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Focusing Now: An Introduction to the 25th Anniversary Edition 20210206 - FOCUSING:A Tool For Changing Times This book is about the wisdom of body. I know that our organ has their own "memory" and "habit", but never thought much about it.   Good to learn something new. part one - UNLOCKING THE WISDOM OF YOUR BODY 20210206 - 1. The Inner Act It's about "deep feeling". We normally get distracted by rationality and emotion. Rationality cannot tell us "what we really, really want". Emotion doesn't tell us where it comes from. Bodily wisdom tells us the source of our problems. 20210207 - 2. Change Focusing and bodily sense is like "Epiphany". It's the approach to find out our subconscious. Our subconscious is buried in many layers of "explanation". We need to keep digging until reaching the real bottom. Our mood is always changing. Normally we don't know why it goes up, and we don't know why it goes down. When I ...

20210125 - Foreword / by Abraham Verghese  Bachelor degree in English and Biology. Master degree in English literature. In the end, Paul Kalanithi became neurosurgeon. He looks has India ancestry. There seems a ultimate goal for the purpose of his whole life: this book. 20210126 - Prologue When facing the possibility of our own death, even doctors are scared. They act like normal people: try to avoid the reality. They don't want to follow "the first principle".   Black Swan is everywhere. Rarely happens, but we can see them everywhere. Nobody is exempted. So, it's better prepare for them. It's inevitable like it nor not. 20210131 - In perfect health I begin Excellent gene, together with reading, guarantee success. Even without much help from school and parents. Have two jobs at the same time is normal. But one as a chef, and one as a scientist? That's not normal! Paul Kalanithi is wise. We get great at something if we keep it in our mind all the time. Inspirat...