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# I came across this short video
- URL: https://letters.michaelmaddaus.com/blog/is-life-a-problem-or-a-mystery-2/
- Published: 2025-02-23T12:24:49.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-23T12:24:49.000Z
- Author: Michael Maddaus
- Tags: Newsletter

from James Low yesterday and wanted to share it - it's only 29 seconds long:

James is a psychologist and meditation teacher who has an incredibly unique series of lectures on the [Waking Up app](https://www.wakingup.com/?ref=letters.michaelmaddaus.com) called Clarity and Equanimity, in addition to his own Youtube channel: [James Low - Dzogchen and Buddhist Teachings](https://www.youtube.com/@jameslow?ref=letters.michaelmaddaus.com). 

In this Youtube Short, James gives us a reminder of the power framing to alter our perspective and even aspects of our mental health.

I would add a nuance to this. Sam Harris in the Waking Up app talks about life being a series of problems to be solved. I agree, and there is absolutely no doubt that problems always come knocking on the door of our lives. 

So I would reframe James Low's frame to Life Is a Mystery that brings up problems that we all have to solve. 

This frame offers a lighter touch to being alive, and one way I work to keep this mindset or attitude front and center is when I am out walking my girl Juno (my dog) I always spend time ***looking up***, into the bright sunshine, the stars, or the clouds. 

Looking up takes me away from me, which I have more than enough of most days, and into the mystery James talks about. 

It is also a reminder to not take this whole project of living so damn seriously.

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