I recently heard a well-known magician say that “magic does not fool you because you’re stupid. Magic fools you because it’s stupid… because the human brain wants to have beautiful, wonderful, aha experiences.” In other words, in order to be fooled, we...
You’re only ready to read the last page of a book if you’ve read all of the pages that came before it. And what if YOU ARE the book? How do you skip over YOU so that you can get to the last page of YOU and just be done with it all? Well, obviously, you don’t. If you...
It’s rather abrupt, isn’t it?When this physical life ends, that’s it — no mulligans, no second chances. Just dirt, worms, or your friendly neighborhood crematorium. The finality is brutal.Your search for truth, freedom, and enlightenment?Over.No rewind button.No...
(Awakened Origins Series: Part 3 of 3) You’ve spent years — maybe even decades — seeking. Not casually, not naively, but with sincerity. With devotion. You’ve burned through teachings, teachers, identities, and illusions. You’ve meditated, investigated, surrendered,...
(Awakened Origins Series: Part 2 of 3) You’ve learned the mind’s tricks, but this is something different. It feels like something real — a very near and yet distant home still unreached. Whether you’re suffering, restless, or simply unresolved, there’s an unmistakable...
(Awakened Origins Series: Part 1 of 3) It’s strange to talk about something that’s staring you right in the face at this very moment, something that’s never left you, something that is at the very heart of what you’ve been pursuing your entire life. But, I suppose in...
