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Note<\/em>: This site is currently on a holiday.<\/em> See my last post here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yo! This is my site to talk about meditation, spirituality and self-growth. I’ve got a lot of articles on this page, so scroll down to find what interests you \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick Link: Why I started this site<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Myths of Meditation Series — Or Why meditation sucks and what to do about it<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Most of what you know about Meditation comes from Marketing<\/a><\/strong> — Or why we have been taught to believe there is a “happiness pill” called meditation we can just pop and live happily ever after<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is Meditation so Hard? Because of the Monkey Inside us (but he is also our biggest ally)<\/a><\/strong>— Meditation is hard because we are fighting millions of years of evolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Meditation Makes You Feel like Shit and what You can do about it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watching the Watcher- or Why the Mind Hates it When You Try to Meditate<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Inner War for Peace: Esoteric Teachings from the Gita<\/strong><\/a> – We have an inner war in our mind that hinders our meditation and spiritual life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meditation: Frequently Questioned Answers <\/a><\/strong>: In which I take the most cliched advice given to new comers and say “Eh?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Killing the Sacred Cows of the Spiritual World<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

McYoga: The Instagram Version of Yoga<\/a><\/strong> In which I rant about how Yoga has been taken over by the Instagram Butt Models Association \u2122<\/p>\n\n\n\n

McTantra or the Prostitution of Eastern Tantra <\/strong><\/a>– In which I rant that the “sacred” sex community has hijacked an ancient religious practice, and now every guru with a scandal tries to claim he was doing “Tantra”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F*ck the Law of Attraction<\/a><\/strong>: A “law” built by the childish ego that treats the Universe like a shopping basket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

F*ck Forgiveness:<\/a><\/strong> Ain’t nothin’ spiritual about forgiveness, boy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No, Meditating Longer Won\u2019t Get You Enlightenment Sooner<\/a><\/strong> Meditation isn’t some sort of Olympic game where you get a gold medal at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Traps on the Spiritual Path<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

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Spiritual Bypassing<\/a>:<\/strong> Where you pretend you are sooo enlightened just to avoid dealing with the shit in your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to above: Hurry Up and Get Enlightened, Dammit!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual Arrogance\/Narcissism<\/a><\/strong>: Bitch, I am MORE <\/span>enlightened than you, show some respect dammit<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related to above:<\/em> Spiritual Imposter Syndrome<\/a> , which is the exact opposite of this problem. Instead of being arrogant, the Sadhaks are too docile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual Idiots(Neo Advaita)<\/a><\/strong>: Related to spiritual arrogance, but a special case <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Golden Prison<\/a>:<\/strong> Getting stuck in Spiritual Experiences\/Highs, so that you become a spiritual junkie instead of a meditator<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual Materialism:<\/a> <\/strong>Treating the spiritual quest like the material quest– gather more “resources” or hope enlightenment will fix all our problems<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toxic Positivity<\/a>: <\/strong>The cult of optimism that says we have to be “happy clappy<\/em>” all the time or we are not spiritual. The most dangerous and harmful myth<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And a followup to the above: The Cynicism Blanket<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toxic Forgiveness<\/strong><\/a>: The belief that you have to “forgive” people to be spiritual, which leads you to become more vulnerable to abuse<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Magical Thinking<\/a>:<\/strong> I find belief in magical beliefs like psychics or astrology is actively harmful to your spiritual life<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Spiritual Shaming<\/a><\/strong> – “Ooh you only meditate 15 minutes a day? No wonder you aren’t enlightened yet, poor you.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fear of Money\/Wealth<\/a><\/strong>: OMG, money is so unspiritual, let me starve while chanting Auummmmm<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Esoteric Teachings Series<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

<\/a>Esoteric Astrology<\/a><\/strong> The Goal of Astrology is to Guide us Spiritually, Not Make Silly Predictions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Esoteric Secrets Behind Fairy Tales <\/a><\/strong>— Fairy Tales are not just silly tales for kids but have hiddeen, deep spiritual meanings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Creativity Series<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Turning my Passion\/Hobby into a Business Made Me Hate It<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Do You Know You Are Good Enough?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Choose Your Own Hero’s Journey, Live a Life Full of Meaning<\/a><\/strong> — A long(ish) article on finding your heroes journey, written especially for creative people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Job Cannot Give Your Life Meaning, and Neither Should It<\/a><\/strong> — Too many people try to find a “fulfilling” job, not realising satisfaction only comes from inside<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Gift of Suffering\u2013 Adventures on the Dark Path <\/a>— We try to run from suffering but suffering is how we grow spiritually<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Dirty G Word<\/a><\/strong> A filthy word we don’t use in polite society<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karma <\/a><\/strong>— A Misunderstood concept, we see how Karma has more to do with mental energies than some cosmic justice force<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acceptance vs Giving Up<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why the Divine would rather you became the best person you could, rather than trying to \u201csave the world\u201d<\/a><\/strong> A rant against the Save the World <\/em>hippie types \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spiritual Imposter Syndrome<\/a><\/strong> : The feeling I am not good enough to talk about spirituality<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do Gurus have so many scandals?<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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