again; when you see them, love life in a form that is not your own and be indulgent toward those who are growing old, who are afraid of the aloneness that you trust.... and don't expect any understanding; but believe in a love that is being stored up for you like an inheritance, and have faith that in this love there is a strength and a blessing so large that you can travel as far as you wish without having to step outside it.” 🤓 Learn This Word Murmuration: the phenomenon that results when hundreds, sometimes thousands, of starlings fly in swooping, intricately coordinated patterns through the sky. [See it here.](=)​ 🤯 HighExistence Housekeeping HighExistence is a collective of creators devoted to spreading wisdom, wonder, and well-being. Here I'll keep you updated on the latest happenings in our ecosystem: 🏛 Jon Brooks recently released a meditation course on Insight Timer called The Stoic Survival Guide to Navigating Troubled Relationships and Toxic People. [Learn more here.](​ ☕️ Ronan Loughney recently published this article entitled Quitting Coffee — Why coffee is (potentially) a big problem and how I finally quit. [Read it here.]()​ ⏳ From The Archives A hand-picked classic HighExistence article. ​[Friedrich Nietzsche’s Guide to Conquering Your Existence](=)​ In Nietzsche’s most popular book, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, he described what would become one of his most memorable theories — that of the Übermensch. In English versions of the work of Nietzsche, “Übermensch” is translated as “Superman” or “Overman”. The term “Superman” has adopted many connotations as a result of the comic book hero in popular culture, so for many scholars today, “Overman” is the more suitable term. “Overman” refers to Nietzsche’s conception of a man who has literally overcome himself and human nature. In essence, an Overman is one who has superseded the bondage of the human condition and reached a liberated state — one of free play and creativity. This state can be seen as the state of the pure individual, a person unencumbered by the influences and authorities of society and other people. This person wills their own destiny, creates their own values, and dances with the game of life to the tune of their own spirit. In Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Nietzsche writes of three spiritual metamorphoses that must be undergone for the individual to reach the state of Overman. These transformations are rather prescriptive in nature, and thus can be seen as a sort of guide to becoming Overman, or liberating one’s spirit. 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