{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Perennial Meditations","title":"Confucius on Two Kinds of Lost | Perennial Meditations","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":246,"description":"📮 Want tools for the art of living? Sign up here: https://perennial.substack.com/subscribe\n\n“Learning without reflection is labor lost. Reflection without learning is perilous.” \n— Confucius, Analects\n\nThe first type consumes everything—self-help, philosophy, psychology, spiritual wisdom. They can quote books, explain concepts, and pinpoint what needs to change in their lives. Yet, despite all this knowledge, nothing actually changes. Reading has become a substitute for action. \n\nThey might know more about patience than anyone else, yet they remain the least patient person in the room.\nThe second type is always in motion. They've stayed in the same job, relationship, or recurring struggle for years, calling it experience. Yet it's not true experience; it’s the same year repeated endlessly, without pausing to reflect on the lessons it offers. \nThey remain busy and exhausted, but rarely wiser. [...]\n#philosophy #lifelessons #meditation #podcast\n\n---\n \n 🖇️ Stay Connected: \nInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/perennialmeditations/\nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerennialMeditations\n---\n \n🦉 Additional Resources: \nPerennial Meditations archive: https://perennial.substack.com/archive\nListen to more podcasts: https://www.perennialleader.com/podcasts\n---\n📌 Chapter Markers:\n0:00 Introduction \n0:25 Quote \n0:35 Meditation \n2:35 Practice \n3:00 Closing","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/S9nkr-A73R2aawPu1a8VCgtIH30UnQCenCk2Bl1jeUU/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYTJl/MDY5YTc3YzI1ZDI4/YTk4N2I5MTkwZDA0/NjBkMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}