The Prison of the Mind: Is Awakening Equivalent to Death?
There is a terrifying clarity that most of us spend our entire lives trying to ignore. We wake up, we breathe, we touch, and we feel—yet we forget that everything we experience—the vibrant colors, the lingering scents, the sharpest pains, and the highest joys—is nothing more than an illusion rendered within the dark chambers of […]
Living as if the World Is a Dream
Some conversations do not feel like conversations at all.They feel like recognition. You begin talking about freedom, and suddenly you are speaking about ships, isolation, movement, and prisons at the same time. Maritime life becomes a metaphor before it becomes a profession. Not because of money, but because of distance. Because of separation. Because of […]
A Reminder About Freedom, Choice, and Awareness
A person who claims to have gained freedom often begins by asking about money.Can you be comfortable with it? Can you be happy because of it?But the deeper question is this: do you decide what you love, or do you only love what is presented to you? How much of what you know was learned […]