As with all things, there are phases to being a spiritual student. There’s a time when you don’t know how badly you need this. There’s a time when you know you need this but have no idea what a spiritual teacher really looks like. There’s a time for dedicating yourself to a teacher and a […]
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I have to say that one of the most under-appreciated spiritual practices that I can think of is this: asking for help. Do you know how to do this? I know that I have to practice it. Maybe it’s a social training thing. Okay, I know it’s a social training thing. There’s this idea out
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I want to start out by saying that I want you to think of relationships in the broadest possible context. The ultra-focus of people on relationships as only sexual-romantic partnerships specifically between men and women is too narrow, and we can’t get anywhere on this topic until we look at relationships in a much wider
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Eventually as all the old lies burn off, you move into stillness. This doesn’t mean that you sit around and do nothing all the time. This means that your internal state is still. It may not always stay quiet there, but for the most part, you are still. Emotions come and go. Things may become
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Awhile ago, I wrote a spiritual allegory called The Tale of the Butterfly. I wrote an interpretation along with it, and both seemed to receive great responses. This latest work is longer, and it was part of a beautiful evening that a friend of mine hosted at his home along with other inspiring monologues and
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