by Marnix Pauwels | mei 18, 2021 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
This morning I’ll be visiting the dentist. There’s an old filling that has to be replaced. I’ll ask for a local anesthetic (because I can). And it will sting. But how long? Just for a second, when the needle penetrates my gums when I’m actually there in the...
by Marnix Pauwels | mei 16, 2021 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
The following might be obvious to some, and a shock to others: I am not a flawless person. Nope. I haven’t transcended my humanness. I am not completely awake and wise beyond conditioning (LOL). I am not perfect and brilliant and poetically engaged and non-judgmental...
by Marnix Pauwels | mei 16, 2021 | Addiction, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
Yesterday I had a casual, engaging conversation about alcoholism. The people I talked to wanted to know all about the official criteria for being hooked. The amount of glasses, the frequency, the specifics of the booze, the differences between men and women, stuff...
by Marnix Pauwels | mei 16, 2021 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality, Typically Me
The sweetness of waking up to your true nature. Indescribable. Unfathomable. Like subtle landslides or gentle earthquakes. Like outward shifts that lead to more outward shifts. Like finding pieces of a puzzle you can’t see. Or doors behind doors behind doors. The...
by Marnix Pauwels | mei 16, 2021 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
A few minutes ago I was writing a blog about therapy. How most mainstream forms of mental health interventions are like trying to paint a giant wall with a cotton swab. Sort of helpful, but really slow and draining. I kinda liked the analogy, but I didn’t like where...
by Marnix Pauwels | mei 13, 2021 | Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Spirituality
The personal mind has an amazing capacity to make itself important. There’s always a reason to dwell on stuff, to be frightened or desperate or lost. It’s a truly creative and compelling experience factory, but we don’t have to be bound by its dominance. The...
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