Explorations in Deliberate Living

Field Notes on Travel, Philosophy, and Life

Hey! I’m Ethan.

I help people wake up in our cultural dream, live as authentic expressions of themselves, and feel the wonder and mystery of existence.

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A curious collection of wisdom, wonders, and ways of living well (things I send my deepest friends) — in your inbox once a month.

May include: ideas, articles, photos, quotes, books, poems, albums, videos, tips, tricks, how-to’s, and in-person possibilities the world round.

All-Time Favorites:

  • The Shamanic Dance In the Waterfall

    The Shamanic Dance In the Waterfall

    Read On
  • Why Wander?

    Why Wander? A 4 Min Video on Why I Venture Out

    Watch It
  • "How Did I Get Here?"

    "How Did I Get Here?" Moments

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  • What is a Mystic?

    What is a Mystic (And How to Be One)?

    Read On
  • Bookshelf

    Bookshelf: A Floating Shelf of My Favorite Books

    Find Great Books
  • Float Against the Tide

    How I Learned to Float Against the Tide

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  • Cosmic Consciousness Speech

    Cosmic Consciousness Speech @ Festival of Yes

    Listen In
  • Stop Watching TV

    Why You Should Stop Watching So Much TV and Be More Like Bruce Dickinson

    Read On
  • Silver Gate, MT

    Three Summers in Silver Gate, MT

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  • A park with a pond, trees, and a large pavilion structure in the background. There are two statues near the pond, and a few people walk along the paths during sunset.

    My Mind-Blowing Inner Experience of a 10-Day Vipassana Meditation Course

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Most Recent:

Most Recent
A Bicycle for the Mind
A Bicycle for the Mind
Zach Bush Quotes from a Sagacious Align Podcast
Zach Bush Quotes from a Sagacious Align Podcast
Sitting with 17 Ideas That Changed My Life
Sitting with 17 Ideas That Changed My Life
Out Now! 17 Ideas That Changed My Life
Out Now! 17 Ideas That Changed My Life
Filming DJ Sets with Brilliant DJ Friends in Joshua Tree
Filming DJ Sets with Brilliant DJ Friends in Joshua Tree
Curiosity, the Unknown, and Death with Peter Lin
Curiosity, the Unknown, and Death with Peter Lin
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Quotes from the Bookshelf:

  • "We are more struggling to survive than to thrive, more just “getting through” or trying to get to the top than finding out what is really at the top or was already at the bottom."

    — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward

  • "It’s the job of dice therapy, like the job of revolution in the world as a whole, to enlarge free territory."

    — Luke Rhinehart, The Dice Man

  • "We take a handful of sand from the endless landscape of awareness around us and call that handful of sand the world."

    — Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

  • "Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there?"

    — Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now

  • "People don’t want to be millionaires—they want to experience what they believe only millions can buy."

    — Tim Ferriss, The 4-Hour Workweek

  • "Your only obligation in any lifetime is to be true to yourself. Being true to anyone else or anything else is not only impossible, but the mark of a fake messiah."

    — Richard Bach, Illusions

  • "And it is true that everywhere dangers and difficulties are exaggerated by the local people, if only as a good excuse for extortion or malingering: one must go oneself to know the truth."

    — Peter Matthiessen, The Snow Leopard

  • "In the 21st century, religion isn’t the opium of the masses — being entertained without being engaged and challenged is."

    — Caveat Magister, Turn Your Life Into Art