MINDFUL TRAVELLING BLOG
Close Your Eyes for a Second and Do the Jump, on the Other Side Your Brighter World Awaits You
Going Beyond the Influence of your Prior Environment I was creating my heavy metal playlist as I always do before I go for a run. Even though it was dark outside the temperature was 11 degrees, way better than 10 days ago when the whole London was filled with snow...
Daedalus’ Escape from his Labyrinth and the Wisdom of the Spontaneous Action
Daedalus' Escape from his Labyrinth and the Wisdom of the Spontaneous Action Daedalus, a skillful craftsman and artist in Greek Mythology was asked by King Minos of Creta to build the Labyrinth in Knossos. The Labyrinth was an elaborate, deliberately confusing...
How to Prepare for Something that Stresses You
How to Prepare for Something that Stresses You When there is an upcoming situation that we are anxious about, how do we prepare ourselves? At times that stress has filled our body and mind, in which way do we approach it and can there be any control from our...
Making your Own Choices
Making your Own Choices Today I received a message from a very good friend from Greece. He wanted to ask me what I think about a choice that he had made. My friend is about 5 years younger than me and he has a degree in higher education. However, the economic...
The Unbearable Lightness of Being “Weird”
The Unbearable Lightness of Being "Weird" “Yes, this person looks normal” or “I can’t understand why she is doing these things, they don’t make sense, she is strange” or “He’s unpredictable and focuses all the time in weird staff, nothing he says makes any...
Hoi An in Vietnam, the Paradise for a Western Expatriate
Hoi An in Vietnam, the Paradise for a Western Expatriate I think in Europe things have started becoming very hard. USA supposingly does better financially with Trump but this can very well be another bubble like many others. It’s easy to show growth when you receive...
Beyond Left Brain Thinking and the Formation of Our Worldview
Beyond Left Brain Thinking and the Formation of Our Worldview For the most time, I remember myself I have been what we call a left-brainer. I used to pray to God, though, for a few years, I think when I was in primary school but I don’t think it lasted much. And in...
The Essence of Comprehension and How It Reflects on Self-Esteem
The Essence of Comprehension and How It Reflects on Self-Esteem There are too many things questionable. I mean how much essence is there behind the labels we use every day. The words, the phrases. And then how much attached are some emotions to them. How much...
With What Mentality to Approach the Meditation Practice
With What Mentality to Approach the Meditation Practice Gone are the times that meditation was an awkward word that most people didn’t even know its origin. Now the practice is very well known, there are so many scientific studies, so many books, so many smartphone...