Kathmandu is not necessarily the easiest place to spend time, but it’s awe inspiring none the less. A bustling sprawl of shops, pedal rickshaws, Suzuki taxis, motorcycles, and vendors of vast amounts of stunning metalwork. It’s a blend of people from many different ethnic groups within Nepal and many religions including Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, […]
Author: Ted Seymour
Namaste – Arriving in Nepal
Just landed in Nepal for a bit of a summer’s end adventure. This type of travel, the travel away from comfort, security and familiarity towards the discomfort (and of course wonder) of a completely unknown place can be very challenging on an inner level but also very rewarding. In reading back on my writings from […]
I believe it to be true that the older we get the more wise and mature most of us become. It is a true blessing to outgrow the angst of youth and to become more and more the distillation of the person you have been meant to become. Rough edges are ground smooth, old behavioral […]
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Over the past many years, I’ve continued to be interested in learning something which might be considered akin to the truth as pertains to reality and our existence. Some things are starting to click together and in a way it has me somewhat excited. It feels a little new, so I thought I’d explore it […]
Wanting Even That Which We Don’t Like
I read something a week or so ago which pretty much stopped me in my tracks. It was one of those things, that, if true, would imply that perhaps my entire way of being may have been off for my entire life. The words have continued to both haunt and inspire me, so I thought […]
Spreading the Love – Busted Again
I just got busted. Not criminally busted, but caught once again writing “I Love You” as my signature when I charged a purchase yesterday. The sales clerk looked at the signature (which they very rarely do in America), and twisted her face up a little as if her brain was struggling to fire the proper […]
While I was in India for the first few months of 2009, I sat for a time with Mooji, a wonderful spiritual teacher and very heartful human being. While there and intending to return to the states, I had an experience where I went to the bus to begin my journey back and I simply […]
As humans we naturally want to make changes in our lives, yet we often fail in manifesting those changes because we simply haven’t created the necessary holding space wherein those changes can occur. It’s useless, for example, to try to learn to play the piano unless we give ourselves the time and space to practice. […]