I don’t know
On January 13, 2016 I was a little lost. I was close to broke, the business I was working for hadn’t paid me in three months, and I was sitting …
Meditation: Lead the body
A freewrite from July 30, 2017. Burrows Island Light Station, WA, USA Peel away the illusions of the mind to arrive at the eternal you. The place that isn’t distracted …
Mountains and Momentum
We are master extrapolators. We dream up the ultimate reality. With our imagination we can dream real an experience that has yet to manifest itself in our waking world. Athletes …
Fluidity
There are billions upon billions of stories on this planet. And billions is a modest estimation. Every human has their own story and can create a story for every other …
Eden Koz: The Journey to Just Be
One year before Eden Koz and I spoke on the podcast she found out that she had a rare infectious disease that spread from her lungs to her brain. Two brain …
Laundry
The eternal darkness of the womb is washed out by a blinding new sight: The light of a new world. The skin at the crown of the head tingles as …
Clear the Mechanism
After sitting silent for 60 minutes, his three words silenced the 20 others in the room: “Clear the mechanism.” “Tell me more about that!” “My pitching coach used to tell …
Walking Like a Panther: The Power of Poses
One of my clients does the panther walk. That is, they walk as if avalanches of abundance are cascading into their life and the manifestations of their dreams are happening …
Doing. Self Love. Masks
“. . . the only interesting people are interested people, and to be completely interested is to have forgotten about “I”.” -Watts I. Doing Like with everything else I’ve …
Set yourself free through your art
If a tree falls in the middle of the forest does anyone hear its sound? Unless your audiences is trees, no. Everyone is an artist the moment they create: the …
Friday Five: The ‘Secret’ and Straight FIRE from 1841
This is the last Friday of my 20’s. Pour one out for me this weekend. I’ll be traveling to the badlands of Eastern Washington to witness the ancient scenery. In …
Waves, War and Art | What it takes
Waves, war and art. Undulation is the nature of existence. The All is in a constant act of coming and going, with pause for staying; Climbing, Quitting, Camping. The war …
Soul Guru and the Cafe on the Ledge
How is that so many of us can feel lost in a state of “I don’t know” as the answers to life instantly appear on a 5 inch screen? We might be looking in the …
Give Me Breath, or Give Me Death: 4 Ways to Navigate a Quickening World
After weeks of anticipation, I got the call. It was an opportunity to be part of an event I had been seeking for 5 years, and the caller had the …
The Jokes On You – The Final Social Experiment
We’re being played by the Joker. Remember The Dark Knight? Remember the Joker? Remember the final scene when the Joker rigged two ferries with explosives? If not, watch the scene …
Reactive Reptiles
James sits with his butthole clenched, teeth gritting and eye balls twitching. That stupid gorilla meme Sandy shared is the most xenophobic, misogynist, bigoted, racist thing since ET the Extra-Terrestrial. …
What’s Your Absolute Value?
Remember Absolute Value from math class? The absolute value is a number’s distance from zero: In this example, -3 and 3 both have an absolute value of 3, because they …
Exploring the Dark Side: Sensory Deprivation and Altered States with Sean McCormick
Get ready for an interstellar, extra-dimensional journey into sensory deprivation, the shadow self, astral projection, artificial intelligence, getting better sleep, and more. Sean McCormick is a life coach and entrepreneur, best …
Infinite Indecision
How I Calibrate Myself to Avoid Decision Fatigue Hurriedly James leaves the dark confines of his flourescently lit office and spills onto the sun soaked pavement of the outside world. …
Meditation on Change
What is Change? Change is transition. It is the arrival of the storm. It is a musical change in key. It is a waterfall connecting two channels. It is the …