Coaching practices for The Perennial Philosophy When Starting Out
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- I’m realizing how much of what I believe about myself and the world I just absorbed from somewhere and never actually checked against my own experience
- I walk into the same meetings and conversations already certain how they’ll go, running on a script I wrote long ago
- I only ever stick with things that show me a quick win, and I lose heart fast when there’s no feedback
- Every idea I come up with is basically a tweak on what someone’s already done
- I walk into everything already sure how it’ll go
Practices that may help
- Prioritize direct experience over inherited belief
Test philosophical claims through personal practice rather than accepting them on authority.
The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical - The Perennial Philosophy, Made Practical
The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support. - Approaching a familiar situation with fresh eyes
Before entering a recurring conversation or task, set aside your established conclusions and look again.
Pu: Taoist Simplicity and the Uncarved Block - Cultivate an "acorn brain": plant what you will not harvest
Deliberately invest time and energy in efforts that will only pay off decades from now.
The Good Ancestor: Long-Path Thinking for a Meaningful Life - Reason up from the parts, not by analogy
Build the solution from the fundamentals you kept, rather than copying an existing template.
First-Principles Thinking, Made Usable - Pu — simplicity and the uncarved block
Return regularly to an unconditioned, open state before adding complexity or opinion.
The Tao Te Ching, Made Practical - Creating a philosophical community of practice
Form or join a small group that meets regularly to examine how to live well — not just to succeed.
Epicurean Philosophy: Practical Happiness - Live what you study
Make your practice your philosophy — not a separate reading life and a separate daily life.
Philosophy as a Way of Life - Follow explicit rules and procedures without improvisation at the novice stage
When new to a domain, follow the given rules precisely — understanding comes after compliance, not before.
The Dreyfus Model: Five Stages from Novice to Expert - Quantity first: generate the most ideas possible before evaluating any
The best way to have a good idea is to have many ideas — originality rises with volume, so generate recklessly before selecting.
The Beginner’s Mind in Creative Practice
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The perennial philosophy, synthesized by Aldous Huxley from mystic and contemplative traditions across cultures, identifies a common inner core: a divine or ultimate ground underlying all existence, knowable through direct experience; an inner nature in humans capable of that knowing; and an ethics of love and compassion as the natural expression of that realization. It is not a scientific theory but a philosophical synthesis — its practices draw on contemplative traditions whose psychological effects have increasing observational and some experimental support.
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Test philosophical claims through personal practice rather than accepting them on authority.
Prioritize direct experience over inherited belief
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- How To Live Philosophically
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