Monthly Archives: September 2011

The Model: “What is the meaning of life” is a needlessly and counterproductively complicated question

by Joshua Posted on September 30, 2011

The past two day’s posts on meaning and complexity in emotions helps us understand the age-old, often asked but never answered question, “What is the meaning of life?”. More importantly, it helps us make sense of a question that doesn’t … Continue reading →

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The Model: the source of all meaning, value, purpose, and importance

by Joshua Posted on September 29, 2011

Most of our greatest life questions and quests involve meaning and values. What things are meaningful and why? What are our values? What is important and why? Looking up words like meaning, values, and importance in the dictionary or Wikipedia … Continue reading →

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The Model: a single cycle is simple. Many cycles get complex.

by Joshua Posted on September 28, 2011

Do you consider emotions complex and bewildering? I wouldn’t surprise me if you did. Many people present them that way, what I call romanticizing them. Making them seem complex and bewildering sells movie tickets, magazines, and books, unfortunately at the … Continue reading →

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Audio interview: don’t just accept, celebrate!

by Joshua Posted on September 26, 2011

You used to get frustrated by taxes, right? You probably don’t like getting older. We all prefer accepting things we can’t change to frustration, disappointment, etc. You’ve learned to improve your life through acceptance. Why stop there, implying the thing … Continue reading →

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