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Some of my teachers and concepts they’ve introduced me to

I was giving some thought the other day to some of the thinkers/philosophers/authors/others that were the impetus for beginning my journey into some key interests of mine. Without discovering these individuals and listening to their teachings I would not be the person I am today. Here they are: Rainer Maria Rilke – empathy, acceptance of [...]

7 Key Tenets to an Experiential Life

A little background first: I wrote this while I was backpacking in Australia during December 2008 and January 2009.  I had been traveling alone for the last 2-3 weeks of my trip and had been forced to acclimate myself to a foreign world and culture. Although Australia is far from atypical America, there are some [...]

Zen Anger Management

A World Without Limits – What’s Next?

As life becomes smoother and less rocky, it’s like being in a state of quietness and then being at total peace. It’s an easy place to stay. It’s comfortable. But you do want more experience, don’t you? If you’re anything like me, then you crave it, you lust for it. We feel the urge inside [...]

Thoughts are cold, but feelings are warm, alive and vital

Every once in a while I go on a reading rampage. In fact, for a three month stretch during my last year in college, I was consistently reading four to six books per week (non course work related) and regularly checked out 15-20 books at a time from the library. In fact, it was a [...]

Questioning our goal of “climbing to the top”

Clarity is feeling, not thinking

“Clarity is feeling, rather than thinking. The pureness of existing is feeling the sensation of life, not thinking about its intricacies.” I pulled this “note to self” from my journal, which is a realization I had on May 14, 2010. Frequently, I catch myself overthinking so many things. Truly experiencing the moment, though, comes only [...]