The following excerpt is from a recent interview with Jin on methods city dwellers can use to get closer to nature. Question: For those living in the city with high rises and very little open space, they can feel very disconnected from nature. What are some of the ways city dwellers can reconnect with […]
Author: Jin Nua
The Power of Journal Writing
If you want to write a book, movie, or poetry; you need to start keeping a journal. Without a journal; you cannot make significant or meaningful progress toward your goal. It will only remain an idea and never crystallize into a real work. The following passage from my book Awaken succinctly explains the necessity, and […]
I-citizen declares war!
I-citizen declares war on ignorance, greed, and destructiveness. What is i-citizen’s secret weapon? Our hearts and minds! Our soldiers? Today’s youth, whom having inherited a plundered planet, will fight valiantly against the entrenched selfishness and short sightedness of a lost generation. Our lieutenants? Parents and teachers! Tasked with imparting sensibility, holistic thinking, and responsibility in […]
We Must Do Better
If you don’t believe today’s stressed society (two parents working, ‘never enough’ expectations, loss of extended family support, etc.) is not having a real and long term impacts to our children’s mental health and future; check out this highly meaningful VDO. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgiqMQTfw1Y Mixing medical findings, philosophy, and common sense; Gabor Mate explains the real reasons […]
The Birth of i Citizen
I’ve got exciting news… my new i Citizen website launched today on summer solstice 2016! i-Citizen forms the final piece of my overall Centerpath formulization—the action-oriented side of Centerpath—showing ‘citizens’ practical means of putting nature’s wisdoms to work in their day-to-day lives but also how to optimally structure an entire society. I encourage you to […]
The Brawn of Branching
The following is an excerpt from my book “Centerpath Mandalas”. It’s got some pretty cool insights on the nature of being but also how your life fits into nature’s grand mosaic of being. I invite you to check it out. It’s little surprise Buddha gained his awareness under the Bodi tree. For residing in their […]
Dialogue with the Universe – How to be Happy
Be happy! How? Follow Your Heart! How? Listen to your inner voice, it has all the wisdom you’ll ever need. How? Stop thinking you know everything! How? Have faith in your natural intuition versus simply accepting society’s definition of what is important and right. How? Slow your life. Walk in nature. Surround yourself with high […]
Time Stand Still
Once a day take the time to make time stand still. Whatever you’re doing take the time to stop, look, and listen to a friend, spouse, a child, a flower, a sunset–the magic of being. These form the little moments of bliss that precipitate in the space-time of our being, and last throughout eternity.
Our Lives are Inexplicably Connected to Nature
What to take away from Centerpath? This is what Jin hopes for (as excerpted from his Centerpath website at http://www.centerpath.org/about-us/). Jin hopes readers’ find great solace discovering just how closely their lives are linked to nature. A connection sadly obscured by the hustle and bustle of modern society and its never ending need for more-and-more. […]
Unconditional Love
The greatest journey you could ever hope to undertake in this wonderful lifetime is along a path little travelled. It’s not a journey in the sense most expect. It is not the ascension of a mountain or an overseas adventure. But it’s one that can take you to any place you’ve imagined or dreamed about—and […]