Feel the fear and do it anyway ⭐️

Posted on July 22, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I am often experiencing fear, including unconsciously. I think most of us are. Our amygdalas are designed to be afraid for our survival.

Meditation helps a lot. It helps to calm the mind down, go beyond it – cultivate the witness and become aware of the fears we experience. It also helps to “relax beyond” them (M. Singer).

I mentioned Lissa Rankin’s book The Fear Cure before, which I found very helpful in becoming aware of and understanding/ overcoming some of my fears. Another book I wanted to mention is Susan Jeffers’ Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway.

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Guru

Posted on July 15, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Guru is like a solid substance which saves anyone from drowning in the water that does not exist. And the individual thus saved remains nowhere.

Jnaneshwar
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A good list

Posted on July 8, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I saw this list in Ramana Maharshi’s book. I think he was listing key principles of the right life (in Buddhist sense), I don’t remember exactly. Looked like a good list and reminder so I made it into a card.

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Live like you’re dead

Posted on July 1, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse
The Expanse

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Y tho

Posted on June 24, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse
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My path

Posted on June 17, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse 
I looked for happiness.  
I found that to be happy I must be no one. 
Peace > happiness. 
To be at peace, one desires nothing, 
Shuns all drama, 
Does not get attached, 
Lets go of self and
Acts regardless of outcome. 
Easier said than done. 

I looked for love. 
I found fear of loneliness. 
Love starts with self-love. 
The quest is always inward. 
Love is not what I thought it was. 
It is cultivated, not found. 
When you are at peace, you are in love.
 
I looked for self. 
I found many layers, levels. 
I let go of each and found emptiness. 
No self. I do not exist. 
It was a bummer originally, 
I am getting used to the idea. 
Everyone wants to be light 
But forgets that light lives in the void. 

I looked for purpose. 
I helped. I served. I alleviated suffering. 
I gave away. I did my best at loving.
Did I do enough? Was it my path? 
I discovered there is no purpose. 
The path unfolds without me. 
Process > purpose. 
I am like a wave in the ocean. 
I appear, roll and dissolve. 

I say I want to feel alive. 
Have joy. Fun. To be free. 
I don’t understand the true meaning. 
I guess I want non-emptiness
But in a fun way? 

I am not looking for anything now. 
I probably need to give up more. 
I am excited and confused. 
I float in emptiness 
Filled with karmic flashbacks. 
I embrace whatever is next  
Rolling like a wave into the unknown.
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How to manage emotionally immature parents

Posted on June 12, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I’ve read the amazing Inner Child Healing by Lindsay C. Gibson earlier this year and wanted to create an easy to use, emergency one pager that summarised key tips and techniques for those who have emotionally immature parents and have to interact with them when they are visiting, at a family dinner, etc without losing one’s shit completely 😇

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You are the purpose!

Posted on June 3, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse
Jon Hillstead
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On not knowing one’s purpose

Posted on May 27, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse
Lindsay Adkinson

I see so many folks, myself included, grapple with this question. They don’t know who they are, what their purpose is and what they should be doing in this life. They are told to follow their passions when they barely have any interests or hobbies. They are told to explore and dig deep to find their path but all they find is a variety of things they sort of like. They are told to experiment and try different paths, and they do, and there are many more they can be trying but none feels like “theirs.” They are told to specialise, stick with one thing but many are polymaths. They watch the minority (I assume) who know, often early on, what it is they are here to do, and the majority who happily follow socially prescribed paths but can’t do either and wonder what is wrong with them.

Nothing is wrong with you, fellow Not Knowers! You are not drifting aimlessly. Watch both videos, change your perspective and keep learning, being “the permanent students” of life ♥️

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“You were put on this planet to experience not accomplish”

Posted on May 20, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse
MagicMurph on TikTok

Instead of aiming to discover the one thing you’re supposed to do with your life, you could focus on discovering the one thing you want to try right now, knowing that you can change direction any time.

Maybe that in itself can be a purpose—to live life in that vulnerable, uncertain place where you’re not boxed into one way of being; unencumbered by the need to define yourself and your place in the world; free to roam when it would feel much safer to tether yourself to one role.

This moment isn’t merely the bridge to where you want to be. This moment—this crucial part of the process—is a destination in itself, and now is your only opportunity to appreciate it, and appreciate yourself for living it.

When You Feel Purposeless and Fear You’re Wasting Time
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Have you talked to AI about life meaning/ purpose?

Posted on May 13, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I use ChatGPT for research and ideas. It is a mind-blowing tool that has access to humanity’s knowledge and can summarise it in seconds, you just have to ask the right questions. So, of course, I asked it some existential questions. ChatGPT is not sentient, it’s a language model, a tool, yet the summary it gave me was great (and would have taken me years of reading books to arrive at). Extracts of our chat – below.

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Feel nothing…

Posted on May 6, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

When did clothing ads become this philosophical? 😊

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Duality programme (energy work) with Jeffrey Allen

Posted on April 29, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

This may be one of those things that everyone is aware of and I am late to the party for 😊 I have seen Mind Valley ads before on YouTube but always assumed that it was some sort of scam. However, this time what the man on the screen, Jeffrey Allen, was saying actually made sense, appealed and I was intrigued.

Universe works in mysterious ways. I wanted to learn energy work for quite some time but didn’t expect to see it in a Youtube ad 😊 I attended a free masterclass (sign up here) and it was so good that I signed up for the Duality programme. I paid around £80 and completed it in a month.

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Release into the void by Amara Strand 🖤

Posted on April 22, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

I can’t put in words the energetic power of the above meditation (to be listened in headphones only, not on speaker) or this accompanying post by Amara. For those who feel stuck in emptiness, who shed a lot of stuff and don’t know what next, who feel lost on their spiritual path, this may be the energetic push they need to see a new perspective, to get unblocked, to understand why they are stuck. Prepare to let go of everything 😊

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Inner Child Healing. Affirmations.

Posted on April 15, 2023 by nomadoftheuniverse

Here are the loving words you can say to your inner child. I suggest to read these out slowly like a meditation. If you had a traumatic childhood and/or did not receive the love you needed in your early years, these words can bring emotional release and tears.

Welcome to the world, I've been waiting for you.
I'm so glad you are here.
I've prepared a special place for you to live.
I like you just the way you are.
I will not leave you, no matter what.
Your needs are okay with me.
I'll give you all the time you need to get your needs met.
I'm so glad you're a boy (or a girl).
I want to take care of you and I'm prepared to do that.
1 like feeding you, bathing you, changing you, and spending time with you.
In all the world, there has never been another like you.
God smiled when you were born.

Source: John Bradshaw, Homecoming

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