Stay Empty, Stay Curious
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A talk I gave a while ago at Creative Morning Hanoi about dealing with an unexpected twist in my life. In this talk, you'll see - Curiosity is not only "Oh what's that?". It's also "OH, that's interesting. I wonder what that means to me?" (which is of course much easier said than done) - A definition of Curiosity: the pursuit of Joy in the unknown. https://www.facebook.com/creativemorningshan/videos/195776677686873/
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- 2. Curiosity (n) (dictionary) a state in which you want to learn and know more about something (my own) the pursuit of Joy in the unknown.
- 3. I wasn’t planning on being here…
- 4. “What you love, you will lose…”
- 5. then
- 6. Where would I be? Silly visa issues…
- 7. then
- 9. “Seriously, your chasing the next adventure seems to be an attempt to escape something. It seems that you have to be with whatever you have a hard time being with. Perhaps you need to pay your debts of gratitude by serving something there before you can be released.”
- 10. “Choosing Curiosity over Fear” -Elizabeth Gilbert, author of “Eat, Pray, Love”--your friend here-
- 11. Fear of going home… - Stuck in old patterns - Unfinished family messiness
- 12. Home: what touches you so much that you want to help transform it. Making home > going home.
- 13. Deep Boredom: a state of existential meaninglessness. An anti-creativity.
- 14. Caution: do not try getting to know your fear alone at home … …unless joy is so important that you dare risking the comfort of your old self.
- 15. Old you Deep Boredom Death Old you Deep Boredom JOY Curiosity New You An (al)chemical reaction
- 16. Curiosity and the meaningful life - Meaning comes from walking the uncertain path. - Curiosity: seeking out newness with an eye to discover meaning.
- 17. On questions “Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves […] Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything.” - Rilke
- 18. Respect the Unknown My life => LIFE
- 19. Stay empty, stay curious. Medium.com/@khuyenbui Khuyenbui.com
Editor's Notes
- Not everyone has to have this level of introspection, but if you do, your life will have meaning.
- I’m actually different enough to handle it.
- TALK ABOUT MY DYING LIFE HERE. I’ve got to move. The sign has started way way before. No, I don’t advocate you to follow your passion – I think it’s not a good advice – but I’d advocate you to practice listening to your own little voice. May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own uneaseTo discover the new direction your longing wants you to take.
- No, I don’t advocate you to follow your passion – I think it’s not a good advice – but I’d advocate you to practice listening to your own little voice. May you have the wisdom to enter generously into your own unease - To discover the new direction your longing wants you to take.
- Some sorts of dying inside. Something is missing in life. I was ready for a change. Where do you get the courage? Love life enough to say No to anything that doesn’t serve it. How relevant it is to the creative people? Because your life. I have friends who have quit everything to work in a farm… I’m not there yet.
- Only then can you craft your own meaning in the world. But curiosity can also find expression in pure forms. And so from time to time, we pack our bags, buy tickets, and head off in random directions, both inward and outward, to potentially unpleasant and unhappy places. And we still enjoy ourselves.