About Virkee
The purpose of Virkee is to help people live a full, vibrant life by empowering them to master their own minds.
This site was created by a Finnish software developer named Petri Peltola, who is also the ‘I’ in the texts. He has been practicing self-development as a hobby for more than 20 years and loves it. More than half of this practice involved self-help and positive psychology, which he ultimately found not very helpful. The reason for this became clear in 2016 when he discovered the subject provided here, which leads to mastering one’s own mind: the mind cannot be mastered using the mind; it requires a standpoint outside of the mind. This led to the realization that ‘I am not my mind’ and discovering who the ‘I’ really is. This, in turn, led to the realization that when the ‘I’ isn’t captured by the mind, using one’s full potential becomes truly possible as well as being free from inner struggle.
Other persons who have influenced this site are my two teachers. They have both been practicing the subject provided here for decades, one for more than 20 years and the other for 40 years.
The name ‘Virkee’ comes from Finnish word ‘virkeä’ meaning vibrant person.
