There’s something within you that knows what to do. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than you can ever imagine.

Robert Adams

There’s something within you that knows what to do. Surrender your thoughts, your mind, your ego, to the current that knows the way. It will take care of you. It will take better care of you than you can ever imagine.

Robert Adams

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Living the Perennial Way

Personal posts which, to one degree or another, tie into the Perennial Way. It’s my way of demonstrating the myriad ways these teachings open something inside those of us immerse ourselves in their wisdom. My personal blog can be found at Beware of the Doug.

  • Judge Not Lest Ye Be

    Published On: May 25, 2017Categories: Advaita

    I read somewhere that the Truth in mystical teachings is revealed to the degree the reader or listener is ready. Until then, the mind will focus on the meaning of the words themselves, but the wisdom to which they point will be utterly [...]

  • The truth shall set you free

    Your Mind Can’t Set You Free

    Published On: May 8, 2017Categories: Advaita

    Beginning many years ago, when my suffering sent me to my knees begging god for help, I apparently was granted a few small mercies. In an early morning parking garage: The truth will set you free. In a desert canyon: Know yourself, [...]

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    Beware the False Prophets

    Published On: May 6, 2017Categories: Advaita

    The world is awash in prophets and guides, gurus and gods, masters and mentors who would - usually for a fee, always for your idolatry and worship - lead you to some imaginary promised land. For a time I had one of [...]

  • The Power of I Don’t Know

    Published On: April 2, 2017Categories: Advaita

    I suspect that most of the world's problems could be solved - or even prevented - if each of us started from a place of 'I don't know' and moved forward from there. Consider how often you've argued with someone over a [...]

Perennial way teachers

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Various teachers behind the perennial wisdom teachings.

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Books and recordings dedicated to the perennial wisdom.

Beware of the doug blog

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Personal ruminations on the perennial way wisdom teachings.

If I should arrive at the Mystic Truth, it will be as a result of divine assistance. If I fall short, human deficiency will be the cause.

Ibn Abbad al-Rundi, Sufi Poet

If I should arrive at the Mystic Truth, it will be as a result of divine assistance. If I fall short, human deficiency will be the cause.

Ibn Abbad al-Rundi, Sufi Poet

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“Never forget what you’re looking for is what is doing the looking.”

– Wei Wu Wei –

Never forget what you’re looking for is what is doing the looking.

– Wei Wu Wei –

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