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Published every Thursday. 2 ideas from me, 2 quotes from sages, and 1 question for you to explore. These micro-newsletter emails will cover a wide range of small but critical ideas to support you each week. You can explore indepth books, courses, experiments, and tools available at ULTRAJOURNEYINSIGHT.ORG

CULTIVATING GRACE
Duane Nelson Duane Nelson

CULTIVATING GRACE

Life iteself is grace. The Japanese worldview of “wabi-sabi” cultivates grace through nature’s imperfections, impermanence, and incompleteness. This worldview compels you to look around and see the world for what it is and what it could be. Adopting a “wabi-sabi” worldview is the first step toward grace and enlightenment. With this worldview, it’s possible to cultivate grace daily from the inside out. 

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TRANSFORMATIVE DECISIONS
Duane Nelson Duane Nelson

TRANSFORMATIVE DECISIONS

Organize your journey with transformative flywheels, habits, and decisions to manifest your highest values, vision, and goals. Flywheels and habits convert short-term states into long-term traits and provide a compass for making transformative decisions.

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DYING BEFORE YOU DIE
Duane Nelson Duane Nelson

DYING BEFORE YOU DIE

The phrase “dying before you die” may seem paradoxical, but it encapsulates the idea of fully embracing life’s experiences in a non self-centered way. To truly live, one must face fears, take risks, and pursue passions without hesitation. Embracing personal growth motivated by love, fostering deep connections, and immersing oneself in diverse cultures are ways to die to the old self-centered default mode of existence and be reborn into a more enriched existence. By confronting challenges head-on, savoring every moment, and cultivating a mindful approach to life, individuals can metaphorically die to the complacency of self-centered reactivity and create a life that resonates with purpose, meaning, and fulfillment.

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