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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.

Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it #fear #art #create #write

Posted on August 27, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse
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Undoing is as important and difficult as doing #happiness

Posted on August 13, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

Sometimes undoing is as important and difficult as doing and takes as much time. Sometimes people who seem to lead average lives are actually working to transform themselves from within. Sometimes learning what you are not is as important as … Continue reading →

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Have more or need less?

Posted on July 31, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

Buddha had nothing when he died. By modern standards he was destitute and homeless. Yet he died not being afraid of death (and isn’t it the life’s biggest achievement?). He died in peace. He made a huge difference in many … Continue reading →

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The secret of being happy

Posted on July 16, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse
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When your negativity alarm goes off, keep your energy safe in the happiness bubble

Posted on July 10, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

  Jack Black studied and coached extraordinary, very successful people for a long time. In the process, he narrowed down their success to 5 characteristics, one of them being an unshakable positive mental attitude. Jack then shared a simple, yet very effective … Continue reading →

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Be who you are #happiness #love

Posted on July 2, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse
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4 ways to improve close relationships #happiness #love

Posted on June 25, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

From Dr. Elaine Aron, psychologist and author of the international bestsellers The Highly Sensitive Person and The Highly Sensitive Person in Love. I recently contributed on Kickstarter to her new documentary because I am an HSP and I liked her first documentary. Do novel … Continue reading →

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Unsure what to do in life? Move towards your fears

Posted on June 17, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

So many years spent pondering the direction, the why, and here such a simple advice, in a couple of lines. Eureka moment indeed. Golden words. Now what is it you are most afraid of right now?

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Video blogging as a self-introspection and self-discovery tool

Posted on June 11, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

Grace and Frankie on Netflix is a hilarious, but also very smart show. It’s there that I’ve seen Frankie use video blogging to self analyse and get to the bottom of things. It’s used privately, a bit like writing in … Continue reading →

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Alain de Botton’s The Course of Love is the encyclopaedia of real love #happiness

Posted on May 23, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve recently been to the book launch event – Alain de Botton, one of my favourite opinion leaders, a modern philosopher with a melancholic outlook on life snippets of which he shares on his Twitter account, wrote a new book … Continue reading →

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Fear and love addiction: do you love not to fear? #happiness

Posted on May 15, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

I continue to quote Lissa Rankin’s The Fear Cure, the book that taught me a lot about fear. I’ll start with this one: Studies show that most emotions last no longer than 90 seconds unless we attach stories to them. … Continue reading →

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Ego vs Self

Posted on April 30, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

Here’s what the Ego believes: 1) Death is real. The Ego believes that our existence is defined by our physical flesh. When the body dies, we die. There is no life beyond life. 2) Time and space are real. The … Continue reading →

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Dissecting fear: part 1, based on Lissa Rankin’s The Fear Cure #happiness

Posted on April 17, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

I was going to do it a while ago. Below are the top quotes from Lissa Rankin’s The Fear Cure, amazing book on how to overcome fear, carefully selected by me and arranged in 3 clusters – Fear, Acceptance and … Continue reading →

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How we will likely die #happiness

Posted on April 11, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

This is a blog about happiness, so why on Earth have I put ‘death’ and ‘happiness’ next to each other? For me, death and happiness are inextricably intertwined – we spoke before about how fear of death is a defining … Continue reading →

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What did you do to save the world today? #happiness

Posted on April 2, 2016 by nomadoftheuniverse

Timely reminder that it’s not all about take – we have to remember to give too. And it’s good to pause and think whether you are doing what you were born to do. Easier said…

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