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Staying With Life: Presence, Soul, and the Four Pillars. Part One.

The New Year didn’t bring resolutions but an existential void. Despite how heavy this sounds, it revealed something less abstract than a spiritual quest, something obvious, grounding, and far scarier to face: a lived contradiction. Internally, my life felt vast. My inner world was rich, coherent, and deeply developed. Years of spiritual inquiry, psychological work, […]

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Staying With Life: Presence, Soul, and the Four Pillars. Part Two.

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The Four Pillars of Lived Metaphysics To remain connected to life without self-erasure or spiritual bypass, I needed the depth and wisdom earned through years of exploration and trying to fix myself to stop freezing me in the witness mode. I needed something to hold me, ground me in flesh. I began to recognize each

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The Quiet Roar: What Happens When the Fight Goes Silent

By Mercedes

Resilience, Personal Integrity, and Community Support We are living in times of extreme pressure and antagonism. This friction is visible “out there” in our social and professional environments, but it is also reflected deep within ourselves. There is a specific kind of quiet that settles over you when you’ve been on the front lines of

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The Art Of Slowing Down

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“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi Busyness Busyness is the new currency by which we measure our success and probably fulfillment. It has become the status symbol no one talks about, woven into our work, and lives. If you are not busy you do not have a life! Busyness

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When Music is Life

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Something that brings light, excitement, depth, and strength to life, wouldn’t you want to have a piece of it? When I was a child, I believed human beings could achieve whatever they could dream of, even if their physical predisposition did not make the idea forthcoming. I thought the human will was a powerful weapon

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Self-Compassion in Times of COVID

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“A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” Mark Twain I am used to spending time working on personal projects. I do not do the nine-to-five schedule nor do I think I would be able to sustain it. I am motivated by intentions and creation. I can work 24/7 in something that gives me

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