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Pay Attention
Years ago, I had a client who was seeing me to prepare his body for climbing to the base camp of Mount Everest. He was referred to me by...
darylvansier
Jun 6, 20245 min read
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Social Responsibility
I have been averse to politics and to the divisive effect of nationalism for most of my life, yet I find myself often involved in...
darylvansier
Mar 30, 20243 min read
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Confidence
Confidence comes from the Latin words cum fides meaning with faith. It means trusting oneself. I can handle this. Given the infinite...
darylvansier
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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It's All Me, So Don't Cheat Yourself
When we really stop to consider, all the problems in our world are due to the illusion that we exist as separate entities. We identify as...
darylvansier
Dec 10, 20233 min read
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Loneliness
When we try to numb the pain with whatever is our drug of choice, When we turn on our device to distract ourselves or find connection...
darylvansier
Nov 21, 20231 min read
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Stop Rushing
Dream: I am riding a horse and being chased by another horse and rider. Weeks later the dream comes back and this time the horse and...
darylvansier
Nov 16, 20231 min read
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Mind Control To Mind
Mind Control to Mind: do you hear me? Do you see me? I cannot hear you, cannot see you. I think I am in my own way. Own seems to be the...
darylvansier
Sep 5, 20231 min read
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You Are The World
I just watched a YouTube of Bryan Johnson describing his meticulous daily routine for achieving near perfect sleep on a regular basis. My...
darylvansier
May 21, 20232 min read
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The Walls Within
Suffering is a part of life. We need not add to it by imposing the expectation that we can or should abolish it. Ironically acceptance of...
darylvansier
Nov 28, 20223 min read
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Is Intuition Real?
Some of you who know me might be surprised to hear that a person like me who was once a free-loving hippie, became a Buddhist monk and...
darylvansier
Nov 20, 20223 min read
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Rhythms of the Day
This morning I woke up and wrote my morning pages (stream of consciousness writing) while sipping my bulletproof decaf coffee. I thought...
darylvansier
Nov 6, 20222 min read
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History is toxic
Those of you who know me know that I love to share my beliefs and perspectives about what I consider to be the fundamentals of how to...
darylvansier
Mar 18, 20222 min read
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Love is All You Need
This morning I deviated from my rule of not allowing distractions to precede my writing my morning pages. I saw an Instagram notification...
darylvansier
Nov 26, 20213 min read
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The Big D
The teachings of Buddha have been interpreted in many different ways in different cultures over the 2500 years since his life on this...
darylvansier
Nov 21, 20214 min read
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The Dance Between
Consciousness and the Feminine and Masculine Experience
darylvansier
Nov 5, 20212 min read
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The Gift of In-Between
Embracing the dance: Be there to honour the gift of the moment.
darylvansier
Oct 25, 20214 min read
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Are You Winning?
We all have our ways of greeting people. “How are you?” “What’s up?” “How ya doing today?” “What’s new?" “All good?” We often react to...
darylvansier
Aug 2, 20211 min read
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On Attachment and Softness
For 11 years I avoided attachment as a Buddhist monk, dedicating myself to renouncing attachment believing that freeing myself from the...
darylvansier
Jun 20, 20213 min read
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Time is of the Essence
Time is of the essence. Tread lightly lest you sink into stagnancy. Keep flowing with the current of life. Stagnancy slips into the past....
darylvansier
Jun 5, 20212 min read
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Carpe Momentum
There is no right order / Whatever came before and whatever is to follow/ Is contained in the now / So catch it on the fly.
Daryl Vansier
May 3, 20212 min read
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