The Enigma of Emptiness

Emptiness is a difficult to understand, and a vastly misunderstood notion, and remains an enigma. Seen from a practical perspective, why would you want emptiness? Find what emptiness really implies, and how it is a pointer to Reality.

The Buddha is a Dry Shit-stick

The Buddha is a universally venerated being. As such, based on our own traditions, we have conceptual imagery about The Buddha. This article probes this conceptualization, this illusion, with a radical supposition that “The Buddha is a Shit-stick.” A koan within, reveals the Truth.

The Importance of Flowing

In the flow of life, do you notice that, often you resist what is happening. That you are arguing with life. That you lose your calm, your grounding, your center. But life, Nature, keeps flowing. Who is left to suffer? You! Come find the importance of flowing.

The Pursuit of Knowledge

I valued the pursuit of knowledge for most of my life, including on my spiritual path. Life experiences, however, thrust me into the realm of miracles that I couldn’t explain from my rational-skeptic mindset. The heart of the heart of this desire to seek knowledge, it turned out, was to find the answer to the most important question, “Who am I?”

The Importance of Trust

You may be plagued with self-doubt, not just in the course of life, but in your spiritual practice as well. Learn about the importance of trust in your spiritual practice, and how to cultivate trust in authentic pointers to Reality.

The Secret of Relaxation

On the spiritual path, we are always on a quest for achieving this and achieving that, with the hope that one day it will result in the achievement of enlightenment. But enlightenment is not an achievement! Where does that leave all your activity, your frenetic doing? What you may be missing is the secret of relaxation.

The Trouble with Ego

The ego-sense keeps you trapped in the limitation of being a separate person, an individual that is apart from the world. A reflection to you for waking up from the ego-sense and being free!