HeyJaredBenjamin Sears
Soul alignment integrates meditation, narrative reconstruction, and personal organization to help people live knowing themselves as loved, intelligent, and empowered. The stories and poems here reflect on the work.
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- 16
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- Sep 27, 2026
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- Jul 26, 2026
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No Shot List (opens the original)
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I’m trying to work something out. There’s a lesson here, and as usual it’s about being present and getting passionate about what can be done instead of letting what wasn’t done be an excuse to do nothing.So, let me know what you think about my little film project.It’s better to go in with a good plan. It’s also sweet if you can put pieces together that weren’t cut to be a puzzle.The point is, what can you do with what you have right now?My online live yoga class on Saturday is a highlight of the
Surprise Light (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedTake a small piece of paper even the back of a torn envelope you were going to toss another credit card offer or those fake registration alerts for your car – we get so many Now get a pen This is going to be a surprise for someone you love so keep that in mind What you’re going to do is remember a great time something small like last night the elk were so loud Bella imitated the sound – a giant wheezing goose – at 3am we lau
every crackle is a bear (opens the original)
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There used to be more replies.Create for the sake of it…but promote my work.Unnecessary hyper-vigilance is death by paper-cuts.Things can matter but not matter all the time, not every waking moment, a physical undercurrent like a buzzing light you can’t fix in a motel. At home you’d fix it. No problem. Body is always home.I was six-miles deep in the backcountry with nine friends last weekend. Day two we ate mushrooms on huge primordial rocks, watched mountains move like the lake was moving. Watc
you’re ok, my friend (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedWe are mostly scared of the wrong things like opinions You don’t even have to move your eyes to find another one on your phone So there’s this feeling like you can’t look away though you need to I felt that as a kid when things got hot Last weekend I took ten men into the woods A one-eyed cowboy friend Led five horses five miles to camp so we could eat like kings One guy a wrestler was scared of the dark when he had to pee h
four of us on the ridge (opens the original)
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Text within this block will maintain its original spacing when publishedFour of us on the ridge catching the end of the sunrise after following a game trail over a huge fallen oak – standing still as a practice then laughing at the name of the position Standing Pole what every man wants in the morning The point here is not to be crass but to remind you choose activities and people that place you in the beautiful space where focus, purpose, and humor convene The world cares too much or not enough
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