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One of the hardest things for me to let go of has been… well… I don't know. A feeling of dread? Ennui? Listlessness? Dissatisfaction? Lack of contentment? A dark heavy cloud hiding at the edge of my awareness? I really don't know. And that, in a nutshell, is exactly the problem. How do you let go of …

Inner peace is very easy; Just stop giving a shit. Well, you know, for crappy versions of 'inner peace.' It's very easy to think we're at peace and have finally accepted something, when really we've accidentally slipped into apathy. You might be peaceful, but you probably won't be happy. All healing, growing or goals we have are …

The bible said "Judge not lest ye be judged" — which is pretty funny considering the whole book is chock full of judgement. Touch a football? check. Get a tattoo? check. Sell your daughter as a sex slave? Oh, no actually, that one's ok. Of course, Jesus also said "forget that old testament, honky, all …

I realised a long time ago the truism that "What annoys me most in others is what annoys me about myself". This is one of the reasons I've come back to live with my folks for a while. I'd got about as far as I easily could peering into my own navel. Much easier to …

Remember a while back, I wrote about a more effective version of the Map'n'Tap? Ie, a way to quickly deeply clear everything around any given issue. Well, here's the fastest way I've found if you want to do a whole bunch of maps. Since any mind map should ideally be about a single subject, if you …

I've talked about posture before and how strongly our mind & body are connected. How if we're feeling crappy, we can adjust ourselves physically and our mind will follow. We can do this just with our face (in the west, often the most outwardly expressive part of us) or with our entire bodies. What I've …

I originally wrote about the Map N Tap a loooong time ago. The basic gist goes like this: Most issues (particularly core or long-held beliefs) are like little spiderwebs. There are lots of things tied in around them — both positive & negative (ie, both attachments and aversions). So, to clear out anything significant: Get yourself …

Being a victim means feeling that something or  someone outside ourselves controls some part of our lives. Put simply, we lose connection with the fact that we create every single aspect of our existence. Often it may be difficult at the time to see how or why, but we do. Of course, this can be a …