Get ready to contemplate the nature of reality this week with Julia and Victoria and a special guest as we read A Tale For the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki, the author’s award-winning third novel about two women on different continents in different times connected by a single story.
Follow along as they discuss their theories on what happened to Nao, empathize with the characters’ struggle against existence, and marvel at Jiko the 104-year-old Buddhist nun. Also Julia manages to explain the concept of non-duality on the fly, so she’s pretty proud of that.
Mentioned in the Episode:
Zen Buddhism
Ruth Ozeki’s films
Circe by Madeline Miller
nonduality
quantum computing
ikigai and/or raison d’etre
What to Read Next:
Get In Trouble by Kelly Link
Wolf359 the narrative podcast
This by Michael Gungor
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Dora Bruderby Patrick Modiano
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Things that Bring Us Joy:
Haikyuu on Netflix
Oh Hello the P’dcast
Next Week: