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#4 Navigating

What if the Four Noble Truths aren't just for diagnosing suffering, but a navigational tool for discovering your unique path? In this log, I map the truths to the "Law of Three," exploring how our suffering is the exact somatic marker needed to actualise potential and develop a non-grasping mind.

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#3 Risk

I reflect on the intellectual traps of reading groups and the power of entering the "freak-out zone." By intentionally introducing financial constraints—like cutting up my credit card to manually manage the King's Coin—I am using raw friction to transform energy and choose flow over force.

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#2 Burning Ironwood

Transformation happens when we burn the "ironwood"—the dense, difficult realities of our life. By sitting by the Campfire with feelow travellers burning our own firewood we free up trapped prana. Even during our mundane daily chores, we can practice deep listening dadirri.

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#1 Tuning the Senses

I am actively tuning my senses—through music, cooking, and the smell of essential oils—to step out of the mechanical world and into the raw reality of World 12. Like Nan Shepherd in the Scottish mountains, I am discovering that true aliveness is found in the physical dirt and the quiet hum of joy.