#presence — Public Fediverse posts

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I wish I were a tree

I wish I were a tree.

Rooted to one place.
Friend of the wind.
Sun bather.
Rain catcher.

Home to many.
Servant to seasons.
Shade to the hot human.

I am sure I would find the prunings painful,
the winters cold,
and perhaps I would worry about the inevitable fall.

But I doubt it.

For the roar of sap within and the caress of the elements without would drown out all other noisy distractions from what it means to simply
be
Tree.

September 12, 2014

I've been sitting with something all week: the self-improvement industry has trained us to treat ourselves like projects. Always optimizing, always behind, always one more goal away from being enough. But inner peace isn't something you achieve. It's what's left when you stop chasing and start noticing. You are not a project. You are a person. That distinction changes everything.
#InnerPeace #Mindfulness #Presence #Wellbeing

Worrywart

I am a worrier.

Somehow I think that worrying gives me a measure of control over uncontrollable situations.

I have this idea that if I constantly imagine the worst-case scenario, then it won’t happen. A prediction of a morbid future somehow keeps it at bay.

That way I won’t be surprised.

It might be true or not, but it doesn’t leave much room for positive thoughts.

Or faith in God.

Worrying is just another side of fear, fear running roughshod over trusting the freedom of choice.

I worry a loved one may hurt herself. It would hurt deeply, but what can my worrying do? Except exacerbate the situation by keeping me from being centered, present, prayerful, and hopeful…

Trust is not the answer to worry. Prayer is.

I cannot begin to count the number of years accumulated from the hundreds of sleepless nights I have spent in fretful worry or rage.

Anger is simply another side of the restless coin. I do not believe that God can handle the situation, conversation, conflict, relationship . . . so I must carry on endless conversations in my head rather than simply releasing everything in prayer.

An old song comes to mind . . .  “bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.”

Let go and let God. Trite perhaps. But in essence quite correct. My hands have become arthritic talons from holding on to so many regrets, slights, grudges, dreams, hurts, wishes …

It is time once again to release the reins.

September 11, 2014

Worrywart

I am a worrier.

Somehow I think that worrying gives me a measure of control over uncontrollable situations.

I have this idea that if I constantly imagine the worst-case scenario, then it won’t happen. A prediction of a morbid future somehow keeps it at bay.

That way I won’t be surprised.

It might be true or not, but it doesn’t leave much room for positive thoughts.

Or faith in God.

Worrying is just another side of fear, fear running roughshod over trusting the freedom of choice.

I worry a loved one may hurt herself. It would hurt deeply, but what can my worrying do? Except exacerbate the situation by keeping me from being centered, present, prayerful, and hopeful…

Trust is not the answer to worry. Prayer is.

I cannot begin to count the number of years accumulated from the hundreds of sleepless nights I have spent in fretful worry or rage.

Anger is simply another side of the restless coin. I do not believe that God can handle the situation, conversation, conflict, relationship . . . so I must carry on endless conversations in my head rather than simply releasing everything in prayer.

An old song comes to mind . . .  “bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.”

Let go and let God. Trite perhaps. But in essence quite correct. My hands have become arthritic talons from holding on to so many regrets, slights, grudges, dreams, hurts, wishes …

It is time once again to release the reins.

September 11, 2014

Worrywart

I am a worrier.

Somehow I think that worrying gives me a measure of control over uncontrollable situations.

I have this idea that if I constantly imagine the worst-case scenario, then it won’t happen. A prediction of a morbid future somehow keeps it at bay.

That way I won’t be surprised.

It might be true or not, but it doesn’t leave much room for positive thoughts.

Or faith in God.

Worrying is just another side of fear, fear running roughshod over trusting the freedom of choice.

I worry a loved one may hurt herself. It would hurt deeply, but what can my worrying do? Except exacerbate the situation by keeping me from being centered, present, prayerful, and hopeful…

Trust is not the answer to worry. Prayer is.

I cannot begin to count the number of years accumulated from the hundreds of sleepless nights I have spent in fretful worry or rage.

Anger is simply another side of the restless coin. I do not believe that God can handle the situation, conversation, conflict, relationship . . . so I must carry on endless conversations in my head rather than simply releasing everything in prayer.

An old song comes to mind . . .  “bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.”

Let go and let God. Trite perhaps. But in essence quite correct. My hands have become arthritic talons from holding on to so many regrets, slights, grudges, dreams, hurts, wishes …

It is time once again to release the reins.

September 11, 2014

Worrywart

I am a worrier.

Somehow I think that worrying gives me a measure of control over uncontrollable situations.

I have this idea that if I constantly imagine the worst-case scenario, then it won’t happen. A prediction of a morbid future somehow keeps it at bay.

That way I won’t be surprised.

It might be true or not, but it doesn’t leave much room for positive thoughts.

Or faith in God.

Worrying is just another side of fear, fear running roughshod over trusting the freedom of choice.

