Latest log in my travel journal

November 29, 2009

I have been in China this week. This is definitely not my first time there. Every time I’ve been in China I always took something back with me – as an experience that is, or as a lesson. In previous experiences I was impressed by perceptions such as human adaptability and ingenuity in highly competitive [...]

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How to keep a clear head in moments of crisis

November 27, 2009

We all have those moments when we feel everything is falling apart or when suddenly too many problems seem to come our way all at the same time. They end up overwhelming us and we find it hard to tackle them all at once. Our mind gets stressed, our body gets fatigued and our problem-solving [...]

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Overcome writer’s block: Understanding the Yin and Yang nature of the creative process

November 15, 2009

I have never done writing for a living yet. My writing has always been mostly for study or passion. Yet even though I haven’t been under the pressure of having my monthly income depending on the flow and quality of my writing as any paid writer would, my own experiences still brought to my conscious [...]

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Developing Awareness – Part 2

November 9, 2009

“Awareness implies that you are not only conscious of things (objects), but you are also conscious of being conscious. If you can sense an alert inner stillness in the background while things happen in the foreground – that’s it! This dimension is there in everyone, but most people are completely unaware of it”. Eckhart Tolle [...]

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Developing Awareness – Part 1

November 6, 2009

Awareness is fundamental to all human activity. It is the basis of all our mental states and processes, creativity, perception, knowledge and culture. Everything starts from awareness. It is the portal between consciousness and the world around us. Recently I have become more and more intrigued by the idea. The more I learn about it, [...]

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How to find and recognize your inner voice

November 1, 2009

Have you ever been in a difficult moment where you needed to take an important and quick decision but didn’t have the answer there and then?  And did it ever happen to you that in such a situation you suddenly ‘hear’ an answer in your head out of nowhere that leads you out of your [...]

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Experiments in Faith and leaps of Science

October 26, 2009

One of the biggest ongoing debates in the last two centuries is definitely the one between the conflicting views of faith and science. For too long now it seems that these views are not only irreconcilable but mutually exclusive. In simplistic terms, faith is commonly associated with the belief in a divine power which is [...]

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10 ways to improve your meditation significantly

October 22, 2009

Since I started practising meditation, I have been trying out different things – little changes here and there – that although may sound small and petty, they have improved my meditation significantly and consistently. I have written this article especially for people who have started doing meditation, take the practice at heart and are keen [...]

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A shamanic saturday afternoon

October 19, 2009

Last Saturday I went for a bit of Soul Hiking up in the northwestern part of the island (see here). I didn’t take much with me…just my camera, some water and my soul. The weather was fantastic. That part of the island has some magic in it which I can’t explain better than a picture [...]

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