Hi, I’m Luka
And this blog is no longer being updated.
I started this blog in 2020 as a project to write about the things that interest me and the insights I was gaining in my spiritual and existential explorations. But at some point, I felt like I had outlived this blog.
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Latest Writings
The Mystic and The Sage – A Short Story
One day, surprised by a torrentuous rain, a wandering sage took cover in a cave. There he was surprised by another surprise -- a calmly sitting mystic immersed in a blissful state. Upon noticing the sage's presence, the mystic welcomed him. "Hello there...
Love Doesn’t Hurt, Attachments Do
That love hurts is one of the assumptions no one likes but we all take for granted. But why does love hurt? Why is the one thing that, poetically speaking, has the power to transcend time and space causing so much pain? Because it's not love we are speaking...
The Cause of Suffering in All Its Expressions
If there is one thing we all have in common is that we suffer in life. Even the ones who no longer suffer have, at some point, suffered. To be one of the no-longer-sufferers we have to get to the cause of suffering followed by a visceral understanding that...
50-50
When it comes to what could or couldn't happen many of us think in terms of probability as if probability is an actual intermediary that actually influences actual happenings. But all it really does is keep us in a limited way of thinking where we are victims of some...
Don’t Get Your House In Order, Burn It Down
Most of us treat our lives like a house that needs to be in perfect order. We have all these corners of our house demanding our attention -- family, friends, career, health, house, etc. -- and we are convinced that all these corners deserve our attention. Not...
How To Really Face Reality – An Unconventional Guide
When we use the expression "face reality," we usually want to tell someone else to stop bullshitting themselves. But do we really know what this really entails? What is reality? How do you face reality? Can you face reality? Let's see if we can change the...