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Illuminated Manifesto

Once you can see things clearly, as they are, you know what action needs to be taken.

The purpose of Illuminated Mind is to shed light and bring awareness in an unconventional way. True bliss is unique to the individual. It’s not a wholesale prescription that can be distributed en masse. My purpose here is to explore the uncommon side of things that is often overlooked by the typical, mainstream approach.

Illuminated Mind is about finding freedom from what we’ve been conditioned to think will make us happy.

So, who’s this crazy person behind all this?

jonathanHi, I’m Jonathan. Nice to meet you. Since a young age, I lost my desire to do things I didn’t want to do. I’ve dropped out of high school (I went to college instead to take classes I was interested in), I dropped out of the mainstream. And most recently, I’ve dropped out of the corporate soul-raping environment.

I started this blog to help others on their path, because I realized how often “collective wisdom” is merely a big, fat, collective assumption. I’ve also found out that a lot of ideas I thought were crazy, actually produce the best results. It’s these non-standard, crazy practices that I am most interested in. The edges of life tend to fascinate me the most.

In case you’re wondering, I don’t have any formal qualifications that make me any more of an “expert” on personal growth than the next person. I don’t have a degree in psychology or philosophy. In the past year though, I have managed to change a lot. But most of all, I’ve aligned my heart and mind and reclaimed my dreams. I’ve tapped into my authentic self to follow my own uncommon sense.

I like to show people that you can follow your heart and be grounded. You can have wings and roots. Most of all, you can live your dreams and do what you love. I’d like to show you how to do the same.

I’m also regular writer at Zen Habits and a member of the Brazen Careerist network.

(If you’d like to know more about how I became inspired to pursue personal development, read my story.)

A little more info about me:

Status: Happily married
Children: Sofie Aiko, the most lovable (and rambunctious) Shih Tzu.
Interests: Drumming, raw food, veganism, writing, reading, didjeridoo, graphic design, collecting ideas and making people think.
Movies: What the Bleep Do We Know?, Quills, Waking Life, Peaceful Warrior, The Usual Suspects.
Music: Tool, Radiohead, Broken Social Scene, A Perfect Circle, Sia (too many to list)

Get in touch:

You can either use the contact page or send me an email at jonathan [at] illuminatedmind [dot] net

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