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About nomadoftheuniverse

Nomad of the Universe, nobody special, Buddhist, student of Ram Dass. I write about happiness, meaning and spirituality. My book on Love Addiction is out on Amazon now.

Create for the sake of creation

Real success is the aliveness you feel when you create something new. It has nothing to do with external results. Success occurs when you inhabit a space in the universe where you connect with flow. Once you learn how to … Continue reading

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Fail at your career to discover your true self

The successful careerist may find that the darkness embroiled at his centre is the part that wishes to fail in order to open other neglected parts of his life; when he becomes his failure he no longer has to carry … Continue reading

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Happy New Year! 🎇

Today happens to also be my birthday so I wanted to mark the year end here. I leave you with this spiritual meme from the channel I follow on IG. Have fun 🎪, be lazy/do nothing, eat and be merry … Continue reading

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Art therapy — A Girl With Perimenopause, Vermeer style

A girl with a pearl earring she is not. She is a perimenopausal woman in her mid 40s who gets up at dawn to apply cold estrogel to her thighs and dry it with a hairdryer before she goes to … Continue reading

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Pathless Path

Nothing is ever straightforward. Everything is a fucking paradox. Every question has not two but a multitude of answers. Walking to the job of my dreams feels like being led to the gallows. I am not okay with a building … Continue reading

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“Rest is resistance. Free yourself from grind culture and reclaim your life”

You are enough simply by being alive. Thank you for living. Thank you for resisting. Thank you for creating. Thank you for dreaming. Thank you for resting.

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Expand, don’t contract

I’ve been doing this practice lately where when I catch myself contracting — getting tense emotionally (the knot in the stomach) or hang up on something mentally (someone said something or acted somehow, and that triggered a reaction), I try … Continue reading

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It’s raining monks 😊

I love art by René Magritte. His Golconda (below) made me wonder how it would look like with a Buddhist twist and if it was staged in nature. I can’t paint but AI can, better than me anyway, so the … Continue reading

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“Nahuatl Blessing” — Native American Prayer

Video source: TikTok I release my parentsfrom the feeling that they failed me…I release my childrenfrom the need to bring me pride,so they may carve their own pathsaccording to what their hearts constantly whisper in their ears. I release my … Continue reading

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Feeling empty inside

“Rather than seeing this emptiness as something to be feared or immediately filled, consider it an invitation to question and reimagine. It’s your soul’s way of saying that you’re ready for something more meaningful, more aligned, and more genuinely yours … Continue reading

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Why we are more alone than ever. Friction, uncertainty, love and AI. Esther Perel with Trevor Noah.

A fascinating discussion on the state of modern psyche between two people who I really admire and respect. I found their thoughts on the loneliness epidemic and its relation to uncertainty particularly insightful.

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“Listening to Our Ancestors’ Voices”

With practice, we can see that our wounded child is not only us. Our wounded child may represent several generations. Our mother may have suffered throughout her life. Our father may have suffered. Perhaps our parents weren’t able to look … Continue reading

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Job search Buddhist style

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How to overcome fear of loneliness

My loneliness was shaped like absence.I had not fear — but terror — of it,Sobbing into a pillow every night,Grasping at people, things and momentsTo fill the void. I felt alone in a large family in a small house,Watching fireworks … Continue reading

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A mundane life

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