These days, most of us go through life in a state of incessant ‘busyness’ and distraction. We’re hyper-stimulated and constantly absorbed in useless mental chatter. This keeps you from taking a step back and truly appreciating life. It blockades you from diving into deep contemplation and wonder. It distracts us from our higher Read more…
Lately, I find myself with almost too much to express through words. I’ve had innumerable intuitive insights, just beyond the grasp of the mind. But instead of trying to explain these feelings of knowing in the intricate, formalized details of prose, I find myself writing poetry. “The desert attracts the nomad, the ocean the sailor, the infinite Read more…
Story time… Last Friday night I was gallivanting along the streets of Portland (Maine) when I heard the voice of a young man behind me say “Excuse me sir, could you spare any change?” I stopped dead in my tracks. Not because of what he said, but how he said it. It wasn’t the usual, incoherent babble. Read more…
A favorite activity of mine recently is randomly blowing people’s minds. Whether through conversation or action, it’s exciting to shake things up a little bit and get people to re-evaluate… well… everything. Being a CRS (Certified Reality Shatterer) makes life so much more fun. Mindblowing, directed at both yourself and others, shakes up the bland monotony Read more…
Divide and conquer Working all too well on Planet Earth When we attach our identity to labels We set ourselves up for manipulation To be played like pawns In a chess game we can’t quite see Who am I? Black? White? Brown? Yellow? Purple? American? Chinese? Italian? Indian? Native American? Read more…
Think about the most enjoyable moments of your life… Did they involve accumulation, or removal? Did they involve holding on, or letting go? True happiness comes from removal, as opposed to accumulation. Inner peace comes from letting go, as opposed to holding on. Think about the most enjoyable things in life. They usually involve a letting go of Read more…
I have an announcement to make… The latest Feelin’ Good, Feelin’ Great product is on its way! The Art of Not Giving A Fuck eBook. It’s an in depth, expanded, new & improved (ebook) version of my most popular post so far, The Art of Not Giving A Fuck. What Read more…
The life-altering thought still stays with me to this day… I was about 4-5 years old, alone in my room, and a wild idea popped into my head. “What if I’m a character in someone’s pop-up storybook?” Quite an interesting concept for a little kid to entertain, right? The idea Read more…