Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzo, Ramana Maharshi, Rumi, and scores of other mystics simply and consistently stated that our lone goal in this world is to (re)discover our true nature, the central conceit being that a false ego has arisen to cloud this reality. Sprinkled across human history, these mysterious, rebellious souls reminded those who would listen than [...]

Another day, another city burns, a bomb detonates, another someone goes berserk stabbing and shooting others, and everywhere the mass of humanity wrings its hands and stews and frets and points fingers and prays. Pity the tiny, oh-so-limited human mind and the endless conclusions it draws about the world around it. I know, I think, I [...]

Spend any time immersed in mystical/spiritual traditions and you'll quickly notice they espouse a way of life radically different than what most Americans - and more and more of the world - follow. Humility, silence, non-doing, acceptance, surrender, rejection of materialism - these are antithetical to the modern mind. It's not surprising we ignore such teachings [...]

So when you think about yourself and those you know best, what is it that each of us wants above all else? When you peel back all the thoughts and desires, the wants and needs, the layers of anxiety and suffering, what lurks at the center of all that human restlessness? Most of us will [...]

Nothing matters. Now there's a fun-loving rhetorical turd you should try dropping at a dinner party sometime. People go positively apoplectic when you suggest their lives - life itself - is meaningless. But it's true. And you don't need me to prove it. You already know it - you just might be in denial about [...]

Are you able to let go, to really surrender to life, to let it take you wherever it sees fit? I know I'm not. I try. But if I catch myself, that surrender comes easiest when there's a bit of security around me. The belly is sated, a bit of cash sits in the bank, a [...]

In the Silence is where all the power is. In the Silence is where all the answers are. - Robert Adams There are times when I stand on a hillside or deep in the woods or sitting quietly on my porch, when the Great Truth that is at the core of all great spiritual teachings is, [...]

When I was very little my father took it upon himself to force-feed me the foods I refused to eat. Described to me later in life by the two witnesses at the table - my mother and older sister - these episodes apparently played out like some twisted suburban torture scene. My toddler self sat strapped [...]

I believe now that consciousness reveals itself in stages not unlike a painter or sculptor who reveals his art over time. The more we attend to the task of revealing our true nature, the more consciousness obliges and the secrets to our being revealed. I know this to be true for the simple reason that, more than [...]

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