“Even if you have not awakened, if you realize that your perceptions and activities are all like dreams and you view them with detachment,not giving rise to grasping and rejecting discrimination, then this is virtually tantamount to awakening from the dream.” Muso Kokushi Yes you can shape your daily reality, there I said it, and…
“My wife was afraid of the dark… then she saw me naked and now she’s afraid of the light.” - Rodney Dangerfield Complete Freedom To Be Yourself I need to tell you a little secret, I have never been naked in a public place before, but that changed a few days ago. I have been living…
“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 If you are a regular reader of mine, you may have noticed that I have not been posting as much as I used to. Just to…
“People are so busy dreaming the American Dream, fantasizing about what they could be or have a right to be, that they’re all asleep at the switch. Consequently we are living in the Age of Human Error.” Florence King Why Do We Fantasize I think it is safe to say that many of us live…
“A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.” William Blake Living a Life in The Middle I consider myself very fortunate in the way I was raised, which was to live in two different worlds. I spent my early years living between a land of cowboy hats and ostrich boots in…
“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” Mahatma Gandhi The Importance of Self Discipline Today I would like to briefly talk on the topic of discipline and how we can cultivate it in our lives to create will power. Improving self discipline for our purpose of growth means to learn, to…
“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.” Buddha Mastering Your Mind Unless you learn to be the master of your mind, you will never find the peace of mind that you so dearly want. The mind is an amazing tool, but…
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Currently living in: South Korea
"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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