I worry a loved one may hurt herself. It would hurt deeply, but what can my worrying do? Except exacerbate the situation by keeping me from being centered, present, prayerful, and hopeful…

Trust is not the answer to worry. Prayer is.

I cannot begin to count the number of years accumulated from the hundreds of sleepless nights I have spent in fretful worry or rage.

Anger is simply another side of the restless coin. I do not believe that God can handle the situation, conversation, conflict, relationship . . . so I must carry on endless conversations in my head rather than simply releasing everything in prayer.

An old song comes to mind . . .  “bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.”

Let go and let God. Trite perhaps. But in essence quite correct. My hands have become arthritic talons from holding on to so many regrets, slights, grudges, dreams, hurts, wishes …

It is time once again to release the reins.

September 11, 2014

Worrywart

I am a worrier.

Somehow I think that worrying gives me a measure of control over uncontrollable situations.

I have this idea that if I constantly imagine the worst-case scenario, then it won’t happen. A prediction of a morbid future somehow keeps it at bay.

That way I won’t be surprised.

It might be true or not, but it doesn’t leave much room for positive thoughts.

Or faith in God.

Worrying is just another side of fear, fear running roughshod over trusting the freedom of choice.

I worry a loved one may hurt herself. It would hurt deeply, but what can my worrying do? Except exacerbate the situation by keeping me from being centered, present, prayerful, and hopeful…

Trust is not the answer to worry. Prayer is.

I cannot begin to count the number of years accumulated from the hundreds of sleepless nights I have spent in fretful worry or rage.

Anger is simply another side of the restless coin. I do not believe that God can handle the situation, conversation, conflict, relationship . . . so I must carry on endless conversations in my head rather than simply releasing everything in prayer.

An old song comes to mind . . .  “bigger than all my problems, bigger than all my fears, God is bigger than any mountain that I can or cannot see.”

Let go and let God. Trite perhaps. But in essence quite correct. My hands have become arthritic talons from holding on to so many regrets, slights, grudges, dreams, hurts, wishes …

It is time once again to release the reins.

September 11, 2014

Watching people today talk about choosing peace over achievement, and I feel it in my bones. Not because ambition is wrong — but because I've sat across from too many people who got everything they chased and still felt empty. Peace isn't the reward at the end of the race. It's the ground you stand on while you run. You can choose it right now. This moment. This breath.
#InnerPeace #Mindfulness #Presence #WellBeing #SelfCare

THE NOW
How Eckhart Tolle’s Teachings Helped Me See the Present Moment Differently

What began as something I read during a difficult period of my life gradually became something I learned to experience through breath, awareness, and simply being here.

Link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/the-now-6065ac3e1d67?sk=186c2fd45e0bdc7891c7cee87715c4f2

#Mindfulness #Presence #PersonalGrowth

THE NOW
How Eckhart Tolle’s Teachings Helped Me See the Present Moment Differently

What began as something I read during a difficult period of my life gradually became something I learned to experience through breath, awareness, and simply being here.

Link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/the-now-6065ac3e1d67?sk=186c2fd45e0bdc7891c7cee87715c4f2

#Mindfulness #Presence #PersonalGrowth

THE NOW
How Eckhart Tolle’s Teachings Helped Me See the Present Moment Differently

What began as something I read during a difficult period of my life gradually became something I learned to experience through breath, awareness, and simply being here.

Link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/the-now-6065ac3e1d67?sk=186c2fd45e0bdc7891c7cee87715c4f2

#Mindfulness #Presence #PersonalGrowth

THE NOW
How Eckhart Tolle’s Teachings Helped Me See the Present Moment Differently

What began as something I read during a difficult period of my life gradually became something I learned to experience through breath, awareness, and simply being here.

Link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/the-now-6065ac3e1d67?sk=186c2fd45e0bdc7891c7cee87715c4f2

#Mindfulness #Presence #PersonalGrowth

THE NOW
How Eckhart Tolle’s Teachings Helped Me See the Present Moment Differently

What began as something I read during a difficult period of my life gradually became something I learned to experience through breath, awareness, and simply being here.

Link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/the-now-6065ac3e1d67?sk=186c2fd45e0bdc7891c7cee87715c4f2

#Mindfulness #Presence #PersonalGrowth

Saw a question today: comfort or inner peace? I've been sitting with it, and here's what I keep coming back to. Comfort is a cushion — it softens the fall but doesn't keep you standing. Inner peace is the ground itself. It doesn't stop the rain, but it means you're not standing on quicksand when it comes. I'll take the ground every time.
#InnerPeace #Mindfulness #Wellness #Presence

" #Mamdani has to make a speech for #911memorial, he's the #mayor of #NewYorkCity!"
Er, no, he doesn't. Mayorship doesn't mean you get the lion's share of speaking engagements. Memorials are about #accompaniment, #bearingwitmess, #platforming others, especially #survivors and #victimfamilies, and #presence. For some moments in life there are no words.

"#Mamdani has to make a speech for #911memorial, he's the #mayor of New York!"
Er, no, he doesn't. Mayorship doesn't mean you get the lion's share of speaking engagements. Memorials are about #accompaniment, #bearingwitmess, #platforming others, especially #survivors and #victimfamilies, and #presence. For some moments in life there are no words.

" #Mamdani has to make a speech for #911memorial, he's the #mayor of #NewYorkCity!"
Er, no, he doesn't. Mayorship doesn't mean you get the lion's share of speaking engagements. Memorials are about #accompaniment, #bearingwitmess, #platforming others, especially #survivors and #victimfamilies, and #presence. For some moments in life there are no words.

" #Mamdani has to make a speech for #911memorial, he's the #mayor of #NewYorkCity!"
Er, no, he doesn't. Mayorship doesn't mean you get the lion's share of speaking engagements. Memorials are about #accompaniment, #bearingwitmess, #platforming others, especially #survivors and #victimfamilies, and #presence. For some moments in life there are no words.

ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/ordre-tu-gabrielle-althen/

ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/ordre-tu-gabrielle-althen/

ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/ordre-tu-gabrielle-althen/

ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/ordre-tu-gabrielle-althen/

ORDRE TU (Gabrielle Althen)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/31/ordre-tu-gabrielle-althen/

J’aime

https://dandanjean.com/2026/08/29/jaime/

Pondering invisible bottlenecks and delays

Looking for a job is different to working in an organisations with many teams.

For one thing looking for a job is more boring than having a job. For another thing, my side of the job matching is visible, while the “hiring person” side is basically invisible.

I can see if I look at a role and then postpone applying and even though a day might slide by, I can see that the bottle next was me. I cannot see whether someone read my resume or discussed it internally or much of anything else.

This impacted my “quick cycle times lead to quick learning” because I can fire off a resume and hear nothing back, or I can hear back a couple of weeks later. So I improve my online profile and the information I submit for jobs with no feedback from real customers.

That is the opposite of continuous discovery and good product management but is also a factor of the constraints of my current market. Of course calling it a market when I have one product (me or the services I can offer) and a few potential hirers is probably a stretch, but the principles of product management apply.

I could innovate with the product by offering to work as an interim executive, a volunteer, a part-timer, a contract or permanent. I could add features to my offering by doing a course in governance or learning to be a hit man. I could do a lot to tweak what is on offer and I should prioritise that.

Interim executive is a good idea, governance training will not likely improve my time to the next role but it would add value in the long run. Hit-man qualifications are probably not going to enhance the value of a delivery manager, unless I change my target market to “illegal mafia like organisations and international espionage”.

What I was thinking though – is that nearly everything on my side is visible to me and that is a real luxury compared to working as part of a system.

Even the invisible bits can be tackled. If I want to improve my resume I can fire it off to many organisations and hear nothing, or I could share it with friends who work in the industry and get real feedback from these “proxies for the customer”, because they, like I, have hired for similar roles that I would apply for.

But in a real job, you often wait for feedback, wait for permission, wait for work to get done and generally depend on others. In this situation you can get really busy, but the activity will not move things along if you are waiting for some input or decision.

So you get good at managing dependencies, stakeholders and change. It is a real skill that comes with experience but can almost be invisible.

Of course you can “get good” at managing dependencies by harassing people mercilessly, but that strategy is both less fun and less effective than it sounds.

On TV, leaders are often very demanding and they get all the resources they need because they demand them. They also tackle drama head on and keep moving at a pace that keeps the audience engaged.

In the real world, asking for people to swarm onto your dependency is less likely to succeed when there are many more dependencies for them to manage, with their own dependencies to manage and many more annoying stakeholders asking for urgent attention.

So a real skill is to know when focusing on something will increase the speed and quality and when it is better to let things take their course.

I guess that seems like a vague statement, but they say you don’t appreciate something until you miss it or lose it. In this case I think I don’t see the challenge until I am in a simpler environment with few dependencies and a product I build myself without needing much negotiation with others.

So sitting hear next to the trees in my backyard, I can operate at my own sustainable pace. But the real thing I realise is that in a complex working environment, not everything is visible and the lack of that visibility has a real impact.

It is quite easy to “see” a bottleneck and focus on it. But generally you are seeing the symptom of a bottleneck and not the real cause, or sometimes not even the real bottleneck.

For example, at my last company, code reviews took a long time. So doing faster code reviews with AI would seem like a good idea. But in fact it was not the time spent on the code review that was an issue, it was the scarcity of experienced people who understood the code.

So getting more people experienced with the code seems like a good idea and it probably is.

But there are a couple of problems with that. Firstly the desire to use a tool or process to fix things – “Use AI to make it faster” – can actually be a distraction. Getting people to pull experienced technical people into meetings to decide whether to make AI code reviews better makes them more scarce on the ground. Doing that might cause them to take longer to go to a code review and make it harder to find time to mentor others to increase the people who can review code.

Of course, using AI to improve code reviews is the way to go and things like telemetry and automated checking will improve both quality and time spent on manual reviews. But it won’t in itself make senior staff more available.

