Instance – Goodbye Ashram – Day 4

I was saying goodbye to the spiders today, but when I looked closer, I only found one of them. I wondered where the other one went, and was surprised that no chills occurred at the idea of a spider on the loose. I also may have overreacted yesterday. Although I still don’t agree with the …

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Instance – Ashram – Emotions are not the Enemy – Day 3

The spiders are my friends now. I couldn’t imagine killing them at this point. Only peace and love to those spiders. In fact, I’ve spent so many days being vegetarian that I might as well just keep doing it. And the full immersion into yoga and meditation makes me feel like this would be a …

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Instance – Ashram “Be the Sky” – Day 2

I stand corrected. The big spider that was in the corner of my room is actually two medium-sized spiders entangled together. On the first day, I was too afraid to get close enough to even look at them. That’s the funny thing about fear. It keeps you at such a distance that you’re not able …

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Instance – Ashram Day One

8/27/2026 The most intriguing part by far for me was the chanting today. Saying, or I should say singing, in a foreign language with all these people I don’t know, but who are here for similar reasons, is a little eerie. There’s a spider in the corner of my room. It’s a pretty big one, …

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