I entered onto the spiritual path in earnest at a time when the profound esoteric wisdom of the East was being pursued earnestly in many circles. Some of us decided to pursue awakening and enlightenment with single pointed dedication. We lived in communities, did extreme amounts of practices, traveled to India, spent time with […]
Yes, Fulfillment Is a Path but It’s Also the Goal
Achievement versus fulfillment? The tension between these two is a contemplation my spiritual activist friend Gibrán Rivera has been exploring, and it got my wheels turning: The drive to grow and to achieve needs to be tempered. It is a good thing. But it comes with a trap. It can lead us to postpone fulfillment. It can lead us to […]
Love is the Ultimate Reality
Part 1: Stepping into Perpetual Freedom “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ― Albert Einstein, physicist When I speak of spiritual freedom I’m speaking about being released from the hypnotic bonds of the current paradigm. In my work I spend a great deal of time supporting people to understand the insidious […]
6 Red Flags that your Spiritual Community May Be Abusive
Did you hear Oprah’s speech at the 2018 Golden Globe awards? Her final wish: “And when that new day finally dawns, it will be because of a lot of magnificent women, many of whom are right here in this room tonight, and some pretty phenomenal men, fighting hard to make sure that they become the […]
Accessing Unlimited Possibility
Possibility is a powerful word. Whenever we say something is possible it means it can happen. It is real. Reality is defined by what is possible and what is not possible. Changing our reality means changing what is possible. Our sense of self is created out of the ideas that we hold about who we […]