Entries by Naim
Acceptance: Stop Fighting Reality
Acceptance is facing the truth, with courage and clarity to see things clearly.. not just as it appears, but how it moves, how it speaks, and the actions it takes. There was this moment. I had taken big sets to the head, and I was about ten feet underwater. I felt my body tense, my […]
Uncertainty vs Certainty: Enjoy the ride
Driving my motorcycle in Bali, I watch the line in the middle of the road. Traffic moving in different directions. The line gives me a level of certainty. If I stay to the left, I likely won’t collide unexpectedly. But here, that line holds a different certainty than it did for me in Maui. There, […]
The “Container”: To hold capacity
The word ‘container’ shows up a lot in psychology speak. Usually it refers to the people and the process that create a safe enough environment for difficult things to be spoken. The idea is that whatever arises can be held, honored, and worked with, without spilling out, without causing further harm through the very act […]
Listening for the Signal: Flow Is Life
Sometimes we don’t feel our roots. That means we need to go deeper into our grounding. Grounding isn’t just about going into the earth. It’s about being grounded in your element. You feel it by connecting directly with existence. You are part of a living, intelligent system. When you are not in your element, you […]
The Current That Carried: A Letter to my Father
A letter to the lineage that shaped me, and the freedom I choose now. A Bit About My Father and Me My dad was born into an affluent family in upstate New York, the son of a corporate executive and inventor in the chemicals industry. He was a star athlete, gifted in intellect, music, and […]
Surfing Reality
On Truth, Importance, and the Threshold Between Worlds There’s a story you’ve probably heard, the one about the blind men and the elephant. Each man touches a different part of the elephant: one grabs the tusk and says, “An elephant is like a spear.” Another feels the leg and insists, “No, it’s like a tree.” […]
A Prayer for the Storm Walker
Great Spirit, let me remember: The fire that takes is the same that clears. The storm that shakes is the one that steers. The silence in the sails is not absence but the breath between becoming. I lay down the armor I once mistook for love. I release the weight I once called worth. I […]
A Log for the Fire
I’m sharing a little bit of my personal journey. Lately, I’ve been writing a lot, there’s a lot moving in me during this threshold season of my life. I hope to share more of what’s coming through, but for now, what feels alive is the practice itself. The steps. The commitment. The ceremony. Last night, […]
Resurrect the Beloved
A Journal; Considering Death, Life, and the Dance with the Feminine Resurrection, or anastasis, is the concept of coming back to life after death. In some spiritual traditions, it refers to the return of a soul into the same body. In others, like reincarnation, it points to the reentry of the soul into a different […]