micro-Newsletter
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
5 HINDERANCES
“The control of consciousness determines the quality of life.”— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience)
FLOWING UP
“The hindrances can be like “black holes” in the mind. A black hole is a collapsed star where the gravitational force is so powerful that even light is sucked in and trapped. When the hindrances are strong, the light of awareness is pulled into their gravitational field and we lose our ability to see what is happening. We may get lost in thought or fantasy fueled by a hindrance.”—Gil Fronsdal (Hinderances to Clear Seeing)
LAST HUMAN FREEDOM
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”—Victor Frankl (Man’s Search for Meaning)
Micro-Newsletter Archive
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2025
- Apr 17, 2025 SPIRITUAL CENOTES Apr 17, 2025
- Apr 10, 2025 TRANQUILITY Apr 10, 2025
- Apr 3, 2025 REALITY VS. INSIGHT Apr 3, 2025
- Mar 27, 2025 UNCERTAINTY Mar 27, 2025
- Mar 20, 2025 REPAIR Mar 20, 2025
- Mar 13, 2025 ROOTS Mar 13, 2025
- Mar 6, 2025 INTEGRITY INSIDE Mar 6, 2025
- Feb 27, 2025 NARRATIVE FIT Feb 27, 2025
- Feb 20, 2025 BAYESIAN REASONING Feb 20, 2025
- Feb 13, 2025 TRANSFORMATIVE HOPE Feb 13, 2025
- Feb 6, 2025 TECHQUANIMITY Feb 6, 2025
- Jan 30, 2025 ADDICTION Jan 30, 2025
- Jan 23, 2025 WRAP DECISIONS Jan 23, 2025
- Jan 16, 2025 IGUANAS & CACTI Jan 16, 2025
- Jan 9, 2025 DARWIN’S DAUGHTER Jan 9, 2025
- Jan 2, 2025 SELF-COMPASSION Jan 2, 2025
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2024
- Dec 26, 2024 THOUGHTS Dec 26, 2024
- Dec 19, 2024 RAIN POWER Dec 19, 2024
- Dec 12, 2024 PALE BLUE DOT Dec 12, 2024
- Dec 5, 2024 SPIRITUALITY Dec 5, 2024
- Nov 28, 2024 EXPLORING PRESENCE Nov 28, 2024
- Nov 21, 2024 AWE Nov 21, 2024
- Nov 14, 2024 CHANGING & CHOOSING Nov 14, 2024
- Nov 7, 2024 GROWING OLD Nov 7, 2024
- Oct 31, 2024 CONTENTION Oct 31, 2024
- Oct 24, 2024 AI Oct 24, 2024
- Oct 17, 2024 MENTAL DRIFT Oct 17, 2024
- Oct 10, 2024 SIGNATURE STRENGTHS Oct 10, 2024
- Oct 3, 2024 FORGIVENESS Oct 3, 2024
- Sep 26, 2024 DESIRE Sep 26, 2024
- Sep 19, 2024 BEING HUMAN Sep 19, 2024
- Sep 12, 2024 OXYTOCIN Sep 12, 2024
- Sep 5, 2024 BIAS Sep 5, 2024
- Aug 29, 2024 TRAITS Aug 29, 2024
- Aug 22, 2024 FOCUS Aug 22, 2024
- Aug 15, 2024 COURAGE Aug 15, 2024
- Aug 8, 2024 COMPASSION Aug 8, 2024
- Aug 1, 2024 CREATIVITY Aug 1, 2024
- Jul 25, 2024 TEACHING Jul 25, 2024
- Jul 18, 2024 EQUANIMITY Jul 18, 2024
- Jul 11, 2024 SUFFERING Jul 11, 2024
- Jul 4, 2024 JOY Jul 4, 2024
- Jun 27, 2024 LIFEBLOOD Jun 27, 2024
- Jun 20, 2024 ZEST INSIGHT Jun 20, 2024
- Jun 13, 2024 AWAKENING Jun 13, 2024
- Jun 6, 2024 5 HINDERANCES Jun 6, 2024
