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The Magic of Embodiment: The Role of Body in Resolving Anxiety & Conflict

21 Apr 2026

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

The Nauseating Discomfort of Facing Core Stories

10 Mar 2026

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

The Other Side of Pain

5 Sep 2023

The field is raw and empty. Several campfires spread across the land and a few of them are still breathing their last breaths but no one is around to receive their fading warmth. Everything is soaked in the dusk and the face of the field has started trembling with muffled echoes of the dark. In … More The Other Side of Pain

Seeing With The Flesh: How our bodies tell us what to see and how to see it

9 Jun 2022

The mind simulates situations and reads threats into them, quite innocently, to make sense of uncomfortable sensations and unpleasant feelings. As a result we end up seeing in our visual field more than what’s there. We may see a monster in our spouse, an enemy in our friends, etc., and we do so by projecting malicious intentions onto others’ behavior when we are bothered by our own sensations. In a sense, the bodily sensations warp our our visual field: we actually see the world not with the eyes but rather with the flesh. … More Seeing With The Flesh: How our bodies tell us what to see and how to see it

Nonduality & The Wisdom of Unpleasant Feelings

2 Jun 2022

The more we practice tolerating and welcoming unpleasant feelings, the more trust we develop in being ok with not being ok, that every time we cross our invisible fences, we access a new level of freedom and the opportunity to explore the unknown parts of ourselves that contain indefinite potential for growth and success. … More Nonduality & The Wisdom of Unpleasant Feelings

Abandoning your fear of abandonment? Don’t!

24 Mar 2022

I feel a tingling sensation in my legs; it feels so uncomfortable that I’m compelled to fold my legs or sit cross-legged. My breathing is so shallow I feel I am out of breath. It feels like there is a black-hole in my chest trying to pull me inside. All of this started out of … More Abandoning your fear of abandonment? Don’t!

Quantum Tunneling into a Better Version of Yourself

14 Mar 2022

Quantum tunneling is a quantum phenomenon in which a subatomic particle breaks through an impenetrable barrier and moves into a new state that would be considered impossible to access based on the laws of classical physics. Think about throwing a baseball at a wall with the intention of getting it past the wall. The baseball … More Quantum Tunneling into a Better Version of Yourself