Reviews
A wonderful glimpse into the physicalities of our bodies and capabilities of our brains. It covers a range of various topics that all eventually build up a life, with a few exercises to practice to touch back on our child-selves and to be less frightened by death—but equally use its force to deepen every hour of this life.
Some things feel a bit paradoxical, but that, essentially, is what life, and more eternally, every existence, is and will ever be.
I got this book in hardcover copy. It is beautifully printed on fine quality paper and has many interesting paintings, pictures and graphs. So it was quite a pleasure to hold and read. Mind & Body illustrates various reflections and exercises that help to connect our mental and physical selves. As usual with the School of Life books, it helps me to cultivate a sense of calm.
Highlights
From fear, we delay the lives we know we should leading.
The potential of daydreaming is not recognized by societies obsessed with productivity. But some of our greatest insights come when we stop trying to be purposeful and instead respect the creative potential of reverie.
Melancholy is not fury or bitterness; it is a gentler species of sadness that arises when we are open to the fact that disappointment lies at the heart of human experience.
“There’s a limit to how well we can get to know someone whom we will only ever sit with in a coffee shop”
This book appears on the shelf Science Fiction
