Choose one that resonates and use it throughout the week — How can we stay balanced, sane, and at peace in today’s often stressful, messed-up world? How can we remain joyful? How can we be resilient? These are questions I have asked myself my whole adult life. Of course, there is no shortage of life advice and perennial wisdom. And there…

Poems, quotes, or phrases that I have used for 30 years to guide the direction of my life. — By most measures, I have made a success of my life. Part of it is luck of course — just being born in a part of the world where it is even possible to succeed. Part of it is hard work. But a significant part of it is wisdom. Not…

Guide yourself using these 10 prompts — Using a mindfulness practice to quiet the mind is good and useful and I’ve been doing that for years, but recently during my morning meditation, my aim is much more — to get to and rest in a place of bliss. Getting to this place of bliss means reaching an…

Easier said than done — but here’s a 4-point plan — If we are going to survive as a species, we need better humans. I’ve thought about this a lot — and this is what it comes down to. We need better humans. Let’s take a quick look at the problems we are facing. Trigger warning. It’s not pretty. The United…

Here are 9 reasons why it is more likely the latter — Several years ago, after reading the debate-styled book War of the Worldviews: Science vs. Spirituality by Leonard Mlodinow (representing a scientific materialist worldview) and Deepak Chopra (representing a spiritual worldview), I was a bit disappointed and reluctant to conclude that Leonard won the argument. I didn’t want Leonard to win…

Expertly sorted into 26 categories based on what you want — Thinking of exploring spirituality? Ready to take your first steps on the spiritual path? As says the well-knowing aphorism: A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step Based on more than 30 years of my own explorations and many years guiding others to find their way —…

Mix and match your practices and see how they complement each other — One of my first Tantra teachers Charles Muir used to say: “The problem with The Secret is that it ignores the secret.” What did he mean, you might ask. Well, by The Secret — he is referring to Rhonda Byrne’s best-selling Law of Attraction book. And by “the secret”, he…

#4. Be a light unto yourself — The spiritual path is the gradual opening up to the recognition that what we are is consciousness and this consciousness is coterminous (same boundary/no-boundary, equal in scope) with what the Universe is made of, which is also consciousness. …

Finally, here’s a glossary — There used to be a magazine called “What is Enlightenment?”. I subscribed to it and devoured each monthly edition from cover to cover. Searching for the answer to that elusive question. But I didn’t get it. How could I really? From the words in a magazine. People who are enlightened…