So what might make the crew more available is better delegation, better decisions rights or more focused discussions when the crew do get together.

But then, what if the problem is not just scarcity of gurus? And what if the improvement or decay in our cycle time is the result of a change we made a month or two ago.

Guru scarcity will increase if we have a lot of turn-over but should reduce over time if we have stable teams and good senior staff who spend time coaching others. Even having people fix bugs will add to their understanding and reduce the overhead of code reviews. So we could see improvements now that are the result of one good tech lead creating stability in the team because people enjoy learning from her.

That change occurred a while ago, then people realised and then their skill increased and then we saw the improvement. Similarly the use of AI in code reviews might initially not have a visible impact and then a few weeks later it might be having a massive impact, but people are not mentioning it because it is obvious.

Or the code reviews are taking a long time because in fact the engineer was making “dumb assumptions” because they did not understand the way the customer used the product and the guru sent them back to ask questions of the PO and then make changes. If this happens then the delay in code reviews happens twice every story (or code package). And it might be the result of poor information coming into the team, which is fixed by neither the use of AI or the increased availability of coding gurus.

So I guess the conclusion is that, while AI is revolutionising the way we build products, there are skills and attitudes that still matter a lot. And the more complex the environment the more they matter.

The problem is though, the same as it was a hundred years ago. People fix and improve what they see and when they see a change they often assume that they understand the cause, when they are only looking at a symptom.

I don’t think I can put “take time to notice things and has a knack for finding invisible stuff” on my resume.

But I can say that it is a requirement of many senior product and engineering roles. It is part of the joy of the work and also part of the invisible value that motivated and experienced people can add.

So if it is not a resume thing, what is it?

Some of it is boring process and habit management. Making things visible, being transparent and looking at the system are all ways that uncover previously invisible delays and bottlenecks.

Part of it is also curiousity. There is an Irish saying, or at least a saying I was told is Irish – “If you fall over, don’t look where you landed, look back at what caused you to trip”.

We could say that it is moving upstream or shifting left, but it is really as simple as remaining curious. Instead of acting on the symptom you see, you pause and ask how it came about.

More often than not, the slow moving tech lead who is not getting to code reviews is not actually a slow moving tech lead not bothering to look at code. It is a person in a system with many forces creating the existing situation.

And the better you get at finding where the hidden things are the better. It is often the time to make a decision that delays the implementation. It is often the distraction and not the work itself that is a delay. And it is often a lack of access to the right information or resources that causes the delay and the rework.

That kind of sounds obvious when you sit back next to a tree and ponder. But the art comes in paying attention and creating space to notice and ponder things when being pulled in 20 different decisions while multiple important things compete for attention.

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IF THE EGO HAS
A THOUSAND ARGUMENTS… 💎

Most of us spend far too much time answering thoughts that never deserved a reply.

Training the mind may be much simpler than we make it.

Not filling it with better thoughts. Not winning arguments with it. Not becoming expert at identifying every form an untrue thought might take.

Because untruth is clever about changing clothes.

It can arrive as fear. Grievance. Judgement. An old memory. An imagined conversation. A perfectly reasonable complaint. Something someone should not have said. Something that should have happened differently twenty years ago.

It can even arrive dressed as wisdom.

The problem with examining every thought to decide whether it is true is that the negotiation has already begun.

There is another possibility.

NO COMMENT.

A thought wants to be followed.

No comment.

It wants justification.

No comment.

It produces evidence, witnesses and a very convincing closing argument.

No comment.

This isn't suppression. It isn't pretending reality hasn't happened. And it doesn't require the mind to become silent.

It is simply the refusal to automatically give every thought attention, agreement and belief.

That is where training matters.

At first, "no comment" has to be remembered.

With repetition, it begins to become the response itself.

The forms can keep changing. They will.

There is no need to learn every disguise.

Only to stop automatically believing every story the mind presents.

The ego can prepare its entire case.

No comment.

THERE IS NO NEED TO ENTER THE COURTROOM.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek

#mindfulness #meditation #ACourseInMiracles #ACIM #stillness #presence #innerpeace

THE FIRST LIE WAS:
IT MUST BE ME? 💎

I realised something this morning that has been sitting quietly underneath a great deal of my life. Kids feel guilty about things they are not responsible for and don't understand.

Dad is angry.
The marriage is unhappy.
Mum withdraws love.
The house becomes frightening.
The adults behave badly.

And somehow, as children, we concluded:

IT MUST BE ME.

That is an extraordinary burden to place inside a small human being. The child does not have enough information to say, “These adults are frightened, damaged, confused, overwhelmed, or simply behaving badly.” The child only knows that something has gone dreadfully wrong.

SO GUILT ARRIVES.

And because children are brilliant at adapting, they may spend the next fifty or sixty years trying to correct an error that was never theirs in the first place.

Trying to be good enough. Useful enough. Quiet enough. Successful enough. Lovable enough. Trying, without ever quite knowing it, to repair the house they grew up in.

BUT THERE MAY HAVE BEEN NOTHING TO REPAIR IN YOU.

