What if nobody was better, nobody’s worse? We all just are what we are—different, different.
Author Archives: Zareen
Knowing who you are
Knowing who you are: this is so much what non-duality is about, and it’s really interesting to relate this to native or indigenous teachings. Let’s say back in the day, before people’s brains got divided, before our Western Civilization brains got divided, people lived in harmony with the world around them, the universe around them. …
Does Nonduality make you go bla bla bla
Does non-duality make you go blah, blah, blah, blah? You know what I’m talking about. It makes your mind start turning and churning with ideas. Well, what does that mean? And, oh my gosh, some of the things I read and hear about non-duality is so incredibly complex. If non-duality makes your brain just go …
Beyond the identity
You exist beyond what you might think of as your identity. Actually, kind of down underneath it, it’s like, who is it that has this identity? That’s you.
Confused about spirituality
Are you feeling confused about spirituality? If that’s the case, then it’s just because you’re letting the part of you that doesn’t need spirituality dictate your spirituality. First of all, if you’re letting something outside of you dictate your spirituality, you’re never going to find it. If you’re trying to analyze it and create a …
Newsletter: Unhook from the critical mind
Having an attitude To become an ever more sane person in an insane world… that’s the purpose of non dual teachings. We are taught from birth that we don’t really exist, that what exists is our thoughts, desires and emotions. Breaking free from that is leaping into reality. Reality. A place where other things besides …
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Becoming a Shaman
One of the ways that white people prove that we’re just freaking idiots, is how everyone wants to be a shaman. I mean, as soon as Carlos Castaneda came out, however long ago that was, everybody started wanting to be a shaman. I know a white gal over in Colorado who’s self-declared herself as a …
Reaching the inner depths
Reaching into the inner depths… it’s actually a very useful way to think about spirituality (although technically it’s backward). But the idea of reaching into the inner depths gives us, gives us an opportunity to stop for a second, take that breath. Here we are. It’s habitual for us to live on the surface – …