Is It True
Is It True
❝ Many of our ideas and beliefs about ourself and the world are so deeply ingrained that we are unaware that they are beliefs and we take them, without questioning,…
Notice
How
❝ How you do anything is how you do everything.❞ I first heard this quote in a Rich Roll podcast with Buddhist monk Wu De (#RRP 151). The underlying teaching…
Already Home
It’s become a bit clearer of late. What I seek, what I’ve always sought, so much closer than ever imagined. Throughout my life there’s been a sense of something, an…
Sense of Being
Sense of Being
Sitting quietly, where is the focus? Listening to Life or to thoughts?The mind is a miraculous tool, no doubt. But it’s also a random noise generator. It weaves fantastical dances…
Eternally Free
Who
Years ago, I had the belief that experiencing bliss and peace required toning down my emotions so that my actions would be more measured. This approach was inherently not blissful…
No Separation – No Opposition
We humans divide existence into things, feelings, and ideas. We then separate them from each other by believing them to be independent parts. What we misunderstand or, more precisely, misrepresent…
(Irish) Sunset
Empty Concepts
There was a time when I fully embraced nihilism, which is ironic since the philosophy rejects fundamental aspects of human existence. But I was looking for a way to express…
Discernment
Discernment
° Tenderness when catching a hangnail while donning a sock.° The irritation of rough fingertips in a knitted mitten.° Frustration with a thread that won’t let go its static cling.°…
Crucible
Look Within
Bare yourself raw.Burn away the padding.Confront it all.See past the illusions.Connect with your divinity.The legend of a jealous Brahma trying to keep humans from discovering their divinity.❝ Brahma called a…
Listen
❝ If you’re listening to the body when it whispers to you, you don’t have to hear it scream.❞~Nils van der PoelThis post is not another archetypal analysis of the…
Silence
Open Questions
The quote at the bottom of this post resonates directly with one of the most important aspects of living a human life: awareness of the space in-between. In my late…
Process
Connected Living
Two very special friends have agreed to crew for me at the Ultraman World Championships 2022. I am humbled by them as individuals and that they choose to be a…
Sanctuary
Nothing about the spot in front of this fireplace ever gets old. It’s certainly a safe place for me, but what else? While talking with my coach about movement patterns…
Simplicity
❝ I have little to no interest in extreme mystical states—I have enough on my hands chopping wood and carrying water. I would be truly disappointed if some mystical shortcut…
Sunrise
Health
Several years ago I battled with depression. It was hell. Thanks only to a dear friend who actually heard me, and realised the severity of my state, did things turn…
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