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Sweet Vices, Old Prisons

YoskhazJanuary 11, 2025January 11, 2025

by YoskhazJanuary 11, 2025January 11, 20250

It was during the break between classes. The afternoon sun warmed the cold autumn breeze in the mountains. I decided to rest on the balcony while all the other monks went to the cafeteria in search of a mug of coffee or a bowl of hot soup to warm their......

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After the Storm

YoskhazDecember 27, 2024December 27, 2024

by YoskhazDecember 27, 2024December 27, 20240

It was early morning when the train dropped me at the station of the small and charming town with narrow, winding streets paved with centuries-old, slippery stones under a fine rain. I don’t like starless skies. Clouds give me a sense of blocked paths and obstructed views. It’s no different......

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This isn’t me

YoskhazDecember 20, 2024December 20, 2024

by YoskhazDecember 20, 2024December 20, 20240

I was in Sedona, among the mountains of Arizona. Starry Song, the shaman gifted with teaching his people’s ancient philosophy through musical stories, sat silently in his rocking chair. He seemed more interested in packing the red stone stummel of his distinctive pipe with tobacco than in listening to my......

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The Dragon and the Sage

YoskhazDecember 13, 2024December 13, 2024

by YoskhazDecember 13, 2024December 13, 20240

This story took place many years ago. The sky blended hues of pink and blue in a cloudless dawn. It was cold. The sounds of animals in the forest surrounding the monastery could be easily heard. The Elder, as we affectionately called the oldest monk of the Order, sat at......

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Love Needs to Learn How to Love

YoskhazDecember 7, 2024December 7, 2024

by YoskhazDecember 7, 2024December 7, 20240

“We are more selfish than we believe,” Loureiro, the craftsman who loved red wine and philosophy books, told me. He could stitch bags and ideas with equal mastery. I disagreed, claiming I considered myself a generous person, unattached to money or material possessions. He tried to clarify: “Money and material......

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The power and magic or the art of tidying the house

YoskhazNovember 29, 2024November 29, 2024

by YoskhazNovember 29, 2024November 29, 20240

The trip to Sedona, in the mountains of Arizona, was finally arranged. The luggage was almost packed. In a few days, I would travel to meet Starry Song, the shaman gifted with the ability to spread the ancestral philosophy of his people through the stories he told. That was when......

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Saturation

YoskhazNovember 22, 2024November 22, 2024

by YoskhazNovember 22, 2024November 22, 20240

Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city squeezed between the sea and the mountains. The complications that its geographical location causes for road engineering, requiring the construction of numerous tunnels and overpasses to make traffic possible, are compensated by the natural beauties that this very situation provides. Life is no......

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The Tailoring of Forgiveness and the Elegance of the Soul

YoskhazNovember 16, 2024November 16, 2024

by YoskhazNovember 16, 2024November 16, 20240

This story took place some time ago. I was waiting for the bus to depart for the small Chinese village nestled at the foot of the Himalayas, when I was surprised by the arrival of Heitor, an Argentinian monk from Buenos Aires, who also belonged to the ranks of the......

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Tidy the drawers. Then, rewrite it all

YoskhazNovember 8, 2024November 8, 2024

by YoskhazNovember 8, 2024November 8, 20240

The monastery was still asleep when I went to the refectory in search of a mug of coffee. Sitting at the last table, which offered a view of the mountains through its windows, the Elder, as we affectionately called the eldest monk in the Order, was relishing a slice of......

