Reflective Reasoning

Chapter 6 of 52. Fear is the fog your mind sees when it attaches to the outcome.

Chapter 5 of 52. When we grip a memory from the past, what we are really holding is the attachment that binds us to it, and easing that grip makes room for new experiences.

Chapter 4 of 52. Healing as a deeply personal engagement with a painful past, the key found only where it was lost, and the painful corridor that must be walked through to build a new narrative. The practice for the week is The Corridor Walk: ten unhurried minutes with one past moment that still stirs […]

Chapter 3 of 52. Opinions carry no weight of their own, only the weight we give them. This chapter looks at why an opinion is so hard to change once it sets, like clay after baking, and why someone else’s opinion of you cannot be the yardstick of your journey. It ends with a practice […]

Chapter 2 of 52. Dr. Ravikumar Chockalingam’s essay argues the most meaningful relationship we will ever have is the one with ourselves, and that tending that inner light is what keeps meaning alive when the world goes dark. Includes a ten-minute nightly practice, the Evening Anchor, for finding where your light dims and where it […]

Our headspace is the room we live in longest. This week’s reflection explores the inner space where thoughts arrive uninvited — and the quiet practice of choosing which ones get to stay. Includes a simple practice for the week.