Frideswyth

Writing For Sentient Sand

  • Litany Of The Heart

    May I May I be peaceful and at ease. May I be filled with loving kindness. May I be well. May I be happy. May All Beings May all beings be peaceful and at ease. May all beings be filled with loving kindness. May all beings be well, in body… Read ⇢

  • Ways of Being in the Present: Emotions Ending

    “Stay present” or “Be present” or “The present is all there is” is a relatively common notion these days, one that has escaped its (I think) Buddhist context and filtered into mental health circles and culture more generally (as Buddhist themes are wont to do)(well done Buddha)(smashed it out the… Read ⇢

  • Movement anti-pill

    I’m mega anti-pilled on movement/exercise at the moment. I’m very non-coercive with myself in life right now and that includes “exercise” [shudder]. When I feel like it I dance, walk, stretch and swim in the sea, but none of those are “for” movement they’re for fun / for the body.… Read ⇢

    Movement anti-pill

  • Jessica’s Diaries Being Posted On Substack

    I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve begun transcribing and posting my younger-self diaries to substack. I started writing a diary at age 10, and reading back on my diaries has been informative and often hilarious over the years. When I started transcribing my diary to turn it into a novel… Read ⇢

    Jessica’s Diaries Being Posted On Substack

  • A Day In The Life Of Spiritual Jess

    Update for posterity on Jess’ life in 2021. On 4th January I moved to a hostel with cheap bedrooms and shared facilities. I wanted to do my own thing as independently of others as possible. This means leaving my friends from London, and I did. I switched out my first… Read ⇢

    A Day In The Life Of Spiritual Jess

  • Books of 2020

    Finding it harder and harder to finish books these days. Read ⇢

  • All Seats Are The One Seat

    I recently, with encouragement from a deity, admitted to myself that I am a spiritual person, and on a spiritual path. I am finding it extremely hard to talk about. We’ve already seen that my contemplative practice can be unusual, and I find it hard to say that something is… Read ⇢

    All Seats Are The One Seat

  • Reflections 2020

    2019 was so shit I didn’t even finish my reflections post. 2020 was better than that! Writing The second half of 2020 saw three blog posts on Theory Engine and two here. Posts that roused people in different ways, that I’m proud of. I also wrote an article for a… Read ⇢

    Reflections 2020

  • Reflections 2019

    ***this post sat in my drafts all year.Publishing the unfinished draft now before we advance too far into 2020*** Reflections post delayed by a month because I stacked up a giant project for myself in January 2020. Well done Jess. January 2019 feels, predictably, very far away in memory. Paid… Read ⇢

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