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Rachel Rivett's avatar

I have so much heartfelt love and admiration for you , Amanda. May you ever walk in beauty and boldness <3

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Thank you so much, Rachel. I love you too. 💙

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Lisa Verlo's avatar

So inspiring. Thank you.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

I’m so glad you enjoyed it, Lisa. 💙

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MargaretGypsy's avatar

This is very inspiring. I am working on my first book and I am having a similar experience. My next step is to post on Substack some of my more personal writings instead of what I have been sharing publicly for years. My knowledge of travel and food. Even though it is a passion, I have a lot more to share.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

I’m glad you enjoyed it, Margaret. I look forward to seeing what you share. 💙

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Elly Marie (she/her)'s avatar

I am looking forward to this course and with you Amanda. It feels like a confirmation to myself to truth, acceptance and my new self emerging from the cocoon of chronic illness. Thankyou for sharing.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

I’m so glad you’re on the course, Elly. Really looking forward to spending the year together. 💙

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Kate Case's avatar

That is not a fossilised microchip

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Amanda Saint's avatar

How are you so certain?

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Alexander Lovell, PhD's avatar

Your description of encountering the "fossilised microchip" and the subsequent shattering of your understanding of reality was quite poignant to read this Sunday morning.

"This wasn't gentle wonder. This was the kind of awe that stops you cold, that makes you question everything you thought you knew."

That feeling of simultaneous terror and electrification, of glimpsing something "behind the curtain of ordinary existence," is something I believe many of us experience, perhaps in less dramatic but equally profound ways. It’s the moment when the tidy narratives we’ve constructed about the world, and our place in it, suddenly feel… insufficient.

It’s a disorienting, yet strangely liberating experience, isn't it? To realize that the "agreed-upon story of how the world works" is far more fragile than we ever imagined. These moments, whether they come from an ancient artifact or a quiet moment in nature, force us to expand our consciousness, to embrace a reality that is far stranger and more magnificent than we’ve been taught. It’s in that vertigo of uncertainty that new possibilities emerge, pushing us beyond the comfortable confines of what we think we know into the boundless expanse of what could be.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Disorienting and liberating hits the nail on the head!

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Sam Messersmith's avatar

Your words have had such a profound impact on me and my life. Sharing the parts of myself I'd rather hide, it's been scary and yet the whole world has opened up for me in ways I'd never considered possible.

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Thank you so much for sharing this, Sam. I’m honoured that my words have helped you share your heart. 💙

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meg afoan's avatar

Hi Amanda

My most recent 'moment of truth' was being locked out of my dinky apartment upon returning from a five-week treck through Thailand and Cambodia, dreaming of a full 24-hr recuperation in my own bed, finally. Two months later, still hasn't happened. Crossroads in life, what am I doing, where am I going, what do I want to achieve, what do I need for myself. What supports, what drains me. What lessons did I learn on my first trip to Asia (including Pattaya!).

Now, hanging in the air, where do I need to draw the line?

Definitely need to declutter, need more space. Need to be spending a lot less time on molecule management, more on the non-molecule world of my story's characters.

Need to start tending to their needs. Need to learn how!

Greetings Meg

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Amanda Saint's avatar

Sounds like a big moment in your life, Meg! Asia has that impact. My travels there have always been transformational. I wish you the best of luck with all the changes and finding your way with your writing. I have lots of writing prompts and advice in my archive on here that can help.

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