“I don’t even try to get somewhere or something out of meditating; I’m merely resting in my freedom. So, if you see me as acting unhinged, that’s because I’m on another app – I meant because I’m not trying to impress you – isn’t that impressive? ‘My presence is…” (En savoir plus)
Tag: parisian
The mirror
“If life is a river I am water; when I think I am still, I am still flowing – still wet, at least. But do I know for sure I am water, or am I merely trying to explain my constant wetness? Pun is always intended…” (En savoir plus)
Cut!
“Cut! No more performing. But me performing is part of being myself, as much as my intention to stop performing is part of being myself. Either it’s a curse or a play, I cannot help but be myself. A wave cannot fall out of the…” (En savoir plus)
Narziss and me
“I cried for pages as Goldmund went through the pain of seeing what he previously deemed holy now cold and meaningless and what he used to deem selfish and immoral now pure and healing, in other words essential instead of merely necessary. Am I not still going…” (En savoir plus)
Certainty, perceived
“You see how it works? It’s a constant… Ah, I don’t want to call it battle… Process! It’s a constant process dropping the ego, even the superego – the self. They are part of me, they are inseparable, they’re supposed to keep me safe, and moral – wait, moral…” (En savoir plus)
Absolutely not
“When you flow in the river of life, you don’t cling on to every shiny log in your way for too long – you go around it, you go over it. People aren’t logs – yeah, and the logs aren’t always shiny; let them go regardless. There are people…” (En savoir plus)
Focused life
“Without trust, love will hide behind the clouds and keep me cold, revealing itself only on clear days, too blinding for me to look at. Without fierce loyalty to my true self, my growing and always-becoming self, I will always be imprisoned by other people’s versions of…” (En savoir plus)
Decided
“It took me a hell of a journey to decide what I truly want. And it took me multiple heavens of a journey to decide that the means does not matter as long as it feels correct. As long as I don’t lose my alignment with my true self…” (En savoir plus)
Listen
“I’m listening, Paris. To the waves in your river. To the wind by the canal. To the past-midnight steps my boat shoes drag. To the growing space between the last kiss and the next. I’m listening to the silence that is trying to heal the banging noisesç…” (En savoir plus)
Light in the heat
“I’ve been feeling light and reassured – my trust in myself playing a big part, I haven’t had time to question the ideologies and if they are aligned – alright, maybe I shouldn’t trust myself that much. Is this how capitalism creeps into our lives? No…” (En savoir plus)
Precious perception
“So, anyone and anything outside of me is the problem? No, a problem isn’t a mismatch between what is and what you want it to be; a problem is a misalignment between what is and how good you feel about it…” (En savoir plus)
Tant mieux !
“What about love? … Love is my given state, my default setting, even if I had to sit at the Eurostar lounge drinking crémant on my own as usual last night. But I didn’t, and tant mieux !” (En savoir plus)
