Nick Grimshawe-Be Inspired

The famous neuroscientist Antonio Damasio once wrote:

"We are not thinking machines that feel; we are feeling machines that think."

Yet, we so often try to force our spiritual practices to be purely intellectual!

From our latest issue of Sunday Love Newsletter, issue 179
How do you rate your gratitude practice?

My new short guided meditation has been released. It's called 10-Minute Guided Meditation to Slow Down & Arrive | A Sanctuary of Attention. If you are interested in listening to this meditation. Let me know.

Every book you own is the end result of a 2,000-year-old relay race.

Think about Marcus Aurelius. 1,800 years ago, he sat in a tent on the edge of a crumbling empire and wrote a message—not for an audience, but to save his own soul.

He wrote: “Begin—and begin again.”

He never intended for us to see it. But because a scribe, a monk, or a librarian once whispered, “This is worth carrying,” it survived the dark to reach us today.

In our fast-paced digital world, we often forget that we aren’t just "content consumers." We are the next link in the chain. We are the stewards of the wisdom that reached us.

I’ve shared a deeper reflection on this "Macro-Gratitude" over on Medium today. I’d love to hear your thoughts on the ideas you are currently carrying forward.

The 2,000-Year-Old Relay Race: Why Your Private Thoughts Might Be a Miracle Imagine a man sitting in a tent on the edge of a crumbling empire. Outside, the wind scrapes across the Danube frontier. The world is loud…