In today's episode of The PhilosHippie, we dive into the illustrious topic of awe and wonder and what its most fundamental experience consists of. I argue that goosebumps, chills, or the term frisson, is the biological marker for when our soul feels most alive and vibrant and what implications lay behind it. Then I bring in some ideas as to how we can go about living a life infused with awe and wonder in our day-to-day routine lives.

Lemme know your most awe filled and wondrous moments in your life and also if you experienced frisson or goosebumps during that experience in the comments below! I would love to hear your personal stories!

Sources Used:

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ph...

• Husserl: Phenomenology and the Life World

Merleau-Ponty, M., & Smith, C. (1962). Phenomenology of perception. Routledge.
https://www.thecollector.com/what-was...

Tom Cochran (university of geneva) “music, emotions, and the influence of the cognitive sciences”

https://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...

• Why Music Can Give You Chills & Goosebumps...

https://ggsc.berkeley.edu/images/uplo...

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/big-5...

In this episode of the PhilosHippie Podcast, we explore the concept of flow pioneered by the psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi can be used to help us lead more eudaimonisitc lives. I draw parellels with Aristotle and Taoism in order to help us understand in greater detail how we can embody lives filled with flow and try to provide some practical examples as to how we can go about doing that.

Do you think living a flowful lifestyle can be used as an adequate philosophy as a way of life and alternative secular spirituality? And do you think it can help us live eudaimonistic lives? Let me know in the comments below and anything else you found enlightening in this video!

Sources used for research:

Aristotle. (2024). Nicomachean Ethics - Aristotle. Lebooks Editora.

Cai, Z., Bruya, B., & Laozi. (2020). Dao De Jing. Princeton University Press.

Csikszentmihalyi, M., & Corren, D. (2024). Flow: The psychology of optimal experience. Recorded Books.

Jay, M. (2024). The defining decade: Why your twenties matter and how to make the most of them now. Canongate Books.

• Ep. 2 - Awakening from the Meaning Crisis ...

https://www.theschooloflife.com/artic...

https://www.flowresearchcollective.co...

In this episode I delve into what the increasingly popular label "spiritual but not religious" means exactly and how this phrase does not provide much guidance and clarity in our spiritual journeys due to its inherent vagueness. I dive into what these terms mean in their roots and how gaining a better understanding between the nuances of spirituality and religion can help us to live our lives with greater intentionality. I then propose my own label people can use instead of "spiritual but not religious" that can hopefully shine greater light and luminosity to our personal journeys.

Resources used while researching for this video:

https://www.academia.edu/36533331/Spi...

https://www.theatlantic.com/membershi...

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/...

Hadot, P., & Davidson, A. I. (1995). Philosophy as a way of life. Blackwell.