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Ok, I'll just stop trying to remember the weeks...

Posted on Jul 16th, 2008 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

My 1-year Integral Life Practice experiment is now halfway through. I feel I have stabilized my meditation and excercise habit pretty well; same goes for my mind expansion (although at times I feel like running... More »

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Week 4 - Changing habits one at a time

Posted on Feb 15th, 2008 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

Final week of the first month has gone well. I've given up meditation and weightlifting for trying to build my ILP with baby steps. That is, getting up 6 am every morning, including weekends. Extremely... More »

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ILP in 366 days - Week 1

Posted on Jan 24th, 2008 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

One week ago I made a commitment for a long-term ILP. That's Integral Life Practice, a program for waking up body, mind, spirit and shadow. I have been practicing meditation, doing some yoga now and... More »

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In praise of Obyvatel

Posted on Oct 11th, 2007 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

When I was younger I worked as the editor of a fanzine called Being Different. That was way back when I though being different was an end and a light unto itself. Since then I've... More »

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Play, Irony, Growth & Transcendence - Chatting with Ken Wilber

Posted on Apr 28th, 2007 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

I just finished a four-hour marathon of a conference call with Ken Wilber , being one of the five chosen participants to present their question on Wilber's latest book Integral Spirituality . It's a strange... More »

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Silence So Beautiful

Posted on Apr 26th, 2007 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

I attended a Quantum Wealth workshop last weekend. It was led by Mr. Steven Sashen from Boulder, Colorado. Luckily I didn't have to travel there (although it would've been nice) since it took place in... More »

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Encountering the shadow

Posted on Feb 12th, 2007 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

My New Year's resolution for 2006 was to increase my self-knowledge. Though it was at times painful , I think I did a decent job of it. This year I've decided to face myself. I... More »

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Developing Consciousness And Freedom

Posted on Oct 20th, 2006 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

Here are some thoughts on our inner life that I have come across. They are of course not my own findings but the combination of outer influences, my own thinking and some intuitive illuminations. Here they are... More »

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Directing Our Reality

Posted on Oct 14th, 2006 by jpjako : Rational Mystic jpjako

Dario Argento's Phenomena (aka Creepers , 1984) is a great horror film. Despite its somewhat aged special effects and simplistic-bordering-on-dimwitted plot it has got some great moments in it. Besides having a killer freak who gets stabbed in... More »

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