When I see the 9,096 visible stars under the background symphony of the jungle noises, or when I contemplate the 602,200,000,000,000,000,000,000 atoms (wow!) in each breath reaching the 40 trillion cells and many more molecules of my stretching body, as I savour a ripe mango, as I float in the Gulf of Thailand listening to … Continue reading I sleep outdoors and do Yoga to just be
My body screamed at me, "Mistake! Mistake! Mistake!" but it was too late. In 8 seconds I had already fallen more than 300 meters and in just 50 more seconds would collide with the earth 12,000 feet below me at 200 kilometers an hour. My life was over. I would never hold her again. I … Continue reading Fear is Old Technology
Sometimes the things we are trying to avoid are the very things we might benefit to confront. A good example of this is found in my best friend M-, who has a great job supporting a high-net-worth humanitarian whose goal is to be the largest donor ever to walk the face of the earth. I … Continue reading The miraculous improbabilities connecting us
In linguistics a sign is something that points to something else, and in some way, shape or form, everything is a sign, everything points to something else by virtue of its existence, we therefore always live in interpretation, making sense of signs, understanding say, smoke to indicate fire, clouds to indicate rain, harsh words to … Continue reading be empowered by your originality
You have probably heard about the Eastern concept of the Ego. It is described as the 'thinking mind', something we can get great value from paying attention to, but so depressing and unhealthy if we only rely on it. We live in a society where the thinking mind is ruling, the "new" religion is science … Continue reading Faith Versus Reason – Intuition Versus Logic
We saw a lot of churches the last day in Prague. The heavy Gothic style with all it's allegories showed Christianity's worst sin; to doubt God. Later that evening I got a mail that made me doubt, nothing but doubt, I saw no solution. I felt terrible, the doubt really got me. I flew home and … Continue reading To Doubt is Depressing and Unhealthy
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