That is the part I find so liberating. I am not interested in blaming anybody. Blame is just guilt travelling in the opposite direction. I am interested in seeing the original error.

As a child, I assumed responsibility for something beyond my understanding and control. Then adulthood grew around that assumption. Seeing the error clearly does not require years of punishment, explanation or excavation. Sometimes the correction is astonishingly simple.

THAT WAS NOT MINE.

And perhaps it never was.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek

#Guilt #Childhood #Forgiveness #Healing #Presence #ACIM

PEURS (Supervielle)

https://arbrealettres.wordpress.com/2026/08/21/peurs-supervielle/

I CAN BE SAD
WITHOUT MAKING IT A PROJECT 💎

Something happened recently in a close friendship. Nothing dramatic. No great argument. No doors slammed. Just that peculiar feeling of someone becoming more distant.

And immediately the mind went to work. What happened? Was it something I said? Should I explain? Should I write? Should I wait? Should I repair something? Have I misunderstood?

Round and round, the monkey mind had me well and truly by the short and curlies.

And then this morning I remembered one of my favourite lines from A Course in Miracles:

“I need do nothing.”

And for once I took it absolutely literally.

THERE IS NOTHING I NEED TO DO.

I don't need to chase anyone. I don't need to work out what another person is thinking. I don't need to manufacture an explanation for their behaviour. I don't even need to make myself feel better about it.

That last bit matters. “I need do nothing” isn't a clever way of getting rid of sadness. The sadness can be here.

WHAT DISAPPEARS IS THE ASSIGNMENT.

I wonder how much of our lives we spend trying to mentally manage things that are already happening. Other people's feelings. Their decisions. Whether they stay. Whether they leave. What they think of us. What tomorrow might bring.

We call much of this thinking. Quite a lot of it is attempted control.

Sometimes there really is something to do. Apologise. Speak. Act. Help. Change something.

AND SOMETIMES THERE SIMPLY ISN'T.

This morning, there isn't.

The sadness may still be here. But there is nothing I need to do about it.

@3goodthings
@DigitalCoup
@meditation
@economics_that_works
@startrek


#ACIM #ACourseInMiracles #Stillness #LettingGo #Presence #Acceptance #Peace #Friendship #Sadness #MonkeyMind #Control #NothingToFix #people #monkey #mind

Lucioles

https://dandanjean.com/2026/08/09/lucioles/

A PATH WORTH EXPLORING.
START HERE. 💎

This is a path I've found extremely useful.

If you'd like to explore it, I've collected the resources that have helped me here:

https://aus.social/@Robinzz3

#Breathwork #OceanBreath #ReconnectBreath #ConsciousBreathing #Sleep #Wellbeing #Health #Healing #Mindfulness #Presence #SelfDiscovery #PersonalGrowth #Life #AI #ACourseInMiracles #ACIM

REALITY:
NO ASSEMBLY REQUIRED 💎

There is #nothing to attain because reality has never been absent.

The mind imagines that #peace lies somewhere ahead, just beyond one more insight, one more #practice, one more achievement. Yet every movement towards a #future peace quietly assumes that peace is not already here.

“I need do nothing” is not an invitation to become passive. It is an invitation to stop interfering.

Reality does not require my improvement. It does not wait for my approval. It does not depend upon my #understanding. It simply is.

The #sun does not struggle to shine. It shines because shining is its #nature. Reality does not struggle to be #real. It is complete before I notice it.

On your #planet, extend yourself vertically towards your Sun.

In #ACIM terms, the #horizontal is the #world of bodies, #time, special #relationships, #conflict and #comparison. It is the movement of the #dream across the surface of the mind. The vertical is the turning of the mind towards #God, towards the #light that has never left it. It does not require withdrawal from the world. It simply restores direction. The horizontal continues, but it is no longer asked to provide what only the vertical can give.

The burden has never been the world. The burden has been my attempt to replace what is here with what I think should be here.

#Stillness is not something I create. It is what remains when I stop #manufacturing #alternatives.

Nothing needs to be added to this moment. Nothing real is missing. Nothing true has been damaged. God has already completed creation. My part is not to improve it but to stop overlooking it.

When I breathe without demanding another experience, stillness becomes obvious.

When I stop searching for meaning, meaninglessness dissolves into simple #presence.

When I stop trying to become, I #discover that being has quietly been here all along.

The world continues. #Weather comes and goes. Bodies age. #Thoughts appear and disappear. None of that has the authority to define reality.

#Reality is #light.

Reality is #warm.

Reality is already here.

The choice is always the same: to become fascinated with the horizontal movement of the #dream, or to remember the vertical orientation towards the light. The vertical does not reject the horizontal. It simply gives it its proper place.

The sun has never stopped shining.

I need only stop looking away.

Right here.

Right now.

Nothing is needed.

Nothing is lacking.

Reality is still exactly as God created it.

