by Monk Anchorwind | 27 May, 2026 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary Addendum, (Monk’s Note: “Addendum” as in this adds to existing pieces and is shorter.) Flow is Rest in Action. What does that actually mean? Let’s start from the end and work backward. Action? Action is movement, change, and work; action is us applying...
by Monk Anchorwind | 26 May, 2026 | Dear Diary |
Dear Diary, Yesterday was Memorial Day, and something clicked last night. In the Army, we have a mentality drilled into us; I believe all of us soldiers who ever for a moment wanted to be a soldier never needed the drilling, which can be stated plainly: “Never Leave...
by Monk Anchorwind | 23 Apr, 2026 | The Mindfulness Journey |
The word ‘atom’, as in a Hydrogen atom, was derived from the Greek word ‘atomos’ meaning ‘uncuttable.’ We once thought the atom was the smallest, most fundamental building block in nature. We drew an atom with a large nucleus and electrons orbiting close by in...
by Monk Anchorwind | 15 Feb, 2026 | Considered Thoughts, The Mindfulness Journey |
It’s time to become part of the landscape. I had a group of friends in a previous life who loved to point out the various times I had ‘Newtype’ moments. The title ‘Newtype’ was given to me as an homage to a certain class of pilots in the...
by Monk Anchorwind | 9 Feb, 2026 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, For quite some time now, I’ve operated in a certain way, and when it didn’t work, I put it down to try again later. With music, I had a feeling I wanted to convey, and as I moved through the creative process, I meandered through the sonic...
by Monk Anchorwind | 5 Feb, 2026 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, I want to say something akin to ‘I’ve been gradually digging into deeper layers of understanding,’ but in reality, we get buried underneath a great deal of extraneous ‘stuff’ from a host of external sources. However, the more we understand, the lighter we...
by Monk Anchorwind | 25 Jan, 2026 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, What color are rainclouds? The conditioned response in most people will yield a swift and confident ‘gray!’ Rainclouds are always drawn as dark, and when we look at them, it tends to be from one side only. However, have you ever looked out...
by Monk Anchorwind | 23 Jan, 2026 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, It may feel counterintuitive, but the action of letting things go requires energy, even though we often feel better as a result. The final acts of closure are draining in their respective ways, and sometimes we end up living with a constant level of pain...
by Monk Anchorwind | 19 Jan, 2026 | Dear Diary, The Mindfulness Journey |
Dear Diary, In my piece yesterday, introducing the idea we should learn what to embrace in order to discern what to release, I feel I glossed over an essential step in the middle: learning to stay connected. This intermediary step will be unique to the individual, but...
