Eye of the Mountain

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Writing on the inner life.

Essays, memoir, and poetry on attention, grief, belonging, and what it means to live awake.

An open journal facing the rising sun in a mountain landscape

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Form

All 132 Poetry 70Essay 31Memoir 21Collection 10

Theme

Transformation 50Embodiment 48Attention 39Trauma 35Aliveness 30Creativity 29Relationships 26Family 24Grief 12Identity 11Spirituality 10Belonging 9Nature 5Culture 5

Series

Chakra Map 7The Arc of Becoming 5Shock Collar 3Lotus Eaters 3Developmental Order 3Shaping Water 3

Form · Memoir

21 pieces · Clear filters

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Memoir9 min readSeptember 23, 2025

Emotional Rape

It's okay not to stay

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Memoir2 min readSeptember 19, 2025

The Love that Stayed

Was Not the Love I Wanted

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Memoir5 min readSeptember 16, 2025

Taming the Dragon

Living with borderline personality disorder

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Memoir9 min readSeptember 15, 2025

From Scarcity to Abundance, Through Hell (but gamified!)

A walkthrough through the dark night of the soul

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Memoir4 min readAugust 22, 2025

Write it in blood if you must

Thoughts on suicide

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Memoir1 min readAugust 20, 2025

The Helm of Dustiny

Alignment and orientation

transformation
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Memoir6 min readAugust 11, 2025

The Eye of the Mountain

Discovering My Personal Myth

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Memoir7 min readShock Collar · 1August 11, 2025

The Blackness of Darkness

Shock collar

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Memoir3 min readAugust 11, 2025

Deconditioning Everything I Was

Originally an anonymous Reddit post

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