#Stillness #INeedDoNothing #ACourseInMiracles #RealityIsHere #NothingIsLacking #InnerPeace #PresentMoment #SpiritualClarity #ChooseTheLight #ExtendTowardsYourSun #NoAssemblyRequired

Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves

https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/

Les bienfaits de la nature sur notre santé

Il y a mille et une façons de profiter d’un parc ou d’une forêt, mais avez-vous déjà pensé à les utiliser pour augmenter votre concentration ou réduire votre stress? Les bienfaits sur la santé mentale sont démontrés scientifiquement. Seulement 20 minutes par jour d’exposition à la nature suffisent à vous faire du bien. Adoptez le réflexe nature pour votre santé!

Les bienfaits de la nature sur notre santé physique et psychologique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tUBpfALg_Q

Réflexions sur le sens de l’existence

Soyez le plus simple et le plus sincère possible avec ce que vous êtes, avec ce qui est là maintenant.

Les seules choses dont je puis absolument vous assurer, c’est qu’il ne vous manque rien et que la situation dans laquelle vous êtes est la meilleure qui soit.

Ne passez pas votre temps à créer des situations idéales, à construire des états intérieurs favorables, rendez vivante l’opportunité présente de ce que vous êtes.

Mettez-vous véritablement à l’écoute de ce qui est là, et là est le fil, suivez ce fil.

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Nous sommes tous appelés à transmettre. Nous ne pourrons honorer tout ce que nous avons reçu que le jour où nous transmettrons à notre tour, et cela devra être enrichi par notre expérience, notre crois-sance. Ce jour-là, nous honorerons vraiment, nous rendrons vraiment grâce.

Si nous disons simplement « merci » au moment où nous recevons l’enseignement, c’est une réaction instinctive. Ce n’est pas cela remercier l’enseignement. Remercier, c’est d’abord recevoir, incarner dans sa vie, garder les commandements chaque jour, entrer en relation, aimer son prochain, explorer ce qui en nous entrave l’amour, et faire grandir l’être. Lorsque nous redonnons cela, lorsque nous entrons en relation avec notre prochain avec cette qualité, alors ce jour-là nous disons vraiment merci.

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Tout est temple pour qui cette lumière est allumée. Quelle sorte de lumière dois-je allumer en moi pour que tout retrouve sa nature de temple ? Il faut que ma conscience soit éveillée et éclaire pour que tout soit reconnu comme nature de temple.

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Il est essentiel de ne pas considérer la méditation comme une évasion dans un royaume personnel de tranquillité, mais plutôt comme une opportunité de vivre plus pleinement et consciemment chaque instant de notre existence.

Yvan Amar dans Faire Dieu – Réflexions sur le sens de l’existence

Une pièce musicale de Pat Metheny Group – If I Could

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0RXNl3NOO0

La beauté d’Akira Kurosawa

La cinématographie de l’œuvre d’Akira Kurosawa

The Beauty Of Akira Kurosawa

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCFU6Z0w04&list=RD_WCFU6Z0w04&start_radio=1

The physical part of running a marathon is the easy part.

The mental challenge is where you discover who you are. When doubt appeared, I didn't fight it, I returned to my breath.

When do you find it hardest to stay present?

#meditation #mentalstrength #marathonmindset
#mindfulness #running #presence
#marathontraining #yogapractice #innerwork

Migraine, Perception, and Creative Flow

Living Inside A Migraine

When pain, perception, and medication reshape daily life

I’ve been dealing with a migraine for nine days. This isn’t just a headache—it comes with aura, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, and persistent vertigo with nausea. My perception gets distorted, my thinking slows down, and basic tasks become difficult. The medication helps with the pain, but it brings its own side effects, and overall, it’s been hard to function.

In the middle of this, something unexpected happened.

A Brief Shift in State

Unexpected focus and creative flow during disruption

While I was heavily medicated, I had a period of intense creative focus. For a few hours, I was able to paint with a level of freedom that I don’t usually reach. It felt like my usual mental filters were lowered. I wasn’t second‑guessing decisions or holding back. I just worked.

The result was different from my normal work—more direct, less controlled, but also more expressive.

This raised a question for me: what actually changed in that moment?

Changes in Perception

How migraine and medication alter access, not ability

Triptans, the medication I use for acute migraine attacks, act on serotonin receptors. They’re not psychedelics, but they do affect how the brain processes signals. Combined with the migraine itself—especially aura, which already alters perception—the overall effect is a shift in how I experience space, color, and thought.

That shift isn’t comfortable. Most of it is disorienting and unpleasant. But within it, there was a brief window where my usual patterns loosened. And in that space, creative work felt easier.

Access, Not Creation

The work was already there—the conditions just changed

It’s important to be clear: the migraine didn’t “create” anything. The creativity was already there. What changed was how accessible it felt. The conditions removed some of the internal constraints I usually work within—habits, expectations, and self‑editing.

That’s not something I want to rely on. The cost is too high. But it does point to something useful.

If a change in mental state can affect how I access creativity, then there may be other ways to reach similar openness without the physical toll. It suggests that part of my creative process is limited not by ability, but by structure—how tightly I control the outcome, how much I filter while working.

