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The Seven Kingdoms
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The Seven Kingdoms
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First part of a fairy tale about a computer nerd who is drowning in the mechanical and impersonal environment of a multinational. He decides to go on a holiday that promises the meaning of life on a silver platter…

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Fun With Stress 2.1
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Fun With Stress 2.1
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Understanding how stress works in our bodies and minds tends to have a calming and healing effect. Therefore in this series we’re making stress into our object of investigation and have some fun with it. In this blogpost: Part 2.1 – Acute vs Chronic Stress.

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The Confusion of Love
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The Confusion of Love
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Let’s go on a journey to find out what love is, what it’s not, and why it’s important for our health and happiness to know the difference.

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A New Challenge (11)
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A New Challenge (11)
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Personal account of my trip to China to learn Tai Chi for a longer period. Part 11: The Fool’s Number, Unexpected Encounters, Meaning, and new Tai Chi videos!

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be open - philosophizing stories about nature, culture and humankind
Know Our Self
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Know Our Self
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Overdeveloped intellect and underdeveloped emotional skills create a society of fear and very little merriment. Time for change!

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Reconciliation of Opposites
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Reconciliation of Opposites
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Where can we find a foothold in a world where every argument can be provided with a counterargument? Let's investigate!

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Grasping and Letting Go
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Grasping and Letting Go
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We are very good at grasping and very bad at letting go. As a result, we cramp up, and here we’re going to see that the balance between grasping and letting go is no different from that between day and night.

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be curious - stories about stress from a broad perspective: anatomy, physiology, psychology & philosophy
Fun With Stress 2.1
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Fun With Stress 2.1
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Understanding how stress works in our bodies and minds tends to have a calming and healing effect. Therefore in this series we’re making stress into our object of investigation and have some fun with it. In this blogpost: Part 2.1 – Acute vs Chronic Stress.

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Fun With Stress 1.5
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Fun With Stress 1.5
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Understanding how stress works in our bodies and minds tends to have a calming and healing effect. Therefore in this series we’re making stress into our object of investigation and have some fun with it. In this blogpost: Part 1.5 – Different Input Levels.

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Fun With Stress 1.4
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Fun With Stress 1.4
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Understanding how stress works in our bodies and minds tends to have a calming and healing effect. Therefore in this series we’re making stress into our object of investigation and have some fun with it. In this blogpost: Part 1.4 – Physical and Mental Input.

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be magical - fictional stories, literature and fairy tales for broadening the mind
The Seven Kingdoms
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The Seven Kingdoms
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First part of a fairy tale about a computer nerd who is drowning in the mechanical and impersonal environment of a multinational. He decides to go on a holiday that promises the meaning of life on a silver platter…

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Turning 50: My treat!
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Turning 50: My treat!
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Celebrating my 50th birthday in China is special. That's why I'm sharing a few digital presents with you all, as well as a short video featuring a rapping and Tai Chi performing yours truly.

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The Magician, The Jester and The Accountant
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The Magician, The Jester and The Accountant
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Fairy tale about a great magician who refuses to acknowledge his intuitive mind, and trusts his intellect exclusively.

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be self-wise - stories about personal, transformative experiences and their effects on body and mind
Sexual Healing for Men
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Sexual Healing for Men
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Why is talking about sex impossible for a great number of men? What is sexual self-awareness? And how can it contribute to healthier and happier individuals and societies? Let’s investigate!

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The Healing Power of Expression (2)
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The Healing Power of Expression (2)
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The ways in which we express ourselves are endless. Yet a distinction can be made between possible injurious or healing ways of expression. In Part 2 of this diptych: Healing ways of self-expression.

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The Healing Power of Expression (1)
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The Healing Power of Expression (1)
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The ways in which we express ourselves are endless. Yet a distinction can be made between possible injurious or healing ways of expression. In Part 1 of this diptych: Injurious ways of self-expression.

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be joyous - stories about finding our own way
The Confusion of Love
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The Confusion of Love
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Let’s go on a journey to find out what love is, what it’s not, and why it’s important for our health and happiness to know the difference.

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To Jest The Just
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To Jest The Just
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In today’s sick and destructive society it’s high time to reinstate the old court jester in its rightful place among the powerful, so that the rest of us can move back to jolly health!

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Involuntary Spontaneity
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Involuntary Spontaneity
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We highly value spontaneous events. Nevertheless, we leave very little room in the agenda to be able to experience them. Why is that and what can we learn from the Eastern traditions to become a little more relaxed in that sense? Including an extraordinary creation story from the Kālikā Purāna.

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learning - stories about my journey towards self-awareness (currently: learing Tai Chi in a Shaolin in China)
A New Challenge (11)
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A New Challenge (11)
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Personal account of my trip to China to learn Tai Chi for a longer period. Part 11: The Fool’s Number, Unexpected Encounters, Meaning, and new Tai Chi videos!

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A New Challenge (10)
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A New Challenge (10)
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Personal account of my trip to China to learn Tai Chi for a longer period. Part 10: Feeling, Competition, Mastery, and...Spring Blossoms!

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A New Challenge (9)
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A New Challenge (9)
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Personal account of my trip to China to learn Tai Chi. Part 9: Tai Chi as a Diagnostic Tool, Reflections and Life Lessons in Love.

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To follow our own path is to become truly joyous

Hi, my name is erik stout

And I’d like to invite you on a journey towards self-awareness. For as many sages already knew ages ago: true balance, compassion, love and joy in life can only be discovered in and through ourselves. Or, as Lao Tzu wrote: “Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world.”

In the same spirit Carl Jung stated: “Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves,” and Francis Ford Coppola is quoted saying: “When people say a movie is beautiful, I don’t think it can be unless there is beauty in the audience.”

Let us discover together on this magical journey through life!

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