Tag Archives: uncertainty

Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 2: Shed, Empty, Let Go. Day 13: Time in between.

Posted on January 14, 2021 by lolkin

The old world falls apart but the new has not yet emerged. Everything that once seemed permanent and real is revealed as a kind of hallucination. You don’t know what to think, what to do; you don’t know what anything … Continue reading →

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Emptiness Survival Kit. Part 1: Face The Emptiness. Day 3: Invite chaos.

Posted on January 4, 2021 by lolkin

If you want change, you have to invite chaos. 

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Could you be going through the Dark Night of the Soul? Happy “positive disintegration”…

Posted on October 17, 2020 by lolkin

Alternative, beautiful translation of the poem by Saint John of the Cross here. If you are going through the period of existential emptiness and spiritual depression, likely after a profound mystical experience, you may find this post by Loner Wolf helpful: 7 … Continue reading →

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How to trust the Universe by Alan Watts

Posted on September 5, 2020 by lolkin

“The way to become one with the Universe is to trust it.” One day I had an urge to search for “how to trust the Universe” and this video came up. In it, among other things, Watts talks about achieving … Continue reading →

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Which mindset zone are you in during Covid-19?

Posted on April 26, 2020 by lolkin

I’ve seen this chart on Professor Scott Galloway’s Linkedin page (I listen to his Prof G show and Pivot podcast with him almost exclusively now) and it is the best visual summary of our mindset options during this pandemic. I’ve spent … Continue reading →

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Living in the time in between

Posted on April 4, 2020 by lolkin

I am envious of those who, unlike me, can stay productive and positive in such uncertain times. I missed a blog post last week because I’ve been struggling. Psychologists call what many of us are experiencing grief. I’d add uncertainty … Continue reading →

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If you want change…

Posted on June 29, 2019 by lolkin

This quote sums up my life at the moment 🙂 Uncertainty, here I come! Open the void… This week is the last week at my job, a start of my mini retirement and several personal projects 🙂

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

Posted on April 17, 2016 by lolkin

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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Pronoia – a belief that everything in the Universe is conspiring to support you – via @Lissarankin #happiness

Posted on November 21, 2015 by lolkin

Lissa Rankin has been setting my mind on fire recently. She is my mentor, my spiritual coach. Her book The Fear Cure, her blog posts and now this talk at the World Domination Summit that I want to share with … Continue reading →

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Embracing uncertainty #happiness

Posted on September 13, 2015 by lolkin

I finally embraced uncertainty. I used to be a control freak losing temper if things were not going my way. Still am, long road ahead but I see first promising signs of progress. I stopped trying to predict (obsessively think … Continue reading →

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