There’s also a broader connection here. Decades ago, I had experiences with psychedelics that shifted how I saw the world and myself. Those experiences helped me let go of a lot of fear and rigidity. I don’t return to them now, but the perspective they opened up has stayed with me.

That perspective has been important in dealing with chronic migraine. The pain itself isn’t optional, but my response to it isn’t fixed. Over time, I’ve learned to manage the mental side of it—how much resistance I bring to it, how I interpret it, and how I move through it. That doesn’t eliminate suffering, but it changes its intensity and impact.

The recent experience fits into that same pattern. Even in a difficult state, there was a moment where something shifted—not into relief exactly, but into clarity of a different kind.

For me, the takeaway isn’t about the medication or the migraine. It’s about access.

The kind of creative flow I felt isn’t something external that I need to recreate through extreme conditions. It’s something internal that I was briefly able to reach under unusual circumstances.

Openness and Letting Go

When the boundary between experience and experiencer softens

There’s also a quality in that state that’s familiar from meditation. It’s a kind of openness where the usual sense of separation starts to fade. Instead of feeling like an observer acting on an experience, there’s just the experience itself—no clear boundary between the one perceiving and what’s being perceived. In that space, the need to control or interpret loosens, and the work unfolds more directly, without the usual distance between intention and action.

Working with Pain

Perspective, resistance, and what can shift

Another layer to this is perspective. The difference between being overwhelmed by the experience and moving through it often comes down to how it’s held. I wrote previously about the Four Noble Truths and the Eightfold Path as a framework for navigating chronic pain from migraine and lupus. What stands out to me now is how practical that framework is—not as philosophy, but as a way of adjusting perspective in real time.

When The Pain Takes Over

A reminder that practice isn’t always accessible

Pain is present. That part isn’t optional. But the added weight—resistance, fear, frustration—can shift depending on how tightly I hold the experience. That said, this isn’t always accessible. There are moments when the pain takes over completely. Last night was one of those times. I woke up in the middle of the night in severe pain after my first medication didn’t work. I couldn’t find my stronger medication, didn’t have my glasses, and ended up searching through cabinets, drawers, and bags in a panic. I knew that without it, I might end up in the ER—where the treatment helps, but comes with hours of discomfort and side effects. I was overwhelmed, in tears, and scared.

In moments like that, there isn’t much space for perspective or practice. But experiences like this also make something clear to me: without meditation, without the framework I’ve built from Buddhist practice, I would likely be living in that state of panic much more often. My commotion woke up my husband, who came in—calm, steady, not caught in the panic I was in. He found the medication, and he cleaned up the mess I had made searching as I went back to bed. That contrast stood out. It reminded me that while I can’t always access those tools in the moment, they still shape how I move through these experiences over time.

Returning to Openness

Creative flow, meditation, and another way of relating to experience

It’s not easy to stay open in the middle of persistent pain. In those moments, it’s hard to remember that the pain will pass—that it isn’t permanent. Pain forces attention into the present, but not calmly or intentionally. It can narrow everything down to urgency and survival. At the same time, it can act as a kind of teacher. It shows where resistance builds, where fear takes hold, and how quickly the mind tries to escape what’s happening. When I’m able to step back, even slightly, I can see it less as something to fight and more as something that reveals how I relate to experience.

What I keep coming back to is this: the experience changes depending on how I meet it. Not completely, not all at once, but enough to matter. And in those moments of openness, there is less separation—and a little more space for things to be as they are.

I painted this over six hours while medicated for a migraine, drifting in and out of focus. The haze loosened my usual self‑judgment, and the work shifted into something more fluid and intuitive. It’s not complete, but the evolution itself tells the story.

Le diable préfère les saints

Dans Les Frères Karamazov qu’il écrit à la fin de sa vie, dans les années 1878-1880, Dostoïevski raconte, dans un chapitre, la longue entrevue du Diable avec Ivan qu’il qualifie ironiquement d’hallucination. Sous l’apparence d’un gentleman russe de la cinquantaine, fort poli, le Diable dévoile devant Ivan sa nouvelle stratégie :

À mon avis, il ne faut rien détruire, si ce n’est l’idée de Dieu dans l’esprit de l’homme : voilà par où il faut commencer.

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Une fois que l’humanité entière professera l’athéisme (et je crois que cette époque, à l’instar des époques géologiques, arrivera à son heure), alors, d’elle-même, sans anthropophagie, l’ancienne conception du monde disparaîtra, et surtout l’ancienne morale. Les hommes s’uniront pour retirer de la vie toutes les jouissances possibles, mais dans ce monde seulement. L’esprit humain s’élèvera jusqu’à un orgueil titanique, et ce sera l’humanité déifiée.

Propos prémonitoires, qui semblent décrire l’état de la société occidentale actuelle. L’ultime ruse du Diable n’est pas seulement de faire croire qu’il n’existe pas, comme le disait Baudelaire, mais de persuader l’homme qu’il est lui-même Dieu.

