“There is nothing in a caterpillar that tells you it’s going to be a butterfly.” R. Buckminster Fuller (editors note: originally published on Jul 27, 2009) Enthusiasm: A Key Ingredient to a Passionate Life Last weekend I went on a trip to a unique place named Tortuguero, in Costa Rica. Tortuguero is home to the largest leather…
“Traveling is like flirting with life. It’s like saying, ‘I would stay and love you, but I have to go; this is my station.’” – Lisa St. Aubin de Teran Living The Asian Dream Ever since I was young little boy, I dreamed about exploring the world and going off to exotic places that I…
“The secret of happiness is freedom. The secret of freedom is courage.” – Thucydides It’s Time To Live a Remarkable Life Over the last three years I have dabbled in creative ways to support myself, but my main focus was on spending much of my time learning about myself. I felt that finding inner fulfillment…
“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.”- Howard Thurman What a Wonderful World It was a beautiful sunny day In Busan so I decided to go spend it under some nice shade in a nearby…
“I do not try to dance better than anyone else. I only try to to dance better than myself.” Mikhail Baryshnikov Today for your viewing pleasure, I just wanted to share a short video of a belly dancing show I attended. This was part of a weekend long celebration at Kasasana Yoga Studio in Costa…
“Saying goodbye. It’s a part of the human experience that we encounter every day, sometimes nonchalantly, sometimes with great emotion. Then, eventually, the time comes for the final goodbye” Mr. Zaslow The Importance of Expressing Your Gratitude for Others Earlier today, I was thinking about how I totally missed out on letting my old roommate…
“Stay far from timid, only make moves when your heart is in it, and live the phrase sky’s the limit” Christopher Wallace When In Doubt Follow Your Heart When I wrote this I was sitting 39,000 ft. in the air in route to Liberia, Costa Rica, contemplating the next few months of my life. Earlier…
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"Hello Im Ivan: vagabond, mystic in training, blogger, teacher, student of life. Welcome to my little home on the net, where I hope to share ideas and insights to help you lead a deeply fulfilling life."
This is a journey of discovering inner peace and doing work that matters, so you can live the life you truly want, and be able to share your talents with the world. Will you join me?
My site focuses on the two aspects of freedom:
1. Freedom "from": This is physical freedom, making a living doing something you love.
2. Freedom "for": This is psychological freedom, having a meditative mind, living in the moment through restful awareness.
Unless you deeply understand freedom "for", you will always take freedom "from" for granted.
I write about my experiences in: self development, traveling, living abroad, meditation, entrepreneurship, how to live simply and awesomely.
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