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May 17, 2022
Personal Growth
Love

Spell Love T.I.M.E

Schedule your priorities. If you're like me, your priority will be spending quality time with the people you love, then schedule that in your calendar too!
May 10, 2022
Awakening
Zen
Taoism

Taoism, Meditation and the "Self-So"

Don't meditate with the desire to be awakened. Meditation, and maybe, you will be awaken
May 10, 2022
Stoicism
Happiness

What the Stoics teach us about dealing with negative events

How you react to events around you shows who you really are.
March 6, 2022
Awakening
Conscisouness
Spirituality
Zen

Enlightenment and awakening is accessible for all.

"I think; therefore, I lose touch with who I really am."
March 6, 2022
Mental Health
Conscisouness
Meditation

4 simple steps to deal with overthinking and rumination

An important step towards enlightenment and awakening.
March 6, 2022
Spirituality
Zen
Conscisouness

You are the world, an inter-dependent expression of God

Like a flower comes from a tree, we, people, come from the world. We are not a lost piece of the puzzle, somewhere at the back of the cupboard. Nature doesn't have independent parts of a puzzle. All components are interdependent on one another.
March 5, 2022
Meditation

My personal experience with Transcendental Meditation

Why I quit TM and how letting go of that practice led me to experience true awakening
March 5, 2022
Personal Growth

The way to change the world NOW - and create unshakeable joy in the process

Here is a few ways to create unshakeable true joy, love, and happiness.
February 25, 2022
Spirituality
Stoicism
Philosophy

On war, and the curse of the human condition

As Russia invades Ukraine, let us reflect on war, and the curse of the human condition.
February 24, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism
Zen

Too curious? or not enough?

Like with all virtues and in all things of life, we must find a balance.
February 25, 2022
Personal Growth
Mental Health
Self-Love

How to deal with loneliness - a Taoist approach

Are you craving better, more meaningful relationships? That's great. We, humans, need these connections; we need to feel part of something.
February 21, 2022
Zen

What is Zen? Story of a Millipede

Tell a fish that water is part oxygen part hydrogen and it will die of laughter
February 19, 2022
Zen
Spirituality

Are human lives worth more than other lives?

Last night, for some reason unknown, this thought came into my head: if I was put in a position where I could save a human being, or save another animal, say a whale or a dolphin, which would I try to save?
February 19, 2022
Personal Growth
Happiness
Mental Health

Don't let the fear of a problem become the source of your problem

"Many are harmed by fear itself, and many may have come to their fate while dreading fate" - Seneca in Oedipus.
February 19, 2022
Happiness
Personal Growth
Mental Health

How to let go of other people's opinions

"To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man."-- William Shakespeare - Hamlet
February 19, 2022
Personal Growth
Self-Love

The One true path to Self-Love, self-esteem and self-confidence

In this article, I would like to talk about self-esteem and how you can increase your own, creating unshakeable self-confidence in the process.
February 19, 2022
Personal Growth

Mind and Soul Judo

Judo = the easy way. Release resistance to find peace
January 31, 2022
Mental Health
Personal Growth
Spirituality
Stoicism
Zen

Finding your Center | Yin & Yang + Stoic virtues

As we prepare for a new week, I would like to share with you a few thoughts on the polarities of life, and how you can work on finding Ch'an (Zen) or your centre.
January 4, 2022
Mental Health
Happiness

Exercise Vs Zoloft

Exercise is an anti-depressant drug... a healthier and cheaper one.
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Personal Growth
Ancient Wisdom

The wisdom of Confucius

"The master said, if out of the three hundred songs I had to take one phrase to cover all my teachings, I would say 'Let there be no evil in your thoughts."
January 4, 2022
Happiness
Personal Growth

How comparing yourself to others makes you unhappy

You can't be envious and happy at the same time. People who pay too much attention to social comparisons find themselves chronically vulnerable, threatened, and insecure.
January 4, 2022
Happiness
Personal Growth

Why people with goals are happier

"... working toward a meaningful life goal is one of the most important strategies for becoming lastingly happier."
January 4, 2022
Spirituality

The Law of attraction is BS

I am often asked about manifestation. How to, and does it work. I am not quite sure why i get so many of these questions on the law of attraction. Maybe it is because I teach meditation, and that therefore I go into the woo woo and esoteric category? Probably... Here is my response
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth
Happiness

Anger, rat poison snack, and forgiveness

I once heard that anger is like wanting to get rid of rats by eating rat poison and hoping it will kill them...
January 4, 2022
Self-Love
Personal Growth

Let's talk about self-love

Let us not confuse self-love with self-care.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth

Finding your purpose by serving the world

In this article, I reflect on purpose, on false societal hierarchies and on aiming at service when contemplating on our purpose.
January 4, 2022
Meditation
Spirituality

Why you should NOT do the Transcendental Meditation course

The Transcendental Meditation course is not only extremely expensive, but it also claims that it is the best and only way to meditate. This is of course, not true. I regret doing the TM course, and here is why.
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism
Ancient Wisdom

Make time for philosophy

The average person will be fine in watching 28 hours of television per week, but they have no time to study philosophy and improve their lives.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth

How to make better decisions?

But not all decisions are equal. The decision to filter time-consuming, non-essential tasks and events is one of the critical decisions to make that you should not avoid. The alternative is going to default and saying yes or no to everything and anything. Instead, decide what is essential to do, and do only that.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth
Mental Health

Forgiveness and the Ego

This was not meant to be a blog article, but rather a personal contemplation on forgiving my parents. This is indeed a question that many of us ask ourselves: Should I forgive my parents? In this contemplation, we try to tap into or realization of Ego, in order to establish how forgiveness should happen, and indeed, if it should happen.
January 4, 2022
Philosophy

Make Time for Philosophy

“Aren’t you ashamed to reserve for yourself only the remnants of your life and to dedicate to wisdom only that time can’t be directed to business?”
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism

We were all born good. Philosophy keeps us that way.

