You Change Everything You Touch Take that in—it’s important. The reason is simple: you exist. If you exist in a state of confusion, you spread confusion everywhere. This is going to be a hard-hitting message, so if you’re feeling very sensitive, you might want to scroll past—unless you’ve begun to suspect that this extreme sensitivity, …
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It’s Okay to be Unhappy
It’s OK to be unhappy. That’s a pretty radical statement for here in our modern world, right? We’re taught that everything should make us happy and that happiness is actually the goal. We are actually taught, when we study Eastern religions and enlightenment and nonduality, that that’s the point: Happiness, bliss, sublime peace, whatever. What …
The Art of Relating as if All Things Belong
All things belong. That’s a very interesting stance to take, because if all things belong, then you belong. The way you are. Suddenly we’re not in conflict with things around us, and we’re in relation with it. “God don’t create no junk.” Apply that to our lives and everything changes. Make a big mistake? Oops. …
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The Veil of Separation
The Veil of Separation This is a Buddhist, Zen, and Sufi description of what keeps us feeling separate from the world. Somehow, this veil has come over our consciousness and is causing us to feel separate. We feel that we’re the thing that’s behind the veil—and life, people, objects are outside of this veil. From …
Enlightenment is Possible
Enlightenment is possible with a simple shift of perspective. I guess that’s really the only thing I want to say to people. The logic loop involved in the whole this is so crazy. First of all. If we stick to the popular definition of “enlightenment,” it is not possible… because it’s defined as something that …
Never Take More Than You Need
Never take more than you need. This is a good principle for living materially as well as spiritually. As far as the way that humans live in the world, all of our ecological problems are caused by taking more than we really need. Like, how much do we really need? It’s interesting to look around. …
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Nobody Wants to Be Ordinary
Nobody wants to be ordinary, and when you really think about it, this is the seed of all human madness—the idea that we have to be something other than ordinary. And just think about it. There’s really only two possibilities to be other than ordinary. Either you’re better than or you’re worse than. Some of …