by Marnix Pauwels | sep 25, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Part of psychological therapy, or therapy in general, is to become aware of behavior that doesn’t suit you, trace it back to its source, and then change it or eradicate it. Something like that. I must say that I don’t even have one powerful example of that process in...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 24, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Arthur Schopenhauer supposedly said: ‘Man can do what he wants, but man can’t want what he wants.’ Fascinating, deep stuff. Now I must say that I hardly know anything about the German philosopher from the 19th century, but historians tend to agree that he was...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 23, 2022 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Typically Me
Hahaha. For people with an iPhone: have you ever switched the volume button off and read the little notification that pops up? No? Well, I did. I do. It says ‘Silent mode ON’. Huh? Not ‘Volume OFF’. Right. This is like reading a menu where all the meat is collected...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 23, 2022 | English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Typically Me
Yes. You could be right. For sure. Maybe you are. Maybe your arguments are delicious. Maybe you can impress everybody. Maybe you can finally show how much you know. Maybe you can mesmerize with your words. Maybe you can drop them, cynically, or sarcastically. Maybe...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 23, 2022 | Awakening, English, Insights, Love, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
So I woke up this morning. Eyes open. Bit of rolling around, sitting up. Legs out of the bed, waiting. Watching feet. Toes. Wiggle. Getting up. Walking. I went to the bathroom. Petted the cats, fed them. Made coffee. Smelled coffee. Some more petting. Went back to...
by Marnix Pauwels | sep 23, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Surrendering. Accepting. Allowing. Being. They all sound pretty good, especially for the tired seeker, the disillusioned alcoholic, or the chronically depressed shell of a person. Lofty, promising goals. Like train stations in the future where you can not only rest,...
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