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Don't rush your healing journey
for otherwise you will never lose yourself or be happy.
Poem: The unchanging in you and me
I play out infinite different forms Each time I die and I’m reborn. I am not who I was before And also tomorrow I won’t be I am not even...
Fully Trusting the Pull from Your Heart and Surrendering to the Intelligence of Life
Fully Trusting the Pull from Your Heart and Surrendering to the Intelligence of Life As soon as we open up spiritually, to some kind of...
The Life-Long Maturation of Authenticity
Is there anyone that can claim full authenticity? I know I wouldn’t dare to make that claim myself whatsoever and would highly doubt...
Debunking assumptions about spiritual enlightenment
I always get excited, and also a little self-conscious (which is actually quite funny in this context), to speak about this: The concept...
Spiritual awakening versus spiritual bypassing.
Whatever we do in the name of spirituality, if it doesn’t lead to more personal responsibility, doesn’t improve our relationships, and...
One-pointed focus - why do many eastern spiritual traditions teach it?
Many ancient scriptures and spiritual methods - from the Yoga Sutra's, to the Buddhist Eightfold Path, to Taoism, the list goes on -...
From soaked almonds, to sexual energy, to spiritual awakening
One of my daily practices that comes from Ayurveda is to eat a handful of soaked almonds each morning to increase what is known as...
The true job of a coach, ‘healer’, teacher or mentor...
The true job of a coach, ‘healer’, teacher or mentor... …Is not to save you, feel sorry for you, give you advice or answers, or do the...
Working with Energy and Alchemizing Your Libido
Personally, I started my spiritual journey as a skeptic. I got interested in meditation, because it made sense to my scientific mind, but...
From Indivi-Duality to Non-Duality
When caught in the illusion of separation and individuality, one sees oneself as a separate entity in a world full of separate entities....
Tools for awakened thinking
How to focus the mind more effectively in short periods of intentional thinking - A big and common misunderstanding of mindfulness...
Poem: You are the Kingdom of Heaven
The me is inside awareness Awareness is not inside the me The me that has the eureka moment Is not the me that will be freed ‘Oh please...
Poem: True Hatha Yoga
A true Hatha Yoga practice is not just a physical exercise. True Hatha Yoga is a Tantric practice, and works primarily with energy. By...
The Art of Doing Nothing
The best way to do anything, is by learning to do nothing. Of course, to the rational mind, that does not make any sense. A common thing...
The Five Gates of Speech
1) is it true? 2) is it necessary? 3) is it beneficial? 4) have I found a loving way to say it? 5) is it the right moment? - When you...
Poem: I am here to save the world.
Don’t get me wrong. I am here to save the world. I am a mad idealist. I am crazy. …or perhaps sane enough to believe, That if every...
Yoga is about being flexible, right?
You don’t need to practice yoga postures to do yoga. But then... what is yoga? And if that is the case, why would anyone practice yoga...
Why is consciousness often regarded as the ultimate reality, and not matter?
An inspiring conversation in the comments of a recent Facebook post. "If experiencer and experienced can't be separated in a non-dual...
You are already enlightened.
The carrot of enlightenment is not to be chased, but to be found in your own hand. - From the first moment I heard about enlightenment...
Poem: The echo of insight
When the spine is beautifully supple and erect And one touches in a glimpse the space between two breaths One returns with a love that...
Poem: Shiva & Shakti
Every breeze of wind like gentle swaying of Her hips Every ray of sunlight like the pressing of Her lips Never before that Your loving...
Where do thoughts come from?
Any person that sits down in meditation and tries to stop their thoughts will soon found out that this is practically impossible for long...
What is reality made of?
Our dreams are, because unstable by nature, commonly assumed to be unreal; Empty of solidity, projected by the mind, and depending upon...