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Philosophers In Space

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The Virtue of Flexibility

A big part of learning how to have really, really great experiences as an adult for me, I think have been relearning how to play. There is a passage in The Dow, several passages that talk about child's mind. They call that the kind of playful engagement with the world that the Taoist Sage can do effortlessly all the time but the rest of us struggle so much with every day. Flexibility of mind really is the key virtue, you know, like your ability to not get too uptight in one narrative gestalt is where it's at in mindfulness 99% of the time.

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