How disturbing and gut-wrenching, to find no tongue of one’s own in the midst of life, to realize that in one’s supposed home, one has been living as a guest and driven by invisible forces and subliminal cues, the so believable patriarchs with obscure figures and convincing whispers, the echoes of the old! With all … More The Null
Every experience unfolds in layers. What begins as a simple sensation gradually becomes a feeling, a meaning, a story, and finally a behavior. Most of our suffering does not arise from reality itself but from the layers the mind builds upon it. By learning to recognize this process, we can begin to respond to life directly instead of being driven by old patterns that seek to resolve an inner tension. … More The Layers of Lived Reality: from Sensations to Behavior
Not every unpleasant sensation is a messenger of threat, but if we treat them like that, then we find ourselves running into the attic of the mind and to weave more stories, to try to fix, manage, and control. We will end up living most of our lives in that tight space, instead of dwelling in the expansive space of the heart which is open and free of the need to interpret, judge, and read into the spontaneous flux of life. … More The Magic of Embodiment: The Role of Body in Resolving Anxiety & Conflict
To surrender is to gently shift focus from the projection, from the face we’ve given to the problem (which is often a scary face), to the objective parameters of the alleged problem. We’d often be surprised to see that in reality there’s barely ever a problem in front of us; it is rather our tendency to avoid imperfect decisions that keep us in the projection.
But who came first? I or the story? Who’s the storyteller, and who is the listener? What do you believe deep down? What do you hold true about yourself? And what’s the origin of these truths? And who verified them and gave them the status of truth? What if none is true? What if I float? What if the water is murky! What if I drift away, hit something, or be bit by a surprise! … More The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories
I have lost my tongue between the two worlds, I have felt two depths, and I haven’t found my own I stepped back out of fright, little did I know that it was the rope of the heart pulling me back, and I receded to the soft edge of the world where all dreams begin. … More The Passage of Simurgh
Fall is inevitable, for it provides the ground for the rise of the new types. But one can choose to fall a graceful fall where one gives and elevates others instead of a fall of which no one has ever heard. … More If You Have to Fall, at least Fall with Grace
The most dangerous manipulation isn’t loud or cruel, it’s gentle. It hides behind smiles and small favors, pretending to care while quietly asking for approval in return. This kind of kindness doesn’t come from love, it comes from fear, the fear of not being seen. It gives to be noticed, not to nourish. True kindness doesn’t need witnesses or repayment; it flows freely because it’s full. … More The Leash Made of Silk: The psychology of manipulative care & kindness
All behavior is a mask shielding us from the feelings we fear most. Unmasking begins by setting the behavior aside so we can finally see what it was covering—then facing those very fears. From avoidance we move to tolerance, from tolerance to acceptance, and finally into love, where suffering itself is transformed. … More The Play of Masks: How to Drop the Mask of Behavior and Love Your Suffering
The true, creative affirmation is not the affirmation of the tongue but the affirmation of action, for only through action can things be brought into existence.
Just for today, I’ll visualize how my best version would be acting today, and I act as if I’m already established in that version. … More Painting Your Best Self: Transforming Affirmations into Action
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