# james hollis (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover james hollis. Page: Feed: --- ## [REVIEW: Identity A Novel (Milan Kundera)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/08/review-identity-a-novel-milan-kundera/) _2026-08-17 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ Milan Kundera’s Identity is a book about becoming, about the way in which identity ebbs and flows. Nothing happens in isolation; every action triggers a reaction between Chantal and Jean-Marc. This sense of change is contrasted with a Kafkaesque sense of anxiety, with doors being shut, the sensation of losing one’s autonomy, and feeling of being stripped of one’s identity. She is naked, but they… ## [On Place, Space and Belonging](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/08/on-place-space-and-belonging/) _2026-08-14 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ I was recently driving through Box Hill. I was taken aback by how much it had changed. Although the town hall is still there, much of the rest of it has been rebuilt. Same, same, but different. It is no longer the place I remember. With this in mind, there is something strange in reading Fiona Hardy’s Unbury the Dead . The novel takes the reader on a suspenseful journey exploring the intertangled… ## [REVIEW: Solar (Ian McEwan)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/07/review-solar-ian-mcewan/) _2026-07-28 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ Ian McEwan’s Solar centres on Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best scientific work is firmly in the past. Banking on his reputation, Beard gives expensive lectures, lends his name to institutional letterheads, and half-heartedly leads a government-backed initiative aimed at tackling global warming. While he is professionally stagnant, his personal life is defined by chaos,… ## [REVIEW: When Words Fail Us (Stan Grant)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/07/review-when-words-fail-us-stan-grant/) _2026-07-24 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ Stan Grant’s When Words Fail Us: Truth Beyond Time is a wandering essay that explores how we might find meaning in a fractured world. Grant meanders through a labyrinth of concepts—words, poetry, God, music, history, time, and mathematics—creating a text that is as much a provocation and a wonder to the reader as it is a firm declaration. The book originated from his Simone Weil Lecture on Human… ## [REVIEW: Death’s End (Cixin Liu)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/07/review-deaths-end-cixin-liu/) _2026-07-23 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ I started Cixin Liu’s Death’s End genuinely wondering where the conflict with the Trisolarans would settle. In the end, they proved to be the least of the problems. Looking back at the trilogy as a whole, it’s clear that Remembrance of Earth’s Past operates differently than series like The Lord of the Rings . While the core themes of interstellar existence weave through all three novels, the… ## [REVIEW: Finding Meaning In The Second Half Of Life (James Hollis)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/07/review-finding-meaning-in-the-second-half-of-life-james-hollis/) _2026-07-20 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ James Hollis’ Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life is less a book of advice than it is a challenge to the idea of adulthood. While most milestones—career, marriage, home ownership—are sold as the finish line, Hollis argues that they are merely the prelude to the real work of life. We often enter our thirties and forties assuming that adulthood is the “respite of stability we expected.”… ## [BEING AND BECOMING – BUT WHY?](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/being-and-becoming-but-why/) _2026-07-05 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “People decide to live a spiritual life, they think it’s going to be all flower petals and incense; but really it’s much more like ‘I can’t eat my dinner because I’ve just learned something upsetting about myself.’” ~ David Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D. Transcending the Mind What is the reason that you are a student of … Continue reading BEING AND BECOMING – BUT WHY? ## [REVIEW: The Course of Love (Alain de Botton)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/07/the-course-of-love/) _2026-07-04 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ Alain de Botton’s The Course of Love is a philosophical exploration of long-term relationships, using the marriage of its central characters, Rabih and Kirsten, as a case study. The text is a blend of fictional narrative with philosophical essay. It follows a chronological timeline, tracking the life of Rabih and his wife, Kirsten, from their initial meeting in Edinburgh to the inevitable… ## [Music, Expectations and Deterritorialization](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/06/music-expectations-and-deterritorialization/) _2026-06-29 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ I think there is something about the plurality of the ‘z’ in Twinkle Digitz. For a one-man band, it often feels like there are many voices and personalities. Whereas layered vocals and harmonies are usually in support of the lead - acting as sonic texture rather than distinct entities - Twinkle Digitz feels different. Every voice jockeying for attention, each with its own personality to push… ## [REVIEW: Miles – An Autobiography (Miles Davis)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/06/miles-the-autobiography/) _2026-06-29 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ In Miles Davis’ Miles: The Autobiography , he recounts a time when he attended a dinner at the White House. He discusses being trapped at a table with a politician’s wife who asks Miles if jazz is “art in its truest form” or if they are just ignoring it because it comes from Black people. To Miles, this is someone trying to be hip while being deeply ignorant. So he responds, calling out what is at… ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NCWu2sTD9mDA) _2026-06-29 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [REVIEW: Switched On (Albert Glinksy)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/06/review-switched-on-albert-glinksy/) _2026-06-24 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ With smartphones and laptops everywhere these days, providing easy access to soft synths at the click of a button, it is easy to forget how revolutionary early synthesisers were and how much effort they demanded. This is brought to the fore in Albert Glinsky’s book Switched On - Bob Moog and the Synthesizer Revolution . Switched On is part history and part biography, intertwining between the Bob… ## [REVIEW: Dickens and Prince (Nick Hornby)](https://readwriterespond.com/2026/06/review-dickens-and-prince-nick-hornby/) _2026-06-20 · Aaron Davis · Read Write Respond_ After my daughter saw Michael , the Michael Jackson biopic, she asked the inevitable question: Michael Jackson or Prince? Both artists rose to prominence simultaneously, and the media has long linked them - not just because they were Black male pop icons born in 1958, but because they represented two distinct versions of the global superstar. In Dig If You Will the Picture , Ben Greenman… ## [WHAT IS MINE TO DO? HOW AM I TO DO IT?](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/what-is-mine-to-do-how-am-i-to-do-it/) _2026-06-17 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility.”~ bell hooks Few questions are more important to an individual than the question “What is mine to do?” This question calls forth a sense … Continue reading WHAT IS MINE TO DO? HOW AM I TO DO IT? ## [THERE IS SUFFERING AND THEN THERE IS SUFFERING](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/05/13/there-is-suffering-and-then-there-is-suffering/) _2026-05-13 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “There are, then, two kinds of experiences which we call suffering —that which is totally unproductive, the neurotic state of meaningless depression, and that which is the essential condition of every step on the way to what C.G. Jung has called individuation.” ~ Helen Luke When Ernest Holmes wrote that the world had learned all … Continue reading THERE IS SUFFERING AND THEN THERE IS SUFFERING ## [YOUR RELIGION IS WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/your-religion-is-what-you-do-every-day/) _2026-05-01 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “Your actions speak so loudly, I cannot hear what you are saying.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson (attributed) The Latin origins of the word “religion”– In Latin religiō originally meant ‘obligation, bond’. It was probably derived from the verb religāre ‘tie back, tie tight’ (source of the English word rely), a compound formed from the prefix re- … Continue reading YOUR RELIGION IS WHAT YOU DO EVERY DAY ## [A UNIVERSE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES IS OUR HOME](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/04/25/a-universe-without-boundaries-is-our-home/) _2026-04-25 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ In recognition of the 100th Anniversary of “The Science of Mind” Text, 1926 Edition, let us look at living in a universe without boundaries and how psychic phenomena fit into that idea. “We are not limited by actual boundaries, but by false ideas about life and by a failure to recognize that we are dealing … Continue reading A UNIVERSE WITHOUT BOUNDARIES IS OUR HOME ## [LIVING JOYFULLY IN THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD: A RECIPE FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/living-joyfully-in-the-sorrows-of-the-world-a-recipe-for-spiritual-growth/) _2026-04-13 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.”~ Joseph Campbell Reflections on the Art of Being: A Joseph Campbell Companion During the past two weeks, I attended a retreat and a convention in the United States. Both had the idea … Continue reading LIVING JOYFULLY IN THE SORROWS OF THE WORLD: A RECIPE FOR SPIRITUAL GROWTH ## [FOLLOW YOUR BLISS – IN THIS ECONOMY?](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/03/20/follow-your-bliss-in-this-economy/) _2026-03-20 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “When the world seems to be falling apart, the rule is to hang on to your own bliss. That is the life that survives.” ~ Joseph Campbell The essential message of the work of Joseph Campbell over half a century can be distilled down to one often misunderstood phrase: FOLLOW YOUR BLISS. Campbell was a … Continue reading FOLLOW YOUR BLISS – IN THIS ECONOMY? ## [LIVING AUTHENTICALLY IN CHALLENGING TIMES](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/01/29/living-authentically-in-challenging-times/) _2026-01-29 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “Whatever happens, stay alive. Don’t die before you’re dead. Don’t lose yourself, don’t lose hope, don’t lose direction. Stay alive, with yourself, with every cell of your body, with every fiber of your skin. Stay alive, learn, study, think, read, build, invent, create, speak, write, dream, design. Stay alive, stay alive inside you, stay alive … Continue reading LIVING AUTHENTICALLY IN CHALLENGING… ## [WE ARE IN A TIME OF POLYCRISIS – WHAT IS BEING CALLED FORTH FROM WITHIN?](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/we-are-in-a-time-of-polycrisis-what-is-being-called-forth-from-within/) _2026-01-08 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ “If you’ve been feeling confused and as though everything is impacting on you all at the same time, this is not a personal, private experience. This is actually a collective experience.” ~ Adam Tooze, Historian According to Wikipedia, a polycrisis (from the French polycrise) is a situation in which multiple, distinct crises (economic, environmental, geopolitical, … Continue reading WE ARE IN A… ## [Stop CI/CD & Supply-Chain Attacks (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/sVYDnjaqoIOY) _2026-01-08 · **Sponsored**_ Per-PR: 17 CI/CD checks and package malware scans with inline Check Run findings. ## [ON INTEGRITY](https://newthoughtevolutionary.wordpress.com/2025/11/22/on-integrity/) _2025-11-22 · JimLockard · New Thought Evolutionary_ Integrity is a shared process. Integrity is interrelational. Integrity is contextual. Integrity is integrating. Integrity is unscripted. Integrity is a kind of super-attention. Integrity is watching for the cracks in what you thought you knew. Integrity is willingness to learn together. ~ Nora Bateson Integrity is an important word and concept. It is critically important … Continue reading ON…