Experience Doesn’t Tell Us Who We Are

We are quick to turn temporary experiences into identities. Fear becomes “I’m fearful.” Sadness becomes “I’m a sad person.” But what if experience doesn’t tell us who we are at all? Perhaps it simply tells us what we’re experiencing. Read More

I Wrote About the Six Human Needs. Now I’m Wondering If They’re Needs at All.

Years ago, I wrote about the Six Human Needs as profound drivers of human behaviour. I recently came across that post again and wondered: Are they actually needs? What happens when we call something a need, and does feeling that something is missing prove that it is? I don’t have a new answer. I have a better question. Read More

If This Were My Last Post

This is blog post number 200. But rather than look back at everything I’ve written, I found myself wondering: If this were my last post, what would I want to leave you with? After years of exploring, questioning and changing my mind, it comes down to something surprisingly simple. You don’t have to understand your life before you live it. Read More

You Never Escape Your Thinkiverse

We never escape our Thinkiverse. We are always experiencing our world-version of THE world. But that version isn’t fixed. What looks absolutely true today may look completely different tomorrow. Perhaps inner freedom isn’t about escaping our experience, but seeing how fluid it has always been. Read More

My bags are packed.

My bags are packed, and I’ve felt excited, anxious, worried, sad and grateful. None of those feelings has needed an explanation. What if feelings don’t always need to tell us what to do? Maybe sometimes they’re simply evidence that we’re alive.
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