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The Wisdom of Trauma with Gabor Maté #ptsd #mental health
I have learned about Gabor Maté from his work with psychedelics and then discovered his amazing work on understanding addiction and childhood trauma. This documentary is a beautifully made summary of his work and the many people he helped over … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, addiction, childhood, Gabor Mate, happiness, happy, healing, nomad, ptsd, therapy, trauma, universe
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Surviving the pandemic – TikTok videos that soothe, inspire and uplift #happiness #anxiety
#3 This is exactly how I felt most of 2020 – do you relate? (source)
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Tagged anxiety, covid, depression, emptiness, happiness, happy, lockdown, nomad, pandemic, poem, tiktok, universe, video
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Transforming Anxiety – with Elisha Goldstein and Action for Happiness
Fear + Uncertainty = Anxiety. How true. Who has not felt anxious in the last year? Elisha Goldstein says that 1 in 12 of us used to suffer from anxiety before the Covid pandemic, and now it is 1 in … Continue reading
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The Egg – a beautiful story by Andy Weir
A friend’s partner lost her dad to covid recently and he asked us for resources on grieving. Among other resources, I found this beautiful story by Andy Weir about death, after death, God and reality. The animated version is above.
Goodbye, the winter of the soul. Blessed, we sing a song to spring.
Last year was hard. Many of my friends are mystics or psychonauts, both of which often come with existential crises, dark nights of the soul, depression and unemployment. As the social roles and identities fall off, the soul reawakens and … Continue reading
Five Hindrances – going beyond emptiness
I have recently watched this talk on five hindrances to self-mastery by Master Shi Heng Yi. I read about Five Hindrances, a concept new to me – desire, anger, restlessness and worry, sloth, torpor and boredom and doubt (I memorised … Continue reading
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Non-doing does not mean inaction. Love yourself through stuckness.
While there will always be a part of you that finds comfort in complacency and overwhelm in the presence of change, the key is to encourage yourself in every step, and to be patient when results may vary, so you … Continue reading
Change the world by being yourself #happiness #selflove
What is it with us and self-love? Even the most advanced practitioners and spiritual seekers seem to struggle with it and specifically the thought of being judged by others. The infamous “what will people think” is a big one. For … Continue reading
The light of the void. The void of the light #RamDassMusic
Where do you stand in relation to hope? Are you hopeful? Or is it hopeless? Both of them are traps. Best place to stand is half way between hope and hopelessness. Standing nowhere, being everywhere. Doing what you do. — … Continue reading
