They say you should love your body, but mine keeps returning my love with hate. I have been good to my body: a lifetime of exercise, healthy food, no addictive habits—I’ve never smoked a cigarette in my life. But she shows no appreciation by giving me constant pain. Chronic pain is menacing and omnipresent. No […]
On the Notion of Doership – The Concept of Nondoership Casts the Self in a New Light
We live in an age of machines. Not industrial machines that blow steam and rumble with cranks and levers like old men ascending a hill. Our machines are code-based algorithms and lightweight robotics. All on the verge of sentience. Like the movie The Terminator, the sky-based AI becomes self-aware. Though many of us are up […]
Transcending Our Pain with the Energy of Deep Seeing
Buddha said Life is Suffering. This didn’t mean much to me beyond a philosophical assertion to be dissected in class at university. That was, until 2006, when my ‘awakening’ cracked open a process of pain release I’d never imagined possible. I came from an academic and politically oriented background, so things like “kundalini” and ‘spiritual […]
Sacred Geometry Tattooing – What is all the hype about?
The concept of Sacred Geometry may be a buzzword to many readers, as some may be completely familiar, and others may be missing the deeper meaning and background of this incredible, often naturally occurring art form. To really dig into sacred geometry is to explain the mathematical principles that control the organization of the world […]
The Reality of Self-Care
Many of us dislike the idea of self-care or like the idea but not the practice. I, for one, think it is the phrase ‘self-care.’ ‘Self-care,’ like other terms in the therapeutic world, has been over-used and lost true meaning. Manifestation and mindfulness are two others that come to mind. All these practices, however—manifestation, mindfulness, […]
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