by Marnix Pauwels | okt 10, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
When I drank compulsively, there was always a reason. Life was good, so let’s celebrate! Life sucked deeply, so let’s drown that crap. And eventually, life was just life, and drinking was simply part of it. So I did it every day. For many years. Until it stopped being...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 10, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
The mind can’t find awareness. Ever. But it will help you look for it anyway! That’s the paradox of the spiritual search: trying to find what already is. The mind loves it. After conventional studying and creating careers and becoming better at stuff and all kinds of...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 9, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
And there’s another one. These deep, helpful insights keep dropping. What I realized is that fear is just a sensation. Like a dark wave, apparently slowing down for a while (TOO long, obviously), before it moves on and disappears again. It’s merely a feeling, a...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 9, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
Yesterday I watched a Netflix show and tried an experiment. For the duration of the episode, I’d be only interested in watching and experiencing. That was the deliciously simple deal. So no reminiscing, no worrying, no mind wandering. No thoughts about stuff AFTER the...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 8, 2022 | Anxiety, Awakening, Coaching, English, Insights, Love, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
When my heart was shattered over a relationship years ago, and I was filled with burning agony over losing the One That Meant So Much, here’s what my best friend told me: ‘If she really is The One, nothing in the world will be able to keep you apart, and you can rest...
by Marnix Pauwels | okt 8, 2022 | Addiction, Anxiety, Awakening, English, Insights, Personal, Purpose and Meaning, Relationships, Spirituality, Typically Me
So here’s how it goes. You get something that you really wanted, and it’s amazing. You get something you’ve been thinking about forever, finally, and it totally stinks. You get something you never wanted, and it’s wonderful, actually. You get something you...
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