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Author: Dominique

The Buck Stops Here!

Posted on August 23, 2021August 23, 2021 by Dominique

An Up-Stream SAGA

“Buck passing, or passing the buck, or sometimes the blame game, is the act of attributing to another person or group one’s own responsibility.” Wikipedia “

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Wishy-Washy… How our best wishes get washed away !

Posted on January 21, 2021November 17, 2021 by Dominique

Brain washing … Green washing … Guilt washing … Spiritual washing .. 

From ideology & religion, to science & climate …

How to go beyond such mismanagement of our deepest dreams?

There are so many positive thinking and positive people … Read more...

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Meditation vs Spiritual Frivolity

Posted on July 2, 2020July 23, 2021 by Dominique

Meditation tools are supposed to liberate us, making us free from all personal, religious and social nonsense : Free from personal and group projections and illusions, free from blind devotion, free from attachment to meditative absorption, psychedelic experiences, cosmic travels, … Read more...

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How Different Life Choices lead to Momentum or Inertia ?

Posted on June 15, 2020November 17, 2021 by Dominique

It seems that we have two choices in life:

– 0 –

If you let the past overshadow the present,

the past will make its own future.

– 1 –

If you let go of the past,

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Not much time left for blind evolution.

Posted on June 15, 2020July 13, 2021 by Dominique

Our human consciousness might have been a fruit of blind evolution, but before it’s too late, we’d better let it leads toward a more awaken evolution.

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Augmented Reality vs Reduced Reality

Posted on June 15, 2020July 13, 2021 by Dominique

Religions & Politics.., Buddhism & Mindfulness…

Beyond a partisan approach to awakening.

In what I think could be an ‘unconscious attempt to avoid responding at best to our human reality’, two distorted partisan camps always seem to … Read more...

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What is the Purpose of Meditation?

Posted on June 14, 2020November 13, 2023 by Dominique

The purpose of meditation is for sure not to become Buddhist or professional meditator. It is to become more free from our conditioning and especially the neurotic part of it. By conditioning we mean socio-cultural, professional, religious conditioning.  But, beware, … Read more...

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Judging, Judgemental or Mental Judges?

Posted on June 14, 2020July 13, 2021 by Dominique

Obviously it’s all about judgement, but one might find it easier to think of it as judging, fast judging and hard judging. I would say the first one is an art, the second one is cheating and the third … Read more...

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Prioritization Between Long-term & Short-term Objectives

Posted on February 15, 2020July 13, 2021 by Dominique

In life matters – be it family, relationships, business, governance… The prioritization of our long-term vs our short-term objectives can be a serious management issue if not a heavy dilemma …

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Did evolution give us enough tools to deal with life complexity?

Posted on February 14, 2020July 23, 2021 by Dominique

It seems that we first developed our impulsive reptilian brain for safety; then our empathic emotive limbic brain for cooperation and care; then we crowned it with our rational neo-cortex to conceptualize and think over complex matters. Almost perfect, isn’t … Read more...

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