Nomad of the Universe

So you say you don’t have enough time?

Posted on November 26, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

It’s not that you don’t have enough time; you are unreasonable with the time you have. Invest more time in the things that light you up and make you forget about time altogether. From here, time will be a servant to you.
* not sure about the source but I believe it’s from a book titled Go Bravely

I think the myth of not having enough time has been well and truly busted during lockdowns when all of us suddenly had a lot more spare time. Yet, all those things we said we would do if only we had more time, remained undone for many of us. Why? Laura Vanderkam has an answer in her famous TED talk. Her boiler analogy really made me change my perspective on how I treat spare time.

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Are you wasting your energy fighting the universe? by Michael Singer

Posted on November 25, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

A very helpful reminder to be present and empty.

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Value-based living in a chart

Posted on November 19, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Living goal-less in the modern world obsessed with productivity, targets and measurement is almost a revolutionary act. When I surrendered my goals and planning structure overall (aka coping mechanism) to the Great Uncertain, I felt lighter.

I realised setting goals is useless as I don’t know how my path will manifest. I live guided by the values instead—how I want to be and feel rather than what I want to do. Values come from the soul, from the heart, they feel right, they vibrate at the correct frequency. The “doings” come and I use values to decide which ones to “do”.

Type A personality is hard to transmute so I made a list and an emoji based chart. Every three of my values start with the same letter, by coincidence? by design? who knows! The only one missing is love (or in Ram Dass’s formula—Love, Serve, Remember) but this one is a default one.

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Breathwork practices to reset & recharge in less than 30 minutes

Posted on November 18, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I use this blog as a record of the insights, quotes and techniques that I find useful. I often go back and search through the posts for this or that practice. However, I could not find this post which made me wonder if there were any more posts that were missing hmm. Gladly, I was able to recover the back up version. Below are some of the breathing techniques that I was learning in 2020 in preparation for the Blue Morpho retreat. The first one I found is especially effective (and fast).

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Uncertain and anxious? Stuck? Lacking a purpose? Flip your perspective

Posted on November 12, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I have been in the same empty, in-between place, feeling lost and stuck for three years in total now (with occasional clearances). I know how it feels. But I also know, and can tell you from experience, that due to the cyclical nature of things, it shall definitely pass. You will be back on top of things again.

Instead of fretting and feeling anxious about this period of uncertainty, why not treat it as a rare, luxurious, well deserved break when you get to look at your life and yourself, reassess your priorities, values and what you want in life? Here are three videos to help you flip your perspective and embrace the unknown.

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‘Tis the self-care season

Posted on November 11, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I learned this lesson a while ago. Winter is for slowing down, taking it easy, and it is for self-care. No ambitious goals or projects, no pressure, no busy schedules.

In my case, self-care means DIY (nesting!), cooking, getting on top of the TV shows and movies on my To Watch list, and reading. A local library is a trusted source, but when not, ebay used books comes to the rescue.

I was finally able to afford a rocking chair which is making reading even more relaxing. These are the books on my bedside at the moment. Physics, Buddhism, slowing down. How about you, what are you reading, fellow nomads?

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Money meditation by Amara Strand

Posted on November 4, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Amara has done it again (I’ve re-blogged her Release into the Void meditation before). Her listeners report that after listening to this latest spell? meditation? abundance has manifested in their lives. I consider my life abundant as it is, so I use this meditation to relax. I play it in the background when working on deadlines or stressful tasks. I do need to follow Amara’s instructions however and experiment with playing it before bedtime. It will probably be very soothing…

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Embrace your mediocrity

Posted on October 28, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

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What if we were not meant to find our calling, our passion, to make something of ourselves? What if just being, living a normal, average, gasp, mediocre good life was enough?

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Walking to The River @idushchij_k_reke

Posted on October 21, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

A Russian video blogger called Serzh Dur Dachnik created this masterpiece years ago. I don’t proactively follow Russian content, however, TikTok algorithm made sure a short clip of this monologue in English found me.

Serzh, short for Sergei perhaps, is walking to a river somewhere in Russia to enjoy a sunset. What Serzh shares in a couple of minutes is what takes folks decades of meditation, Buddhist study and/or structured psychedelic explorations to realise.

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I pray that we face our Shadow and follow our Soul, not Ego. I pray for Peace 🕊️

Posted on October 14, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Although living beings wish to be free from suffering,

They run straight towards the causes of suffering.

And although they wish for happiness,

Out of ignorance they destroy it like a foe.

To the Buddhas residing in all directions,

With my palms pressed together I make this request:

Please continue to shine the lamp of Dharma

For living beings lost and suffering in the darkness of ignorance.
Shantideva

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Are you seeing angel numbers everywhere?

Posted on October 7, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve been sceptical about the so called angel numbers until this year when they got me. I’ve been seeing different combinations and at some point very regularly, to the point it drove me mad. So I had to read and learn more.

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Art therapy. Huun Huur Tu in Europe.

Posted on September 30, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Spirit works in mysterious ways. First, you see a TikTok video about young folks travelling to Europe for a day as an adventure. Ecological damage aside, you think, damn, this looks like fun. Then a modern artist from Mexico shares on Instagram that Huun Huur Tu, a music group from Tuva is on tour in Europe. You check them out and OMG, they recreate ancestral Central Asian music, using throat singing and indigenous music instruments. They are not coming to the UK 😦 You do quick mental maths — Barcelona, Eindhoven or Dublin? You remember that your cousin lives in Dublin, and now you are going to Dublin to listen to music of your ancestors! ♥️

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Tonglen meditation

Posted on September 23, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Tonglen meditation is an amazing tool. It is pure alchemy – you breathe in suffering, transform it and release it as light. I was introduced to it by Pema Chödrön. I use it when interacting with people who are suffering and who I can’t help, and people who appear negative. It works well because it instantly shifts the perspective (if one remembers to use it). In his talk for the Tricycle Magazine, Ethan Nichtern gives a great explanation of the practice. Below is a redacted copy.

A very brief practice of a form of compassion or empathizing meditation in Tibetan is called tonglen, which literally means “sending and receiving.” It’s practice that is really super helpful to working with relationships.

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