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self exploration
Self Exploration (day 34) – Saving
Saving is seemingly simple but a tricky concept and even harder to practice. I learned very young. As should probably be obvious from my earlier posts, I’m fairly careful with […]
Self Exploration (day 33) – Resistance
An un-ordered inventory of my resistance (and strength of said resistance): – I’m resistant to cruelty (strong) – I’m resistant to torture (strong) – I’m resistant to deceit (medium) – […]
Self Exploration (day 32) – Waste
Do me a favor. Next time you walk along the streets of your city, take a count of how many pieces of garbage you see. My guess is that from […]
Self Exploration (day 31) – Connected
I am trying to become more connected and I’m realizing this means disconnect. I am learning that in connection I must be unceasing. I think one of the biggest afflictions […]
Self Exploration (day 30) – Music
There are three things that ruled my pre-adult life. 1. Hockey 2. Cars 3. Music Not necessarily in that order. Only one of those passions is still relevant to my […]
Self Exploration (day 29) – Journey
A few years ago now I went to a Henry Rollins talk. He’s notorious for hating the world, but I think that’s just a misconception based on what a man […]
Self Exploration (day 28) – Emergency to Change
My brother showed me a video last night interviewing a fellow by the name of Derrick Jensen. I have much to download and digest from this video still, but it’s […]
Self Exploration (day 27) – Energy
I believe we all have an energy about us. Most Eastern philosophies and beliefs focus on this: Thai massage, Raja-yoga, Buddhism, feng shui, qi… all concentrated on the flow of […]
Self Exploration (day 26) – Visualization
When I was in grade 7 our hockey coach took the whole team to one of my teammates house where his dad got us all to find our comfortable place […]