I found concepts related to relative velocity quite challenging when I first encountered it in a physics course. Because I struggled with this topic, I avoided it. The consequence was that I never gained competence in that area.
This changed when I had to teach these concepts to students.
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A few years ago I listened to a conversation between a spiritual seeker and a spiritual teacher.
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There are a few key things that can have a disproportionately positive effect on our lives. These are things that I’ve promoted for years. Not many people are consistent in these practices. But I know that it works. So, I write about them. And I will keep writing about them.
Continue reading “80/20 For A Better Life”There is no lotto to be won, no lucky break, no quick fix. The thing to do is to integrate difficult emotions. To hold the discomfort without condition.
Our lives automatically become better when we process emotional garbage into compost.
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Certain things will never change if there is no inner change. When difficult emotions are avoided, things stay in stasis. When inner blocks aren’t attended to, no outer change will occur. This is true for personal circumstances; it is true for collective circumstances.
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We have a very destructive relationship to pain. We tend to numb and avoid it. Running from pain is a different kind of suffering than facing it. Continually numbing pain with screens, pills, drugs, or alcohol is true suffering compared to feeling it.
Continue reading “Pain Is A Portal Into Presence”Don’t try to “manifest” things. Be Present instead. Meet every moment with Presence and openness. The good parts. The bad parts. Especially the really difficult parts.
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Reading is important. So important, that it gets its own post in the series. Reading takes us out of our own limited thinking. One book can change your life—if you internalise the lessons and ideas.
Continue reading “Inner Work 8 | Read”There is this idea in mindfulness circles that difficult emotions dissipate quickly when we bring attention to them. Although this might sometimes be the case, for the most part, this has not been my experience. This is indeed why I write about emotions so extensively.
Continue reading “Inner Work 7 | Difficult Emotions”If habits are the daily protein that we need to grow, then dreams are like the seasoning. Anyone understands that too much salt will make your food inedible.
Said differently: An intense and vivid dream can point one towards a path—but walking the path can only be done by taking one step at a time. Doing the daily work is equivalent to taking one step at a time. Dreams can be used as a kind of map to course-correct—but one should never be complacent when it comes to physical execution.
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