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empowering surrender
What if you truly surrendered and committed to the truth that longs to reveal itself through your body?

Stijn Smeets
Jan 163 min read


existential kink: undoing ourselves with radically owned honesty
"Radically owned honesty means disclosing yourself completely while taking full responsibility for your experience." drawing by Kerry Kisbey From a reader: “What if the truly enlightened thing would be to actually fully own the judgements and resentments we have towards others, and bring this honestly in the dynamic, trusting that the other one will defend their own self-love, and personal path to enlightenment, owning our humanity, instead of trying to be the bigger person ?

Stijn Smeets
Oct 6, 20244 min read


caring by not taking care
"Presence is care. To be witnessed in the fullness of your humanity is being cared for." Caring for each other creates community, connection, safety, and comfort. When I am cared for, I relax, and in the comfort and safety of a caring community, I can allow myself to be vulnerable, fall apart, and find a space to heal. This experience empowers me. Care is a value cherished by most societies, and it is reflected in how a society treats its children, the needy, the sick, the

Stijn Smeets
Oct 3, 20244 min read


feeling violated means i reversed things
"If something bothers me, it means I reversed things. The problem is not out there. The problem is here." – Eric Baret In response to my...

Stijn Smeets
Sep 30, 20244 min read
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