<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Seeking Within]]></title><description><![CDATA[A weekly newsletter exploring the belief that most answers we seek lie within us — Covering a wide range of topics from Philosophy & Happiness to Art & Technology]]></description><link>https://seekingwithin.substack.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!jNdO!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F52b7d0e0-8eb6-4336-b5fd-e9d3ab897bc1_1250x1250.png</url><title>Seeking 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But that&#8217;s about all I will be offering you in terms of guidance.</p><p>I&#8217;d love to pretend to be one of those mindfullness coaches but honestly I&#8217;m not fit for the role. </p><p>I&#8217;m rarely calm, or mindful. I waste hours letting my mind wander in thoughts that are (for the most part) pretty banal in nature. </p><p>Lately, I&#8217;ve come to realise that the more time I spend in thoughts, the better I tend to understand myself and my motivations &#8212; albeit, with a little conscious effort from my side.</p><p>Our culture encourages people to constantly look outside of themselves for answers. We read self help books, listen to podcasts, go to churches/temples, hire coaches, and attend seminars. </p><p>We look for so many things outside of ourselves: validation, satisfaction, permission, love. We base our happiness on factors we can&#8217;t control and our lives get filled with unmet expectations.</p><p><strong>We&#8217;ve built a billion dollar self help industry on one fundamental premise. Somebody else, a Guru, a God, a Mentor, a Hero, a Partner or Role Model has the answers we&#8217;re searching for.</strong></p><p>But here&#8217;s the thing :</p><h2>Everything you&#8217;re searching for is within you.</h2><p>My name is Reuben Rapose, and you have arrived at my textual metaverse (one that I&#8217;m calling &#8220;Seeking Within&#8221;), where I will cover a range of topics every week exploring the ideology that <strong>Most Answers We Seek Lie Within Us</strong> </p><p>I&#8217;d love to offer you one of those high-quality animated YouTube videos, but I&#8217;m afraid those are a little beyond my skill-level (also out of my budget). </p><p>What I can promise is a quick 4-minute read every monday that will make you think, and eventually seek answers from within yourself.</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://seekingwithin.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Energise Your Monday Mornings By Signing Up To <strong>Seeking Within&#8217;s </strong>Newsletter</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><p>( Our first newsletter is coming out on 21st Feb 2022 &#129395;, <strong>sign up to get your copy </strong>)</p>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>