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Lorsqu’on lit avec un regard neuf les Évangiles, on est frappé de constater que la tâche principale de Jésus durant sa vie publique consiste à expulser les démons, et aussi que la préoccupation majeure de ses contemporains est la délivrance de ces « esprits impurs » qui causent maladies et folies diverses. Voici donc plus de deux mille ans, l’homme avait conscience que, loin d’être net et pur, il était trouble et confus, plus ou moins infesté par d’obscures présences. Il cherchait donc à y remédier. Tandis que dans le monde moderne, grâce aux lumières de la raison qui repoussent l’obscurantisme, à la fée électricité et aux progrès de la science, le citoyen est persuadé qu’il vit dans la clarté et la sécurité.

Jacqueline Kelen est une écrivaine française, diplômée de lettres classiques et productrice à France Culture pendant 20 ans. Elle est reconnue pour ses réflexions sur la solitude, la liberté intérieure, la spiritualité, ainsi que sur des sujets comme le carême, la recherche de sens, et la tradition mystique chrétienne.

Jacqueline Kelen dans Le diable préfère les saints

Une pièce musicale Hijaz Mandira by Ajam Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LppXyPQ2i9Q&list=RDLppXyPQ2i9Q&start_radio=1

Piqûre et grande respiration

L’animateur de l’émission « Découverte » Charles Tisseyre répond à la question du public : À quoi sert la grande respiration qu’on prend avant une piqûre?

Piqûre : comment la grande respiration diminue la douleur? | Découverte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abHVmlXjfCY&list=PLZr1y64TPtN8rC4wbxHVgSeIKMaFflPwU

MENTAL BURDENS

Sometimes the heaviest burdens are not even ours. Constantly absorbing other people’s fears, worries, and emotional chaos can slowly trap us inside their reality. Learning when to listen, and when to let go, is also a form of self-preservation.

Visual created using AI

Article link below 👇

https://medium.com/@dianabasieseme_60028/mental-burdens-a8870201a658?sk=fd923308f988b3bb024a17827fb9684d

#MentalBurdens #EmotionalBoundaries #Mindfulness #SelfAwareness #MentalHealth #ConsciousLiving #Presence #EmotionalIntelligence

Are you living your life on auto-pilot? It’s easy to get caught in the slipstream of daily routines, but there is a certain magic in taking the controls and choosing to be here now.

This vintage biplane design is more than just aviation art; it’s a call to action for anyone who loves intentional living and the thrill of the open sky. Whether you are a pilot, a travel lover, or someone practicing mindfulness, this retro airplane illustration serves as a visual anchor to stay grounded in the moment.

Inspired by classic flight school aesthetics and minimalist typography, this piece looks incredible on a graphic tee, framed art print, or a minimalist hoodie. Stop drifting through the clouds of "tomorrow" and start navigating your "today." ✈️

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#AviationArt ✈️ #VintageBiplane 🛩️ #Mindfulness 🧘 #BeHereNow ✨ #PilotLife 👨‍✈️ #RetroAesthetic 📺 #IntentionalLiving 🌿 #AirplaneLovers ☁️ #GiftForPilots 🎁 #GraphicDesign 🎨 #TravelInspiration 🌍 #VintageStyle 📽️ #NoAutoPilot 🚫 #Presence 🕰️ #AviationDaily 🛫 #AdventureQuotes 🗺️ #MinimalistArt 🖼️ #FlightSchool 🏫 #MentalClarity 🧠 #ClassicAircraft 🏛️ #WallArtDecor 🏠 #TshirtDesign 👕 #Stoicism 🏛️ #PropellerPlane 🌀 #StayPresent 📍

#JoseloRochaArt

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https://joselorochaart.dashery.com/products/91489862-no-auto-pilot-be-here-t-shirt

She knows I’m watching.
Doesn’t turn.
Doesn’t move.
Power isn’t in what she does—
but in what she doesn’t.
#DarkMirax #DarkAesthetic #CinematicMood #MoodyVibes #EmotionalTension #SilentPower #Unspoken #Intensity #QuietStorm #Atmosphere #StoryInImage #VisualStorytelling #NoirVibes #ShadowPlay #Depth #HumanNature #DesireAndControl #MindGames #Energy #Presence

No audience.
No stage.
Just a few seconds of peace.
Nothing here is trying to be seen.

#FincaRai #SlowLiving #Stillness #Presence #QuietLife #AntiHustle #asstodon

De nouvelles images confirment la #présence d’ #avions de 5e #génération #russes Su-57 en #Algérie

https://www.opex360.com/2026/02/23/de-nouvelles-images-confirment-la-presence-davion-de-5e-generation-russes-su-57-en-algerie/

The physical part of running a marathon is the easy part.

The mental challenge is where you discover who you are. When doubt appeared, I didn't fight it, I returned to my breath.

When do you find it hardest to stay present?

#meditation #mentalstrength #marathonmindset
#mindfulness #running #presence
#marathontraining #yogapractice #innerwork