Archive - Nicole Smith

33/40: Thisness. Haecceity

Yesterday one of my meditation group friends showed me a philosophy book by Grayling and as I flipped through it, the word haeccity jumped out at me…

16 hrs ago • Nicole Smith

The anticipated feeling of relief as a lengthy inner trek is nearly over. A journey carries its own share of suffering

Mar 26 • Nicole Smith

31/40: Happiness

What if I don't think I should or could embrace happiness? As horrifying as it may seem, it is a kind of suffering that came up.

Mar 25 • Nicole Smith

Honouring the direction to head inward after substantially feeding the outward.

Mar 24 • Nicole Smith

29/40: Self-forgetting

In the last week and a half of this personal 40 day journey, taking a look at letting go of the suffering of self-preoccupation.

Mar 23 • Nicole Smith

Asymmetrical or not, friendship is a truly amazing part of human life.

Mar 22 • Nicole Smith

28/40: Emergence

The meanderings of over four weeks of a personal 40 day practice coalesce slowly, inexorably, inevitably into the emergence of a way of being that…

Mar 21 • Nicole Smith

27/40: Drink, And Live

There was a vivid dream last night of drinking from one water bottle to the next and yet still feeling thirsty. It was trying to tell me something.

Mar 20 • Nicole Smith

The 40 day journey continues and gets more challenging. Called away from frolicking in the shallows. Called to go deeper.

Mar 19 • Nicole Smith

25/40: Co-exist

In community small or large there is the challenge of holding space for different ways of being rather than the suffering of need one to supercede the…

Mar 18 • Nicole Smith

24/40: Permission

Do you ever wonder why you don't feel like you have permission to take the space you need? I have been wondering about this.

Mar 17 • Nicole Smith

23/40: Perfection of Imperfection

Humans being what we are, the imperfect has been a recurring theme in my personal 40 day journey. Wishing to go on exploring this today.

Mar 16 • Nicole Smith

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