Blog

I have realized that this blog is in dire need of some context, now that it is making its round around more people. Not to say that there's many, barely enough to qualify a few, but nonetheless, people whom I might have less opportunity to converse with personally about it. I will, in the not-too-distant-future, add a proper introduction. For now, I will satisfy myself by suggesting some places to start in this growing mess. Obviously the book reviews and the reflections are pretty independent.
Personally, "The Passivity of Surrender" is my favorite, following a very important insight. "You Cannot be Neutral on a Moving Train", "The Game of Sensuality (and) The Noble Trap", and "That Which Endures" might also pique your interest.
As for the Journaling, these mark some foundational moments and favorite writings of mine. Your Mileage Might Vary.
230314, 230416, 230628, 230716, "Tushita Meditation Center", 230829, 230913, 230915, 231201, 240211
Whew, that was quite a lot. To be fair it's been a long year. In closing, I want to express my heartfelt gratitude to anyone who donates their time into reading my musings. I hope reading it gives you even a fraction of what I get from writing. Thank you.

Recently Uploaded

240907 - Venturing Forth.html
240920 - The value of values.html
240927 - The body comes first.html

Book Reviews & Discussions

A Picture of Dorian Gray.html
Being and Time - The Everydayness of Living - Part 1.html
Discipline and Punish.html
DisciplineAndPunish.html
Fahrenheit 451 - Inspirations.html
Nausea.html
Pedagogy of the Oppressed - Review.html
Steppenwolf - Review.html
The Communist Manifesto - Review.html
The Four Fundamental Concepts - Review.html
The Left Hand of God - Review.html
The Rainbow - D.H Lawrence - Reflections.html
The Voyage of Insanity - Full.html
The Work of Art - Review.html
Walden - Review.html

Reflections on Spirituality

AbsurdAesthetic.html
Beliefs.html
Constructs of free will.html
Karma Yoga - The Path of Renunciation.html
Karmic Chains.html
MomentaryReflections.html
Relaxation.html
Subjective range of action.html
That Which Endures.html
The Fallacy of Misplaced Concreteness.html
The Game of Sensuality & The Noble Trap.html
The Passivity of Surrender.html
The Path as the Way.html
Where do we go from here?.html
Work and Play - The Dance of Life.html
You Cannot be Neutral on a Moving Train.html

Archives

OLD - I'm thinking of ending things - except it's a movie review not a suicide note - 2021-01-30.html
OLD - On the topic of loneliness - 2021-01-16.html
OLD - Review of "Ping Pong - the Animation" and reflections on Growing Up - 2021-01-10.html

Journals

240907 - Venturing Forth.html
240920 - The value of values.html
240927 - The body comes first.html

Travel Journals

Preface

230314 - Day -21.html
230315 - Day -20.html
230317 - Day -19.html
230321 - Day -14.html
230324 - Day -10.html
230325 - Day -9.html
230328 - Day -7.html

China

230404 - Day 0.html
230405 - Day 1.html
230408 - Day 4.html
230411 - Day 7.html
230416 - Day 12.html

Nepal

Nepal Travel Journals.html

India

Yoga Retreat

230622 - Arrival.html
230623 - Acceptance.html
230624 - Day 1 of Yoga.html
230625 - On Renunciation.html
230626 - First full day of Yoga.html
230628 - The Story.html
230629 - Outlet.html
230701 - Playfulness.html
230702 - Insecurities.html
230706 - A good day - (Evening).html
230706 - Alongside pain - (Morning).html
230707 - Goodbyes - (Evening).html
230707 - It comes and goes - (Morning).html
230708 - Despair - (Morning).html
230708 - Sacrifice - (Evening).html
230709 - Washing the dishes.html
230714 - Dancing.html
230716 - Practicing without distance.html
230718 - Graduation.html
230719 - Deliverance - Evening.html
230719 - Loneliness - Morning.html

Dharamshala

230731 - Interdependence.html
230811 - Teenage Angst.html
230814 - The last few days.html
230816 - The shore.html
230817 - The epilogue keeps running.html
Tushita Meditation Center.html

Manali

230819 - New beginnings.html
230822 - Paradoxes.html
230825 - Constructions.html
230826 - Searching.html
230827 - Vulnerability.html
230828 - Hanna.html
230829 - Radically alive.html
230901 - Moving on.html
230902 - Leaving.html
230903 - Traveling.html

Rishikesh

230907 - Her.html
230908 - Bodily fears.html
230909 - Gratitude.html
230913 - Death.html
230915 - Falling.html
230915 - She's so beautiful.html

Nepal v2

Rainbow

230920 - Poverty.html
231016 - Journey.html

Pokhara

231017 - Happiness.html
231027 - The Kingdom of God.html
231102 - Untitled 7.html
231105 - The Cosmic Wave.html
231108 - Heaven is just a mindset away.html
231112 - Sorrow and pain.html
231114.html
231201 - Travel.html

India v2

240116 - Pilgrimage.html

Thailand

240112.html
240130 - The Fruits of Practice.html
240211 - Dispassion and Doubt.html
240212 - Judging mind.html
240224 - The Thing to Fix.html
240225 - Who am I?.html
240227 - Slow.html
240228 - The Hospital.html
240229 - Sleepless.html
240301 - Whimsy.html
240307 - Pain & Death.html
240327.html
240330 - Intensity.html
240426 - Uncertainty.html

Sweden Summer 2024

240529 (Day +1) - Homecoming.html
240530 - Meetings.html
240531 - Fears.html
240601 - Welcome Home.html
240602 - Emotional stunts.html
240603 - I love her so.html
240604 - Roots, Weeds, and Gardening.html
240605 - Demons.html
240608 - Pressure.html
240620 - A walk in the park.html
240625 - Despair of Self.html
240627.html