Life is Weird: Second Edition PDF Download

Author: Daniel B. Martin
Publisher: Prefuture Publishing
ISBN: 1735097306
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 168

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Book Description
Practical philosophy comes back to life in this nonfictional work, which is constructed around stream of consciousness diary entries from my travels in Hawaii, California, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland, all the way back around to the soft sandy shores of Oahu. This Second Edition of Life is Weird contains numerous revisions and clarifications, which ultimately lay a much stronger foundation under and through thoughtfully recycled contents of the original's uncertain footing. Life, in its unfolding, presents us with surprises. Our intimate constructs of normality are constantly challenged by unfamiliarity. Each of us is thrust into life at birth. Our lives are spent tossing about in a sea of change. We are incessantly presented with a world within which we have both the possibility of and an obligation toward action. Nestled behind the curtain of consciousness, it is often what we do not see which holds strong influence over our lives. In short, the process of Being entails becoming. For humans in particular, life, the process of becoming, involves decisions, losses, gains, and more importantly, the potential for positivity and happiness. At times comical and intentionally highly self-reflective in nature, the mission was simple: forget cultural biases and see the world through a fresher set of eyes. The study of conscious experience, known philosophically as phenomenology (a scary sounding word to some), is the method used to blur the boarders between philosophy and nonfictional literature. Those blurred lines are brought into greater focus through this edition. Interwoven into the diary entries are a number of essays on different concepts and themes. All of which revolve around the larger question of: What makes us human? Or, what makes a 'subject' a subject? What does the weirdness, discomfiture with existence and periodic sensations of malaise stem from? Is it a product of the world itself, or, our minds play within life and the world? More importantly, what drives help us to move forward in our life journeys, despite constant weirdness of unfamiliar and unsettling nuances? This is a book of suggestions; of suggested questions, and answers—from an admittedly limited perspective. This text was not created to be an authority, but an inspiration: to think, dream, wonder and wander. An enlightening overture, into your own intimate internal process of self-realization and subjectivity. It merely highlights some of our human potential, capacities, and apparent obstacles which seem to limit those potentials and capacities. Unlock the secrets behind the curtain. Open your eyes and become excited for whatever comes around the next bend. Explore the nature of your fears, find your liberation, instill in yourself the courage to grow and to live a life of wonder—a good life.