🕊️ Not In Distant Lands

June 30, 2025

TWO-MINUTE MONK
Ancient wisdom for modern life, every Monday.

🧘 Monk Thought

“Do not look for happiness outside yourself.
The awakened seek it not in distant lands but within themselves.”

— Helena Blavatsky (1831–1891)

💡 Monk Light

Blavatsky wrote this in the 19th century—but it could have been written this morning.

We still look outward:

  • A new place

  • A new plan

  • A new version of ourselves

We imagine peace is elsewhere, just around the next corner.

But what if the search is the distraction?

What if joy arrives the moment we stop reaching and start resting?

The awakened don’t travel far.

They return inward, again and again, to the one place nothing can take from them.

Helena Blavatsky was a 19th-century Russian mystic and spiritual philosopher.

👣 Monk Move

Today, before scrolling, buying, planning or fixing—pause.

Whisper:

“Not in distant lands.”

Then take one breath. That’s the door.

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