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February 23rd, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Last week I spent (on average) 14 hours each day staring and working on my phone, laptop, and tablet. I get in phases like this sometimes. Literally non-stop inspiration from eyes open to eyes shut. This one has surprised me, though. No burnouts or lulls at all. Full throttle output for 10 days straight. I think this bout of work was largely supported by the consistent soundscape of the Ganges River playing in the background of…

February 16th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ Only a few days left in India, and I can’t help feeling relieved. This country has been a lot for me, and I’m looking forward to the calm reprieve of Japan’s countryside. That said, I’m feeling extremely grateful for the lessons I’ve learned here: the futility of expectation, the dropping of ‘positionality’, the blessings of good health, the sole reality of the Present, the healing power of water, and the wisdom and heartbreak…

February 9th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I’ve been in Rishikesh, India for a week now. The level of gratitude I feel is high – especially after so much travel and illness. I’m living at the Osho Ashram, directly on The Ganges (just 60km away from where the river begins). Here there are options for yoga classes, guided meditations, Kundalini sessions, and dharma talks. That said, I’m not taking advantage of any of them. Instead, I have been sitting by the river in…

February 2nd, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I write this on hour 11 of my sleeper bus from Prayagraj → Rishikesh, having just left the Maha Kumbh Mela. The Kumbh was…a lot. Like…a lot, a lot. On the day we arrived, it was estimated that 55 million people were there. For perspective, that’s like New York City being 6.5 times as crowded as it currently is. And, let me tell you, it absolutely felt that packed. 😂 From my angle, the Kumbh was a non-stop, all-out spiritual…

January 26th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I write this overlooking a beautiful and auspicious sunrise over the city of Varanasi, India 🇮🇳 Monkeys are everywhere!! 🐒 It is no exaggeration to say that — within just a few short days — India has completely transformed my view of the world. As far as the population goes, it is about 3x that of the United States, but with a land mass of only about 1/3rd. To get a sense of this, imagine that for every 5 people you see walking…

January 19th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ The last few days in Khao Sok National Park have been nothing short of incredible. I hiked, river-bathed, boated, drank up the sunshine, got stranded with a Thai family for an hour after my bike broke down, and spent time with two rescued elephants (which, by the way, was absolutely magical). Interestingly, even though lived on a lush island for 7 weeks, I barely went out in “nature.” Just two hikes and a dozen ocean dips. The…

January 12th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I released a YouTube video that did well, but received a few critical comments. I thought I had thick skin, but for some reason they got under it. I suppose it’s my discomfort with being misunderstood – as though my intentions were in bad faith. It’s okay. Suffering points to attachment. I’m using their words as fuel to recognize where I have identified with ideas and opinions. My theory, my video, my reputation. Me, me, me! It’s…

January 5th, 2025 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I’m leaving Koh Phangan this week and heading to Khao Sok National Park for some nature time. This island is fabulous, but very distracting. It’s like the internet – endless rabbit holes to get sucked down (workshops, dances, restaurants, etc.), but with very few actually moving me forward. Integration post-meditation retreat has been rocky, to be honest. My mind is incredibly balanced, but is having trouble being buffeted by all…

December 29th, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I just emerged from another 10-day meditation retreat – my 9th one. As always, time spent turning inwards helps me see clearly “what matters” and what is simply selfishness disguised as “what matters”. It is difficult for me to describe the insights gained, simply because the concepts and terminology are fairly “in the weeds”. Buddhist and yogic philosophy goes deep, so fully appreciating the breakthroughs requires quite a lot…

December 22nd, 2024 Join the Community → Happy Sunday, Reader ☀️ I spontaneously decided to do a 10-day Vipassana retreat, so you are receiving this as a pre-scheduled email. I’m now on Day 5. This retreat is slightly different than other Vipassana courses I’ve done, because there is yoga and walking meditations. (I’m used to just sitting all day long). That means my daily timetable looks like this Sitting Meditation (8 sessions) 6.0 hoursWalking Meditation (4 sessions) 3.0 hoursMeditation…