Nothing I’m about to say is new. It’s just another way to say the same thing. Conscious suffering is the ego grind I’ve mentioned before. It’s where we now understand that we are the witness, and we are watching our mind, heart, and body do what they’ve been conditioned to do. We watch ourselves unconsciously […]
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I don’t care about your bliss. And neither should you. In the last couple of months, it seems that my inbox has gotten more questions regarding blissful experiences than usual, so I guess it’s time to discuss spiritual bliss again. The term bliss is immediately a problem because of its positive connotations and associations with
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I talk a fair amount about the spiritual student-teacher relationship because it is so unique. There are few other relationships that are comparable to it. Oftentimes, I discuss the qualities of love and hate that the student feels towards their teacher, and those are primarily part of the ego like/dislike program. But some of the
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Death is part of this world. It’s not a topic I discuss too much on this blog because I’m largely trying to help people learn how to live from the space of freedom before death comes a-knocking. But sometimes, death comes before that. Sometimes, a death of a loved one is a catalyst for someone’s
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