Hardcore Literature

Ep 67 - How to Create a Powerful Daily Reading Practice

4 de junho de 2023 · 1 h

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Timestamps:

0:00 a powerful morning reading practice
2:00 on staying consistent with your habits
7:00 how I structure readings of scripture
8:00 my meditative reading of Moby Dick
9:00 reading imaginative literature scripturally
10:00 speed-reading vs subvocalisation
11:00 on rereading resonant passages
12:00 theatre of the mind & simple contemplation
13:00 imagination, empathy, applying the senses
14:00 threefold present & eternity in the text
16:00 mindfulness in our everyday lives
17:00 future as string of present moments
19:00 good material for the reading practice
20:00 from Aurelius to Rilke & Tolstoy
22:00 how the practice differs from reading
24:00 how Virginia Woolf read great literature
25:00 why I love reading difficult books
26:00 reading as conversation & act of love
27:00 the ease and joy of the daily practice
28:00 the four steps of my reading practice
32:00 practice walkthrough with Tolstoy
33:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage One
39:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Two
45:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Three
48:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Four
52:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Five
56:00 Tolstoy's Wisdom: Passage Six
59:00 let us know about your practice

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