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I Nearly Died. Was It Worth It?
It’s a bit arbitrary but we could say it started, roughly, when one of the docs said “You are going to be one of the few men that know the pain of birth.” But c’mon. How would he know? The surgeons were preparing to remove a large amount of soft tissue from the back...
Hearing The Still Small Voice Within
When life is tumultuous we may wish for something louder than the “still small voice within.” Why should it be so still?!? Or small?!? …we might ask, when we need to hear it more than ever. And if we wish to hear this still small voice, we are best directed to…
Meeting Each Other, Equal To Equal
There is a way of “looking past” all the stories a person might be telling themselves; past their “egoic structure,” and past all their pain and suffering and contracted self-concept. To what then? What is there? This is why music and art can be so powerful... They...
The Truth of Giving & Receiving
We sing the song of existence through our giving and receiving. Up and down the melody goes… It is impossible to exist in this world without all manner of things coming and going. Likewise, it is impossible we will not sometimes be giving, and sometimes receiving....
A Doorway Within, Wide Open
I stood at the end of the pier. The snow-clad Olympics glistened over Puget Sound, coruscant from end to end on this particularly warm evening in April. Rigging on hundreds of boats tinkled casually amid an occasional seagull’s cry, and in the distance… as is common...
What Is Whole Is Healed
As the mind stills, its thoughts still, and separation stills. In stillness, divisions fall away. As divisions fall away, oneness (wholeness) is at hand. And what is whole is healed. Sometimes people come seeking healing. Sometimes physical healing, sometimes...
The Magical Mystery Meeting Tour
Sometimes seekers come to a meeting with a spiritual teacher, and experience a rush of energy. “Oh!” they might say, “could you feel that? The energy here is so powerful!” I know what they mean. I’ve felt it too. Some seekers follow teachers, or go live with them in...
Why Do Great Pain and Great Love Wake Us Up?
Pain shows us the way by showing us what we are not. Love shows us the way by showing us what we ARE. Pain demands our attention; sometimes spectacularly so. Ultimately it drives us to ask: "Isn't there another way?" It is a simple cudgel. The only sane response...
Revelations and Spiritual Arrogance
Ever had an amazing, outrageous or awe-inducing spiritual experience? Maybe one that offered insight into spiritual truth or greater awareness of how the Divine works within these four dimensions we seem to live in? Good for you! Amen! Perhaps most who read...
Super Special Secret Soul Sauce
There is nothing new under the sun, said a wise philosopher. Truth is older than existence. I have nothing to add. Truth is not contained in any secrets. Rather, it is spread out over all the earth, in all times, all things; in every blade of grass. A freeway. Dish...
Poetry of the Incarcerated
Perhaps it’s been years and years since one has even thought of it… yet, at some point arose a curious thought about the distant past: That one had put oneself in the cage. Put oneself there?!? It had always seemed like it was just the way it was. That one had...
Decisions & Beliefs
All your decisions follow from your beliefs. Beliefs define the parameters – the range of decisions – from which you can select your actions and potential outcomes. As such, they determine our experience. Change your beliefs, change your world, and your...
Your Deepest Nature
Your deepest nature stands beyond the reach of your ego. It stands beyond the “small” self… which is why your deepest nature is so very quiet. The coming and going, accomplishing and avoiding have no bearing on it, and cause no ripples in it.
Enlightenment Is A Demolition Project
There is much talk in spiritual circles of practices, training, and the gaining of knowledge (often mystical or secret); that one must surely be better at meditating, or doing their breathing exercises, or must understand certain concepts, or carry out rituals more...
How Does Healing Happen?
A healing process is like when a lighthouse helps guide a ship safely into a harbor. The lighthouse doesn’t control the ship at all, it merely shined its light and illuminates the scene. The change in the course of the ship comes from the ship’s captain. There is change of mind in the captain…
Articles
- I Nearly Died. Was It Worth It?
- Hearing The Still Small Voice Within
- Meeting Each Other, Equal To Equal
- The Truth of Giving & Receiving
- A Doorway Within, Wide Open
- What Is Whole Is Healed
- The Magical Mystery Meeting Tour
- Why Do Great Pain and Great Love Wake Us Up?
- Revelations and Spiritual Arrogance
- Super Special Secret Soul Sauce
- Poetry of the Incarcerated
- Decisions & Beliefs
- Your Deepest Nature
- Enlightenment Is A Demolition Project
- How Does Healing Happen?
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