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Sweet Vices, Old Prisons
After the Storm
This isn’t me
The Dragon and the Sage
Love Needs to Learn How to Love
The power and magic or the art of tidying the house
Saturation
The Tailoring of Forgiveness and the Elegance of the Soul
Tidy the drawers. Then, rewrite it all
Accepting Loss
Ingratitude and Creativity
Gains and Losses
Lost Meanings
In Your Weakness Lies Your Strength
The time for a decision
Creating Reality
My life has no solution
Quicksand
The Enemy
A Revealed Secret
The Ghost Train Interval
A simple conversation; an important deconstruction
The Indispensable deconstruction
Waiting is not the same as standing still
We are the legacy of our heritage
Superficial relationships
The subtle difference
The bet
The road of fear and the road of love
Small talk, big encounters
So as not to say that I didn’t talked about the cannons
The way God talks to us
Brightness and Light
Sound and silence
What prevents you from being yourself
Luck never abandons us
The four elements
The famous happiness
The ballast
Where have you been lately?
A mad dash to nowhere
The tumble (The art of tying your shoes)
Postponement and regret
Routine, time, fear and art
All the letters don’t make a word
Everything that makes me afraid
The backpack, the shortcuts and the distance
Living alone
An indispensable book
About sea currents and navigation
The roaring around us
The Medicine of the Bat
A great adventure
About attunement, wings and luggage
The challenge
The duel and the owner
Going off the beaten track
Lost
Sorcery
The pain that isn’t mine
Time
The truth of the rose
Blossom
The spiderweb theory
The meaning
The wrong mountain
Forgiveness, the purge and the seed
The game of life
The honey of life
To restart you must rebuild
The mountain, the filters and the lenses
Today is a great day to grow up, young man! – the inhibiting factor
Perception and sensitivity
The foundations of an opinion
The inner laboratory
A flight above fear
The question
Labels
The dam and the cloud – We are all violent
The silent road
The Observer
The return
The diet
Imprisoned in ourselves
The Inheritance
Decadence
A different power
Enlightened and luminous
Discipline
A little is enough
Incoherences
The answer
Sensibility and will – Awakening and the myth of Sleeping Beauty
A little bit about baits and traps
The yellow bicycle
The value of evil
On borders and accountability
The sword, the warrior and an unusual encounter
The night
A common and hidden face of us all
Love your enemies
The Gnostic Gospel (part 3)
The Gnostic Gospel (part 2)
The Gnostic Gospel (part 1)
The myth of Pinocchio
We suffer what we lack
That’s not the point
The medicine of the eagle
The secret garden
The Frontiers of Solidarity
You’re equal to no one
The hidden face of failure
The dilemma of freedom
The power of emotions
The power of lightness
The size of authority
Do you know what to do?
Thank you!
Many deaths before dying
The invisibility cloak
The trap and the flower of the cactus
The house of mirrors
Deep experiences
Be careful what you believe
It takes courage to change a heart
God and Ethics
Be grateful for the darkness
The Eighth Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
The Seventh Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
Plenitudes – Love
Plenitudes – Peace
Plenitudes – Freedom
Plenitudes – Dignity
Plenitudes – Happiness
The medicine of the wolf
The right choice
The Sixth Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
The entire ocean inside a bottle
Life is not boring
The Medicine of the Cat
The Fifth Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
What dreams are made of
The Fourth Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
The Medicine of the Bear
Ego, a misunderstood friend
Who we are
The Medicine of the Butterfly
The Third Gate – The Eight Gates of the Way
Murky fountains, Clear fountains
The bad and the good teacher
The master’s temple
The Second Portal – The Eight Portals of the Path
The compliment and the trail to the cliff
The medicine of the owl
The true face of courage
The First Portal – the Eight Portals of the Way
Look at who walk with
Perfect is the enemy of perfection
The perfect reflection
The jigsaw puzzle
I have all that I need
Follow your heart
A sophisticated virtue filled with other virtues
The art of floating in the air
The light of the world and mercy
Before my soul
Love, so close, so far away
The fortieth day of the crossing – the meeting
The thirty-ninth day of the crossing – the hawk’s flight
The thirty-eighth day of the crossing – the mutiny
The thirty-fifth day of the crossing – the old lady of the desert
The thirty-fourth day of the crossing – the cross
The thirty-third day of the crossing – the stranger of the desert
The thirty-second day of the crossing – the wisdom of the desert
The thirty-first day of the crossing – a flight over the desert
The thirtieth day of the crossing – the art of the desert
The twenty-ninth day of the crossing – when the desert rips you out of yourself
The twenty-eight day of the crossing – the consciousness of the desert
The twenty-sixth day of the crossing – a factory in the desert
The twenty-fifth day of the crossing – the chameleon of the desert
The twenty-fourth day of the crossing – the infinite
The twenty-third day of the crossing – the truth of the desert
The twenty-second day of the crossing – the eyes of the desert
The twenty-first day of the crossing – the enigma of the desert
The twentieth day of the crossing – the point of no return
The nineteenth day of the crossing – the desert physician and the master of all days
The eighteenth day of the crossing – the temptation of the desert
The seventeenth day of the crossing – the night of the desert
The sixteenth day of the crossing – when there is a will, there is a way
The fifteenth day of the crossing – sailing on no water
The fourteenth day of the crossing – the wonders of impermanence
The thirteenth day of the crossing – relativity in the desert
The twelfth day of the crossing – the branding of the desert
The ninth day of the crossing – when the soul looks at itself in the mirror
The eight day of the crossing – sand and soul storms
The seventh day of the crossing – temperance and the power of the soul
The sixth day of the crossing – the shadow of dissent and the forgotten soul
The fifth day of the crossing – the soul of the world
The fourth day of the crossing – darkness is the wick of light
The third day of the crossing – the quandary between the word given an the truth

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