Ewen's Newsletter - August 21, 2024
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Film: The Ascent (1977)
Synopsis: Two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the winter cold, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.
Book: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
About: Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a foundational work of Western literature and is widely considered to be Friedrich Nietzsche’s masterpiece. It includes the German philosopher’s famous discussion of the phrase ‘God is dead’ as well as his concept of the Superman. Nietzsche delineates his Will to Power theory and devotes pages to critiquing Christian thinking, in particular Christianity’s definition of good and evil.
Music: Something More Than This
Artist: Dj Vianu
Reflections
"Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
"It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well." - René Descartes
"He who knows himself is enlightened." - Laozi
"Fears are nothing more than a state of mind." - Napoleon Hill
"I never teach my pupils. I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn." - Albert Einstein
Project Update
I’ve decided to make my film Śūnyatā an exclusive feature for subscribers to my newsletter, for reasons revealed soon — I’ll keep you all posted.
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Grateful For
This week, I’m most grateful for: How simple life actually is.
What are you grateful for this week? (You’re welcome to share with me. But I encourage you to share your gratitude with those close to you)
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The Philosophy of Focus
When I was younger, I used to have a very set way of looking at the world. Like most growing up, I used to have an unwavering set of beliefs that were almost stuck on me. But as I’ve gotten older, all those beliefs have gradually fallen away to the point where I can’t even remember most of what I used to believe in. And now I don’t hold any beliefs. None whatsoever. And I am aware that this is quite antithetical to what most tell us. People say “You have to believe in something”, “You have to believe in yourself”, etc., etc. But I don’t believe in anything anymore.
What has brought this on has been my widened perspective. As I’ve come to new realisations of life, I’ve realised more ways in which I could disprove my beliefs. And quite naturally, my beliefs have eased. It’s not that I don’t have thoughts anymore. It’s just that I don’t believe any of my thoughts are true. They’re just words that float through my mind.
But what does all this have to do with focus?
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Ewen
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