Part I – Facing Myself for the Very First Time During the summer of 2014 I was going through a terrible crisis of identity. My life was a shambling mess of a thing, and I was actively hiding from it; doing my best to distract myself from the day-in, day-out…
Satsang in the Park, Session 1: “Sitting at the Edge of Enlightenment” Hosted by ‘Non-Dual Orlando’ and ‘Awakening Into Life’ —– When: Sunday, 19 November starting at 4pm Where: In the park at Winterpark (near the Peacock Fountain), Orlando Fl Registration: Not required, but can be done via this Meetup…
My good friend, Dr. Scott Graves and I sat down a couple of weeks ago and had a great talk on nonduality. We covered a lot of ground and it’s well worth a listen. You can find the talk, and a full description of its contents, on Scott’s website here: …
This is an excerpt from the draft manuscript of my upcoming book and is the second in a series of sections that I am posting. You can read the previous excerpt ‘The Myth of ‘But I’m a Good Person’”. Love as the Unconditional Reality of Being If our conditioned notion…
This is an excerpt from the draft manuscript of my upcoming book and is the second in a series of sections that I am posting. You can read the previous excerpt ‘What is Love’ by clicking here. The Myth of ‘But I’m a Good Person’ Many times, when engaging with…
This is an excerpt from the draft manuscript of my upcoming book. What is Love? Love, as a word, is one of the most commonly used terms present in the lexicon of spirituality. Yet when it is used, it is often in an ambiguous sense that assumes the reader immediately…
Since becoming more conscious, I am no longer motivated to participate in the world. And yet the world has many demands that I cannot ignore. How do I tackle the things that need to get done, even though I’m not motivated to do them anymore and don’t really see the…
Imagine for a moment that, shortly after you were born, you were handed a glass of water and a spoon, and told to spend your life stirring the water ‘or else’. Nothing more was explained, but because the whole thing was so forcefully stated – and because everyone else was…
Most of us are struggling, each and every day, to make sense of our lives; trying to find some semblance of peace and happiness amidst the chaos and confusion of our world. Very little of what we go through on a daily basis makes any real sense – and when…
Note: I originally wrote this article for the Nondual Orlando website, but decided that it represented a limited viewpoint which emphasizes the importance of independent, Self-realized teachers as opposed to more conventional and institutionalized approaches. It did not really belong on the nondual website because it effectively dismisses a wide…