“The human being is born with an inclination toward virtue.” Marcus Aurelius
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism
Ancient Wisdom

Magic happens deep within ourselves

“Dig deep within yourself, for there is a fountain of goodness ever ready to flow if you will keep digging” — Marcus Aurelius
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism
Personal Growth

It takes courage to eliminate the non-essential

You need to act with your heart, in the face of fear, to do what is RIGHT for you to do, and you need to do this, no matter the consequences.
January 4, 2022
Stoicism
Philosophy
Ancient Wisdom

How to live by design and not by default — The Stoic Way

We all have our defaults, and it doesn’t really matter if they were created by us in the past or by the surrounding influences that guide us to x or y direction. It is time that we take control of our lives, starting with our decisions and our management of time and energy so that we don’t let ourselves be the victims of whatever “life” imposes on us.
January 4, 2022
Spirituality
Philosophy
Ancient Wisdom

The Art of Peace begins with You

It all begins with you. That doesn’t mean that you should be centered on your ego, or self-absorbed in any way. On the contrary, it all begins with you means that it all begins with you as your naked self.
January 4, 2022
Stoicism
Philosophy
Ancient Wisdom

Reflect on your mortality

The reason why I am very interested in the way stoic philosophers ponder daily on their mortality, is partly because when we do so, when we deeply internalize the fact that today might be our last day, and this action, this task might be the last thing we do, we completely change our mindset towards what is really important, what is really essential
January 4, 2022
Philosophy
Stoicism
Ancient Wisdom

Every breath you take is a near death experience

“The risk of dying is always there, use this at your advantage” — Raphael Reiter
January 4, 2022
Stoicism
Philosophy

Take a nap on your death bed today

You don’t have to wait until the very last moment to take a nap on your own death bed. Reflect on your mortality today, and everyday.
January 4, 2022
Ancient Wisdom
Spirituality

Gratification is pulling us away from the art of peace.

It is time that we let go of the immediate, yet fictional gratification that comes with external success.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth
Philosophy
Stoicism

The pursuit of success can be a catalyst for failure.

Focus on that task, like it is the first task. Focus on that task, like it is the last task. It might very well be so. Give it your heart, and the outside success (money, fame, whatever) will come as a by product of your excellence, love and commitment to your work.
January 4, 2022
Mental Health
Conscisouness
Happiness

Expressing your opinions is making you sick and depressed

We have lost the ability to sit back, and simply observe an event, an experience, an egg roll, without engaging our ego to the occasion. And that is quite dangerous. We must learn to let go of our judgements and disengage our egos. This is a matter of sanity.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth
Stoicism
Productivity

Carpe Diem — Today is the day

Everyday HAS to have the same kind of urgency as if you knew for a fact that it was your last day to do your greatest work. That doesn’t necessarily mean that you will die tonight or tomorrow, although it is of course possible. But life brings many surprises, good and bad. Many things can happen and make today the last shot, the last opportunity to get this task done, to accomplish this goal.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth

Being inspired vs being “self-inspired”

“Reflect, then,” he said, “that your ancestors set up those trophies, not that you may gaze at them in wonder, but that you may also imitate the virtues of the men who set them up.” — Demosphenes
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth
Spirituality

Should you be passionate? Does passion bring suffering?

Should you be passionate? What is passion? Is passion suffering? Today's article aims at contemplating passion.
January 4, 2022
Spirituality
Personal Growth

The Seven Spiritual laws of success: What is Success?

This article aims to answer the question: What is success? following the wisdom of Deepak Chopra and Coach John Wooden
January 4, 2022
Spirituality

5 tips from the Buddha for a good life.

Here are 5 great tips from the Buddha himself to help us live a good life
January 4, 2022
Productivity
Personal Growth

Wasting time on wasted time — the paradox of not being able to let things go.

We sometimes find ourselves in a loop of automated thoughts, and these thoughts grow and never stop. Why? Because they never arrive to a satisfying conclusion. We need to learn to let go.
January 4, 2022
Spirituality

Is what you are doing worth it?

You shouldn’t have a priority list, because the word priority literally means: something that is prior to anything else. The one and only thing that you should get done now.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth

Are Priorities for Cowards?

When someone is lost in his or her list of “priorities”, you can sense the stress and anxiety. The fear, the angst. Most of the time, it doesn’t get better. It gets worst. The list grows multiple times per week, per day even. The anxiety grows with it. It becomes a vicious spiral, a turmoil of events moving uncontrollably. It gets harder to calm it down. We start losing the little strength we had left, we burn out and quit.
January 4, 2022
Personal Growth

How to deal with difficult things? (And Toxic People)

"If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself but your own estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment"
January 4, 2022
Stoicism
Philosophy
Personal Growth

Time is a River: A Stoic Exercise to Change your Life

“Time is a river, the resistless flow of all created things. One thing no sooner comes in sight that it is hurried past and another is borne alone, only to be swept away in its turn. Reflect often upon the rapidity with which all existing things, or things coming into existence sweep past us and are carried away. Even while a thing is in the act of coming into existence, some part of it has already ceased to be.”
January 4, 2022
Spirituality

The Love and Space Paradox

We all have a craving, and intrinsically yearning for that theory of the unified field. We have this craving of connexion of all things, not through energy or love, but precisely because everything is made, at the source, from pure energy.
January 4, 2022
Meditation

How to start a meditation Practice, part 1: WHY

How to start a meditation practice: part 1: Why. I find that it is very important, before making the decision of starting a meditation practice, to know why we need or want to meditate. Read more -->
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