After a fairly miserable couple of weeks for me, I seek council from one of the wisest people I know, Jitindriyā, a Buddhist nun, to help me better understand my state of mind - Jitindriyā helps me out with understanding death, depression, love, karma, apologising, and much more.

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Rant time! It feels like we've lost a key quality in our leadership: Grace. It's time to think outside the box and build back a society that cares about the right things.

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Today we're analysing forgiveness and acceptance through the wise words of Bob Dylan.

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One thing working for a big meditation app taught me, is that most people don't know what meditation is actually for.

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It turns out we can't be the best at everything we care about. In fact it's hard to be really good at even HALF the things we care about. Oliver Burkeman's words are here to help us process this problem.

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Do you need God to have incredible spiritual experiences? I don't think so. Spirtuality appears to be made of something, but I don't think one needs religion for that something.

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Do we sometimes use work to avoid the uneasy feelings that come up when we're just... exisiting?

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The news often highlights the worst of humanity, but when you take a moment to look around, you'll find that beauty and goodness are everywhere.

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