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Student: Below, please find a question I have asked myself and my answers. How would it look like if I stopped lying to myself? Teacher: Now you’re beginning to whisper something true. But understand this: the recognition of a lie is not the death of it. You can say these things aloud. You can etch… Read more

Student: Please tell me about devotion. Teacher: Devotion is not what the world believes it to be. It is not a practice. It is not a ritual. It is not a performance. Devotion is the natural byproduct of an undivided heart. It is the fragrance that emanates from one who is consumed by something to… Read more

Student: I just realized something: I have a particular fitness goal that will require discipline to achieve. Now, I thought “if I could snip my finger and have it, without any work, would I want that”? And the honest answer was no! This shows me that in this pursuit, I am following the brainwashed notion… Read more

Student: I wonder about many things: take my fitness goal for example. I have my “plans”, “my structure” etc. For instance, counting calories and not eating anything post 5pm to sleep better. Then, often, I completely loose it in the evening and drown myself in food, mindlessly gobbling it in, until I literally feel too… Read more

Athlete: I have this one memory in my mind that comes up when I think about where my attachment to control, to good grades in school, to diligent striving, comes from. I don’t know if it is relevant. But as a kid I don’t remember having been a student working too much on grades. Things… Read more

Runner: I am at a crossroad of understanding of my running. I understand that it is what I do, what I love. It gives me a pure form of being, of freedom, of losing the mind.Then, the way I “train” is counterfactual. I count the kilometres, to push to a particular number. I train splits… Read more

A runner believes he is running toward something. A goal, a time, a personal best. He wakes before dawn, laces his shoes, and sets out onto the road. With every stride, he imagines progress. He tells himself he is improving, refining, optimizing. He tracks his splits, his heart rate, his mileage. He believes he is… Read more

Modern man has made a great error. He has abandoned the natural order of things. He has rejected intensity, and he has rejected rest. And in doing so, he has condemned himself to mediocrity. Life itself functions in cycles. The sun rises, and the sun sets. The tide crashes, and the tide recedes. The heart… Read more

Introduction Running is one of the most primal, unfiltered expressions of human movement. It is both deeply personal and universal, requiring nothing but a body, a mind, and the will to move. Yet, in its simplicity, running reveals everything about the runner—his mind, his fears, his weaknesses, and his ability (or inability) to surrender. Modern… Read more

There is a peculiar phenomenon that occurs in moments of complete exhaustion. A strange and profound contentment. Those who have truly given themselves to an effort—fully, completely, with nothing held back—have tasted it. It is not happiness in the way most people understand happiness. It is not excitement. It is not pleasure. It is not… Read more