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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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

Theme · Trauma

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Collection2 min readOctober 12, 2025

Autobiographical Pieces

Chapter 1 - An Ocean of Pain

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Poetry2 min readDevelopmental Order · 1October 1, 2025

A Pariddle of Feral

Developmental Order (part 1)

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Memoir3 min readShaping Water · 2September 29, 2025

Murder of Innocence

Shaping Water (part 2)

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Essay1 min readShaping Water · 1September 28, 2025

Unfurling

Shaping Water (part 1)

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Memoir9 min readSeptember 23, 2025

Emotional Rape

It's okay not to stay

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Poetry1 min readSeptember 21, 2025

The Weight

Of Trauma

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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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Essay5 min readSeptember 9, 2025

Venom to Medicine: the Alchemy of Growth

Exalting our flaws

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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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