- May 30, 2024 FLOWING UP May 30, 2024
- May 23, 2024 LAST HUMAN FREEDOM May 23, 2024
- May 16, 2024 DUAL & NON-DUAL May 16, 2024
- May 9, 2024 CULTIVATING RESPECT May 9, 2024
- May 2, 2024 SECOND ARROW OF SUFFERING May 2, 2024
- Apr 25, 2024 AWARENESS SPECTRUM Apr 25, 2024
- Apr 18, 2024 TRUST DIMENSIONS Apr 18, 2024
- Apr 11, 2024 SYNERGY SECRET Apr 11, 2024
- Apr 4, 2024 SAYING NO Apr 4, 2024
- Mar 28, 2024 CURIOSITY Mar 28, 2024
- Mar 21, 2024 MINDFULNESS MATTERS Mar 21, 2024
- Mar 14, 2024 SAILING LESSONS Mar 14, 2024
- Mar 7, 2024 GRATITUDE RIPPLE Mar 7, 2024
- Feb 29, 2024 BREAST CANCER Feb 29, 2024
- Feb 22, 2024 CULTIVATING GRACE Feb 22, 2024
- Feb 15, 2024 TRANSFORMATIVE DECISIONS Feb 15, 2024
- Feb 8, 2024 DYING BEFORE YOU DIE Feb 8, 2024
- Feb 1, 2024 CONSISTENCY & LOVE Feb 1, 2024
- Jan 25, 2024 TRAMA-SENSITIVE MINDFULNESS Jan 25, 2024
- Jan 18, 2024 THE PATH OF GRIEF Jan 18, 2024
- Jan 11, 2024 THE MOST IMPORTANT THING Jan 11, 2024
- Jan 4, 2024 DEEP INTENTION Jan 4, 2024
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2023
- Dec 28, 2023 INTROSPECTION & REFLECTION Dec 28, 2023
- Dec 21, 2023 NARRATIVE SABBATICALS Dec 21, 2023
- Dec 14, 2023 2-WAY DOORS Dec 14, 2023
- Dec 7, 2023 WASTE STATE Dec 7, 2023
- Nov 30, 2023 RESISTANCE TO CHANGE Nov 30, 2023
- Nov 23, 2023 TRUTH FROM NONSENSE Nov 23, 2023
- Nov 16, 2023 CGM INSIGHTS Nov 16, 2023
- Nov 9, 2023 PSYCHOLOGICAL IMMUNITY Nov 9, 2023
- Nov 2, 2023 THE UPSIDE OF UNCOMFORTABLE Nov 2, 2023
- Oct 26, 2023 WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE Oct 26, 2023
- Oct 19, 2023 CONFIDENCE & REALISTIC OPTIMISM Oct 19, 2023
- Oct 12, 2023 EXCELLENCE & KOKOROZASHI Oct 12, 2023
- Oct 5, 2023 EFFORT & PARETO Oct 5, 2023
- Sep 28, 2023 LIFESPAN & HEALTHSPAN Sep 28, 2023
- Sep 21, 2023 EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE & EQUANIMITY Sep 21, 2023
- Sep 14, 2023 PHYSICAL NATURE Sep 14, 2023
- Sep 7, 2023 WISDOM VS. STUPIDITY Sep 7, 2023
- Aug 31, 2023 ESSENTIAL URGENCY Aug 31, 2023
- Aug 24, 2023 LIFELINES & LEGACIES Aug 24, 2023
- Aug 17, 2023 FIRING & WIRING Aug 17, 2023
- Aug 10, 2023 THE RESOLVE TO GROW Aug 10, 2023
- Aug 3, 2023 THE ART OF SUFFERING Aug 3, 2023
- Jul 27, 2023 TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING Jul 27, 2023
- Jul 20, 2023 JOY FROM THE INSIDE OUT Jul 20, 2023
- Jul 13, 2023 WHY SIGNATURE STRENGTHS MATTER Jul 13, 2023
- Jul 6, 2023 WHOLEHEARTED LIVING Jul 6, 2023
- Jun 29, 2023 THE POWER OF LOVE Jun 29, 2023
- Jun 22, 2023 IKIGAI Jun 22, 2023
- Jun 15, 2023 THE CALL TO ADVENTURE Jun 15, 2023
- Jun 8, 2023 TRANSFORMATIVE HABITS Jun 8, 2023
- Jun 1, 2023 MINDFULNESS & MEDITATION Jun 1, 2023
- May 25, 2023 IF OUR ATOMS COULD TALK May 25, 2023