Spirituality for Living

Spiritual Nature of Distress

Many people consider the joy they find in the path, but if in distress they believe themselves to be off of the path. In fact our spiritual life moves in peace or in distress, in joy or in the "dark night of the soul". Distress is in fact an opportunity. When ...

Escaping Control

My own spiritual path is based not on abstaining from passion, but on embracing it. When you truly embrace it and let it consume you, you learn something surprising. This you it consumed is not "you". Not the all encompassing thing. Some have described me as having strong self control. ...

Thinking vs Knowing

All things we know. I use the word “know” in contrast to the word “think“. They have their origin outside of the reel of our consciousness we recognize as rational thought. How often in all of this rational thought do we ask another "what do you want?" And they respond ...

Psychic Paths: Part 1

There are more paths than this. You may find in your practice that this reflective work is not clicking. There are common elements of the mind but there are notable deviations also. Mine is one such. The Greeks used to seek out those who suffered from the condition I had ...

Words as a Road Sign

Rather than noticing what is, we “think” we know. And if you know, you need not "think" things. You need not construct models of the world in your mind, you will see, experience, and move and be moved quite naturally. We cannot truly avoid thought, but we can know it for ...

Limitations of Rational Thought

It seems one of the significant stumbling blocks in both spiritual and practical matters is how we have been conditioned to think "rationally". We are led to believe that by breaking things down to ideas we label as "facts" that we somehow are engaging in the only sane way of ...

Rest and Recreation

The search for rest is what takes so many people into substance abuse. To take a break from their inner chaos. The process that leads to addiction is not "evil" in the person. We do even the harmful things because we perceive a need, but are not always in touch ...