Bowen Dwelle

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Bowen is Currently Reading

Bowen Dwelle is currently reading

Matrimony: Ritual, Culture, and the Heart's Work

by Stephen Jenkinson

bookshelves: currently-reading, society, philosophy

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read in February 2026

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Meditation Made Me Do It: How Sitting to Do Nothing Can Change Everything

by James Brown

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The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time

by Alex Korb (Goodreads Author)

bookshelves: currently-reading, psychology, depression

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Bowen’s Quotes

“The hard things in life, the things you really learn from, happen with a clear mind.”
― Caroline Knapp, Drinking: A Love Story

tags: addiction, alcoholism, growth

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“Let me be more aggressive: we are largely better at doing than we are at thinking, thanks to antifragility. I’d rather be dumb and antifragile than extremely smart and fragile, any time.”
― Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Antifragile: Things That Gain From Disorder

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“People who are in wu-wei has de, typically translated as "virtue," "power," or "charismatic power." De is radiance that others can detect, and it serves as an outward signal that one is in wu-wei.”
― Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
― Seneca

tags: inspirational

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“If we have to translate it, wu-wei is probably best rendered as something like "effortless action" or spontaneous action.”
― Edward Slingerland, Trying Not to Try: The Art and Science of Spontaneity

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