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The Peaceful Path

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This space exists for people who want to slow down, reflect, and live with a little more awareness and kindness โ€” without pressure, labels, or dogma.

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Mindful Mechanic Monk Mark
This afternoon I fix a Enduro Motorcycle Here in my YouTube channel https://youtube.com/shorts/Y_57f3bUgto?is=CDh3116M106nox_B
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Early Evening walk with YoYo ๐Ÿถ
Take a walk with yoYo and I with a stop to feed the fish in the ZenGarden pond at La Bichurie https://youtu.be/yH4jbWYN-pc
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@Julianne Anderson Thank you ๐Ÿถ
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Inspiration Corner
Do You Just Cry at Humanity?
Grab a coffee, this is a long post......โ˜• I have a confession to make. I cry. Often. And not just at the big, obvious things, the tragedies that make the headlines, the disasters that flash across our screens. I cry at the small, quiet, everyday moments that reveal the brokenness of our world. I cry watching a news report about a child who went to bed hungry. I cry reading a social media post about someone who was treated with cruelty simply for being who they are. I cry listening to a podcast about injustice, about ecosystems collapsing, about people fleeing their homes while the rest of us scroll past. And sometimes, I cry at the sheer weight of it all. The tears come unbidden. They well up in my throat, burn behind my eyes, and spill down my cheeks. And in those moments, I feel something visceral, a deep, aching sadness in my chest. A grief that is not just mine, but collective. A sorrow for the state of our world, for the dreadful, unspeakable things that we, all of us, collectively allow to continue. We see it. We know it. And yet, what do we do? We turn a blind eye. We scroll past. We change the channel. We tell ourselves it's too big, too complex, too far away. We shrug our shoulders and say, "I wish I could do something." We wring our hands and mutter, "Someone really should help." We post a black square, a broken heart emoji, a prayer emoji, and then we carry on with our day. And so it continues. The suffering, the exploitation, the destruction. The endless cycle of outrage followed by apathy, of tears followed by silence. But here is the question that keeps me awake at night.... Is our crying a beginning or an ending? Is it just an emotional release, a momentary purge that makes us feel better without changing anything? Or is it the first crack in our armour, the first stirring of something that might actually lead to action? Because I'll be honest... I am tired of just crying. I am tired of feeling sad and then doing nothing. I am tired of the "I wish" that never becomes "I will."
Do You Just Cry at Humanity?
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@Chen Profesorsky I offered videos via facebook and instagram during the confinement of Covid too, just offering words of comfort, support and a safe place to listen, to share and to understand they were not alone...My retreat center here in France was built to help humanity, to offer a calm space, somewhere to 'Just Be' in nature and my TCM / Healing practice to help others who are lost mentally and in pain physically...All for the same reasons as you.... To give ๐Ÿ™
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@Melissa Allison I've seen so many things in my life: horrific sights of pain, suffering, hatred, starvation, cruelty. Many of my patients come to me in severe pain, or in severe mental suffering due to many, many things.....I cry at the lack of support available to them, I cry at people who can help, but turn their back and walk away, I cry at the continued manipulation by corporations, governments, politicians and the media, I cry for our beutiful planet as it is choking but greed pushes on relentlessly, I cry at the demise of our natural world, once again due to so called progress....My tears wash away my pain; my tears bring more clarity to my vision. I cry because I care. ๐Ÿ™โค๏ธ
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So You've Seen the Cage. Now What?
Hi Everyone ๐Ÿ‘‹ Last time we talked about the cages we buildโ€”the invisible ones made of shoulds, algorithms, curated identities, and the exhausting hustle. We looked at the gates and realised we'd been holding the key all along. But here's what I've noticed. Seeing the cage is one thing. .... Actually walking out of it? That's where it gets real. Because the cage is comfortable. Familiar. Safe, even..... And the world outside? It's uncertain. Unpredictable. There's no guarantee you'll land on your feet. So we stay. We know we're stuck, but at least we know the territory. We tell ourselves: Maybe it's not that bad. Maybe things will get better. Maybe I just need to try harder. But trying harder isn't the answer. It never was. That's the trap. We think if we just push more, grind more, force more, we'll eventually break through. But the cage doesn't open from the inside with more effort. It opens when we stop pushing and start paying attention. So what does that actually look like? First, we stop. Not forever. Just for a moment. We pause the doing and let ourselves be. No agenda. No fixing. Just sitting with whatever's there, the discomfort, the fear, the exhaustion we've been running from. It's uncomfortable. Really uncomfortable. Because when you stop, you feel everything you've been avoiding. But you can't change direction while you're still moving. Second, we question the story. I can't leave this job, I need the money. I can't end this relationship; I'll be alone. I can't change now, it's too late. Are those facts or beliefs? Because beliefs can be examined. And once examined, they can be released. I spent years chasing things I thought would make me happy. Status. Money. Validation. And when I got them?...... Empty. Because I was chasing someone else's dream. The real work is asking.... What do I actually want? Not what I've been told to want. What do I, deep down, truly long for? Third, we let go of the timeline. We've been conditioned to believe that by 30, 40, 50, we should have it all figured out. That we should be "there" by now.
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Hi, Iโ€™m Mark โ€” a father, business leader, coach, and TCM doctor, walking a lifelong journey of growth, healing, loss, learning, and lived experience.

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