The Outdoor Goon Blog – Jason Rosander Your Mind is a Prison: A Guide to Living

Now that places are starting to open up, we can see the patterns taking shape even more clearly than before. One side wants everyone to

I don’t have to start off this article like every other idiot and say “In case you have been living under a rock…” because we

One thing I find interesting about people is they think choice doesn’t exist in their life. While I would be the first to say that

As I tweeted earlier today, one of the number one signs of depression is someone that feels they have no choice. They feel that every

The truth, whether we want to admit it or not, is that most of our anxieties come from the fear of death. At some point

Its very easy, especially in modern times, to focus on the parts of our lives that are not optimal. We are designed to focus on

I’ve spent years now on the “path” as they would say. Really this means nothing more than searching for the truth in all situations. When

I’ve often wondered what this word means – acceptance. In my old line of work this word did not exist, and if it did, it

One of the biggest blocks I had starting down the path of real inner work, was finding the “line” between using the tools and insights

If you are unable to observe your thoughts, then you are tortured by them. This is how it works for many of us, if not

One of the greatest challenges of internal work is trying to discover your real “Self” while battling the worldly issues you face on a daily

I was climbing in the mountains on a cold, windy day. I could feel the rain pouring down on my skin and soaking up my

I don’t like the word Enlightenment, mostly because there is no way to define it. Go online and search for videos of people becoming “Enlightened”

One of the hardest things about teaching people how to transcend the mind, is how lost someone can get in the puzzle of cryptic teachings

There has to be a space that we are comfortable working in, and there has to be a “line”. We cant be comfortable working in

The mind is a survival tool. Its that simple. It has kept us alive, it has kept us safe. But when it runs out of

You have fish in the bowl. You have water. Then you have the bowl surrounding it all. Be the bowl. Picture this in your head,

I spent the week in a mountain resort. I’m sure the normal definition of a resort would not apply to this place, but it was

We have to know right off the bat that most, if not all, of our problems come from an exaggeration of the mind/ego. Its that

Ask yourself, and be honest, what do you really want? Most can’t truthfully ask this question. Why not? Because it forces them to see all