by Marnix Pauwels | dec 29, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as WE are.’ Ah yes. One of those really profound quotes (attributed to writer Anaïs Nin) that tickle our imagination, that tease a bit of wisdom into our system, that spark a piece of unknown freedom. It feels rich and...
by Marnix Pauwels | dec 19, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
You have a gift. I don’t know what it is, but it’s there. It might be truly spectacular or extremely simple. It might be gardening, coaching, or writing. It might be scoring goals in soccer World Cups. It might be laughing in a way that inspires other people to feel...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 29, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
One day you decide to surrender. You’re doing okay but you read about it, and it sounds pretty cool. So after meditation, after yoga, after affirmations, after all this impeccable spiritual behavior you’ve shown and after therapy and all the happy books, it’s time....
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 29, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
‘Where do you find inspiration?’, people ask. They desperately look at their blank screen, their lump of clay, their pristine canvas. It’s like they’re searching for an extremely rare, shy creature. ‘Where to begin?’, they whisper. But beginning is never the problem....
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 27, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
‘Everything is perfect’ we say, cheerfully. ‘Every situation and every feeling and every outcome is totally perfect!’, we hear ourselves proclaim, with shiny spiritual smiles on our tired faces. And we really want to believe that. We desperately need it to work. But...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 18, 2020 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
I’m not doing anything. I’m not going anywhere. I watch tiny house videos on YouTube. Or cats that are best friends with dogs, or otters, or foxes. I lose myself in hours and hours of talks by Eckhart Tolle or Adyashanti. I just sit in bed with my eyes closed. I go to...
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