Consciousness is an alive, aware field that is ALL things. There’s not much to say beyond that because if I write too much, I’ll take you further from the truth. Too much intellectualizing turns consciousness into a thing, a belief, an idea. But this is not what Consciousness Is. Rumi often talks in his poems […]
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I was on vacation driving out through the deserts of the West when this image caught my attention. I was by a dry lake bed, and I felt moved to take a picture of this place, although it doesn’t do it justice. There’s something about certain types of desert that feels opening to me. It’s
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Spiritual openings are powerful. What is a spiritual opening? It’s a moment where the ego lets go, and the person is open to seeing reality. Sometimes, people like what they see. Sometimes, they don’t. Then the moment ends, and the person returns to how they typically perceive reality, which is completely enmeshed with their personal
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It seems like in the last 10 years that there has been an explosion of substance use and substances associated with the spiritual path. So many new substances have found their way into recreational use, and many people are confusing the experiences they have from substances with something spiritual. I’m here to tell you that
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