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Latest Posts
The Elephant and The Peg – an Analogy About Your Mind
This article comes directly from one of my recent journal entries. It is about the mind, its tricks, what to do about it and how I am trying to break free and become unchained. The elephant and the peg is a useful analogy. I hope it helps you to deal with the...
Managing Expectations – Understand the Expectation Pendulum
You might have heard the saying that expectations always lead to disappointment. That may or may not be true, but expectations are definitely holding you back from living a life full of joy and bliss. One of the most effective ways of managing expectations that I have...
6 Ways To Maximise The Benefits Of Offline Days
The first time that I came across the idea of "offline days" was when I was listening to a Tim Ferriss podcast episode a few years ago. Tim was chatting to Kevin Rose and it came up in conversation that Tim does something that he called 'Screenless Saturdays'. No...
You Are Not Your Thoughts Or Your Feelings – You Are The Watcher
Michael Singer has an incredible life story. In a brief summary, Singer began has a 'fairly ordinary graduate student' before embarking on a pretty crazy life. After an event that we will cover in just a moment, he began studying psychology and taking extensive...
Why Does Time Slow Down During a Pandemic?
For most people across the world, the first few of weeks of quarantine are over and done with. During this time though, many people report that they felt time slowing down to almost a halt. There were jokes about March lasting forever. There were jokes about March...
Freeing Yourself From Thoughts and Feelings; Consciousness and the Self
This post is an extract from Michael Singer's book: The Untethered Soul. It is very rare that I feature a post that consists entirely of someone else's work, but this book has literally changed my life in the space of the week. It has started to free me from intense...