“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 Without a doubt the number one reason why I love to travel and live abroad is because it forces me to learn more about myself….
“Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something.” ~Carl G. Jung “I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.” ~James Baldwin As I am writing this I am in a TomNToms coffee shop listening to some chill Spanish music,…
“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one” Albert Einstein Creating Your Vision I feel that one of the most important ingredients in your formula for personal fulfillment is having a clearly defined vivid vision of where you want to be. At first the “how” is not that important, you need to create…
“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…
Self Improvement Daily “You can gain more control over your life, by paying closer attention to the little things” Emily Dickinson In an age of information overload having selective ignorance has become increasingly important to have a sane life. Many of us spend too much time giving our attention to trivial things that are not…
“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.” – Henry David Thoreau Awakening Consciousness: How To See People Better For many of us we are die hard creatures of habits, we love patterns, they make our lives easier. The problem is that life then becomes monotonous, we just run through the…
Comprehensive Stress Management “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.” - Albert Einstein No doubt we live in stressful times, everything seems to be progressing at exponential rates. Everything except our inner being and the ability to cope with all of our demands. The stress we deal with is…
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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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