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There Is Only One
Question: how does one resolve the seemingly contradictory notions that on one hand, God/consciousness is everywhere in everything equally, and on the other, some places and some people are more sacred and holy than others? It’s a function of apparentness. To those who are misled and confused by false notions, the divine is variously less…

Weekly Satsang Group
Satsang (‘sat’ = Truth, reality; ‘sangha’ = community, coming together) is the context in which the exploration and recognition of our true nature can take place. You’re invited to join me on Saturdays for weekly Satsang meetings on Zoom. Together we’ll explore the true nature of reality, the ‘world’ and Self. All information including the…
The Sanity of Surrender
It’s the now that counts. It’s the present-moment that is most ‘real’. The rest is memory and imagination, which both have tremendous value of course. But THIS IS IT, this is the place of power, this is where all the action is. NOW. And so much of that power is dispersed when we miss it,…
Empty Your Cup
Beginner’s Mind is very helpful in Self-inquiry. What that means is you let go of all of your concepts, all of your learning, everything you think you know – just drop it for now. Put it in your pocket, tuck it away and come at the observation and inquiry with a fresh, open, empty mind….
Some Thoughts on Suffering
At the heart of matter of being human is the problem of suffering. What are we to do with it, how do we contend with it? If suffering cannot be accounted for at our current level of understanding then we might ask, as a starting point, if we can at least *admit the possibility* that…

The Page
I show up to write each day but it’s sometimes hard to turn up at the page with nothing around me. The room I’m in has no interesting elements or items within eyeshot. The computer desktop on which the writing page itself sits is completely bare. All intentionally reduced. That I have a twinge of…