Sexual Healing for Men

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!

be self-wise, readErik StoutApril 27, 2024sexuality, healing, men, communication

Fun With Stress 1.3

How input becomes meaningful to us as individuals is discussed in Part 1 Chapter 3: The Birth of Meaning.

be curious, readErik StoutApril 20, 2024meaning, human programming

Reconciliation of Opposites

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

be open, readErik StoutApril 13, 2024opposites, reconciliation, personal development

A New Challenge (9)

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.

learning, readErik StoutApril 6, 2024tai chi, reflection, love

Grasping and Letting Go

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.

be open, readErik StoutMarch 30, 2024letting go, anxiety, callingComment

Fun With Stress 1.2

No two people perceive the world in the same way, and without that realization, constant and unnecessary conflict is inevitable. That's why we explore how we perceive in Part 1 Chapter 2: Sensory Input.

be curious, readErik StoutMarch 23, 2024sensory information, external world, personalize

Involuntary Spontaneity

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.

be joyous, readErik StoutMarch 16, 2024spontaneous living, story of creation, relax

A New Challenge (8)

Personal account of the trip to China to learn Tai Chi. Part 8: Chinese New Year and Ghost Cities.

learning, readErik StoutMarch 9, 2024Chinese New Year, ghost cities

Fun With Stress 1.1

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. Part 1 Chapter 1: Introduction and Memory, Labeling and Buttenization.

be curious, readErik StoutMarch 2, 2024stress, buttons, labeling

The Healing Power of Expression (2)

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.

be self-wise, readErik StoutFebruary 24, 2024expression, self inquiry, healingComment

The Healing Power of Expression (1)

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.

be self-wise, readErik StoutFebruary 17, 2024expression, self inquiry, healingComment

A New Challenge (7)

Personal account of the trip to China to learn Tai Chi. Part 7: Experiences of a month offline and a question for you.

learning, readErik StoutFebruary 10, 2024self inquiry, offline, tai chi

The Magician, The Jester and The Accountant

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

be magical, readErik StoutFebruary 3, 2024fairy tale, buddhism, dualismComment

Everyone's Path is the Right One

We become joyous when we walk our own path. But what does that actually mean? We discuss the phenomenon of ‘calling,’ the difference between anxiety and joyousness as a basic-state-of-being and offer options to (re)discover our calling as an adult.

be joyous, readErik StoutJanuary 27, 2024calling, vocation, framework of reference, self inquiryComment

Five Questions: A Method for Journaling

Learn to recognize your emotional buttons and associated feelings and behaviours through the Five Questions For Self-Inquiry, and become a free and happy human being.

be self-wise, read, selfreflectiontoolErik StoutJanuary 20, 2024self inquiry, stress, stress physiologyComment

The Sense of Nonsense

In the world of paradox G.K. Chesterton takes a prominent place. His sharp mind combined with a genuine sense of wonder takes us places where we can actually learn something about ourselves. In an age where utilitarian thought and values threaten to strangle us, his essay ‘the sense of nonsense’ feels like a much needed antidote.

be magical, readErik StoutJanuary 13, 2024nonsense, literature, chestertonComment

A New Challenge (6)

Personal account of the trip to China to learn Tai Chi. Part 6: Offline for a month and a couple profound learning moments.

learning, readErik StoutJanuary 6, 2024self inquiry, self-knowledge, psychologyComment

Welcome Message For A New-Born

To introduce the new year, a concept welcome message that gives each child the opportunity to discover, develop and cultivate her or his full potential.

be open, read, featuredErik StoutDecember 31, 2023baby, enlightenment, welcomeComment

Light in the darkness

After the shortest day our hemisphere will move towards the sun for yet another six months. But if we could, we’d surely influence the tilting motion of our planet. This blog post is about our convulsive and ineffective way of controlling, and the relaxation we experience when that form of control is let go.

be open, readErik StoutDecember 23, 2023Shengjing Shan, Xiyu Villagephilosophy, balancingComment

A New Challenge (5)

Personal account of the trip to China to learn Tai Chi. Part 5: Heating heating heating!

learning, readErik StoutDecember 17, 2023Comment