Many spiritual paths go to great lengths to lay claim to “the Truth.” But the reality is no one owns the truth. If anything, we are owned by it. Yet somehow, people (individually or in specific spiritual traditions) claim to have it. They know it, and they can give it to you. That last part […]
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There are many types of fear responses people can have. This blog post investigates some of the reasons anxiety may come up during a spiritual awakening.
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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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