The world is awash in prophets and guides, gurus and gods, masters and mentors who would – usually for a fee, always for your idolatry and worship – lead you to some imaginary promised land. For a time I had one of these false…
Jesus, the Buddha, Lao Tzo, Ramana Maharshi, Rumi, and scores of other mystics simply and consistently stated that our lone goal in this world is to (re)discover our true nature, the central conceit being that a false ego has arisen to cloud this reality. Sprinkled across human…
So when you think about yourself and those you know best, what is it that each of us wants above all else? When you peel back all the thoughts and desires, the wants and needs, the layers of anxiety and suffering, what lurks at…
In the Silence is where all the power is. In the Silence is where all the answers are. – Robert Adams There are times when I stand on a hillside or deep in the woods or sitting quietly on my porch, when the Great Truth…
A lot of people have been pretty upset about Robin Williams’s suicide. Many reasons for their unhappiness are given. Ultimately, I think it boils down to this: If someone like Robin Williams – a man who ostensibly ‘has it all’ – finds life unworthy of…
Ever wonder what it would be like if Jesus actually came back? You don’t have to be Christian or even religious to chew on this one. But to do so reveals quite a lot about the lunacy of the human mind. So let us…