Category: Spirituality
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Istanbul, Turkey // Why am I so scared of mosques?
Istanbul was a whirlwind. I booked a three day private tour to see as much as possible with my limited time there. It is a beautiful city, but what I loved most was how alive it is. After dinner, we walked along the famous Istiklal Caddesi, adjacent to Taksim square. It was well after midnight,…
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Key West, Florida // Why a truly minor problem?
I hated the feeling I was having. I felt frustrated and irritated by a slight inconvenience. But it does happen to all of us, sooner or later. These minor problems from our daily lives start to add up. You merge onto the highway and pick a lane and it is the wrong lane. Cars pass…
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Why do I read tarot?
As with so many things I have learned throughout my lifetime, it was my sister who first taught me about tarot reading. Ever since I can remember, my sister would do something and I would watch silently. Eventually, I would grow bold enough to copy her. My love of reading books, and my fearlessness of…
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Jesup, GA // Why Vipassana, a 10 day silent meditation course? (Part Two)
What am I talking about? Get caught up on Part One. On day three, we finally learned the actual technique of Vipassana meditation and the real torture began. Vipassana is a body scan meditation. You start at the top of the head, move to the feet, and then go back up the body. My mind…
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Jesup, GA // Why Vipassana, a 10-day silent meditation course? (Part One)
I started being active with this blog again a little over one year ago, and am proud to say I have faithfully published at least once a month. As I touched on when I first started this blog in 2018 and in the more recent Why have I been gone?, existential dread is something that…
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Akureyri, Iceland // Why try for a spiritual bypass?
I came to Iceland in my usual way. Which basically means, what I lacked in planning or forethought I made up for with a kind of meandering willingness to be open to whatever happens and hoping for the best, knowing I’ll figure it out once I get there. When I travel in this way, I…