A Cautionary Tale About Being Too Cautious

A Cautionary Tale About Being Too Cautious
So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservation, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.
-- Jon Krakauer

I opened the door to the guest house in Osaka and looked up the steep, dark stairwell. There was a shadowed shape of a woman looking down at me. And then I heard a London-accented female voice call from another room: “Is he normal?”

“I don’t know,” said the shadow. “He looks alright.”

I climbed up those steps to my new life. That was my first day living in Japan, 23 years ago on Valentine’s Day, 1995.

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What Do You Want Me to Talk About?

What Do You Want Me to Talk About?

I am going to me make some videos soon. What would you like me to talk about? Please make your suggestions in the comments area below, or click "Contact" and send me a message. Or you could write on my Facebook page.

I can talk about a wide variety of subjects: Spirituality, meditation, mindfulness, intuition or just about anything else - except transmission repair. I am no good at transmission repair.

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Crying in Stockholm

Crying in Stockholm

When she told me about her failed suicide attempt only days earlier, the recent events of my life started to make sense.

In her torment, she had gone to the top of a tall building to take a leap, but the door to the roof was mysteriously locked that day. The Universe was conspiring to keep her alive and that is why we met.

She was a Japanese woman living in Stockholm and I was an American who had been living in Japan for two decades. I was in Sweden on holiday. We were brought together in a way I could have never imagined.

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Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #009 - "Walking the Path"

Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #009 - "Walking the Path"

With guests Johnna and Relia Slaby of Nara, Japan

When you are walking on your path, life can be full of synchronicity and flow. But what do you do when you are down in the dumps? 
Join in with Paul Crouse and funk soul twins Johnna and Reylia Slaby as they have a laugh filled conversation about growing up in Japan as (kind of) Americans, and doing what you know is right even though others tell you otherwise.And a bunch of other fun stuff. No boring old people here. LOL!

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Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #006 - Funk Soul Brothers with Tony, the Unknown Psychic

Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #006 - Funk Soul Brothers with Tony, the Unknown Psychic

Paul comes out of the psychic closet and for the first time speaks openly in public about his psychic / spiritual / shamanic gifts along with his funk soul brother Tony, the Unknown Psychic.

They talk about an amazing experience they shared 15 years ago which awakened the both of them spiritually and psychically. They also talked at length about having these gifts, how everyone is psychic, and about how to live with the funk in your soul and the boogie in your step.

It was a truly great, humorous conversation that ended too soon. Check it out now. 

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Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #001 - Making Your Vision Reality

Listen to Paul Crouse Radio Show #001 - Making Your Vision Reality

(This post corrects the problems some people had listening to the recording of the show).

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Show #001 : Making Your Vision Reality with Larendee Roos 

Larendee is a strategic business advisor in Brooklyn, NY who helps people build their dreams step by step by harnessing their gifts and talents within a practical structure. We also talked the importance of living a genuine life from your soul.

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Put Your Camera (or Phone) Down and Experience Life

Put Your Camera (or Phone) Down and Experience Life

The next time you pull that camera or phone out of your pocket to take a picture or video. Don’t. Put it back.

Instead just look at what you wanted to take a picture of. Experience it. Listen to what is going on. Smell it. Feel it. Be in the present.  Life is now. It is not later when you are looking at your photos on Facebook.

When you breathe your last breath and your life is flashing in front of your eyes, will you be thinking about the pictures that you took, or of the experiences you had and the people you loved?

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Are You Giving, Taking or Losing Energy?

Are You Giving, Taking or Losing Energy?

 

Understanding your energy, the energy of others and how we all struggle for more of this energy is a powerful way to understand how you act, and how you interact with others.

Every interaction you have with another person is an energy exchange. During these interactions you, and the other person, are either giving, taking or losing energy.

In today's post,  I will talk about these energy exchanges between people and how you can identify them.

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What Is Your Essence?

What Is Your Essence?

On my journey from the depths of alcohol abuse two decades ago, and from the work I do helping people improve their lives, I have found that the path of true success and happiness comes by looking inward and strengthening yourself from the inside out.

Today, I am going to briefly talk about what “going inward” really means and what you will find when you get there. 

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The World is Better Now Than Ever in History, but I Bet You Don’t Believe It

The World is Better Now Than Ever in History, but I Bet You Don’t Believe It

Many people think that world is getting worse by the day. But that is not true. Life is better for humanity now than ever in history.

Yet this belief in a worsening world gets in the way of solving the real problems that need to be addressed.  By having an overly negative view of the world (and life), you lay the seeds for crippling depression and anxiety. 

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Storytelling: Serendipity, Synchronicity, and Diesel Fueled Enlightenment (Video)

Storytelling: Serendipity, Synchronicity, and Diesel Fueled Enlightenment (Video)

This is a video of Paul Crouse telling a story called "Hugging in Kerala" at The Flame storytelling event at Papa Jon's Cafe Shinpukan in Kyoto, Japan. 

To borrow the words of cafe owner and MC Charles Roche, it is "a tale of serendipity, synchronicity, and diesel fueled enlightenment."  The video is about 12 minutes long.

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