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One of the most effective ways I have found to use the structure of duality to start to expand beyond it is the unity/paradox or unity/opposite pair. Commonly within our collective experience we use opposites to choose teams and paradoxes … Continue reading →

There is a method that is simple and reliable, but I won’t deceive you and tell you that it is easy. Ask your life for a situation that really matters to you, something that involves your deepest desires. Ask for … Continue reading →

It is important on the spiritual path to remember that denial of self and the realization of no-self are vastly different things. Especially here in the west where so few of us survive through childhood with our ego structures intact … Continue reading →

As in all times of transition, we are faced with a choice of how deep we go. We can go for a shallow dive and rearrange structures in the cultural paradigm to reduce our violence and create more fairness. We … Continue reading →

One of the struggles we often find on the path is what to do when struggles arise. We may have a good sense of ourselves and the world, but still struggle when a particularly intense and difficult experience comes up. … Continue reading →

And realizing this is what will open the way for change. One of the things we tend to do at all levels in our culture at the moment is pathologize everything we find uncomfortable. We have a war on drugs, … Continue reading →

The best indicator I have found for my having detached from my life a bit is how long it has been since I cried. We tend to think of tears as an expression of sadness, but I find it is … Continue reading →

Happy Valentine’s day!! ♥ I always like this day and find it so interesting (and often intense). I looked back and it has been seven years since I’ve had a partner for this day; this brought a bunch of feelings … Continue reading →

Delusion is simply the degree to which we believe our own projections to be true. And anything we can have an opinion about is our own projection. This has an interesting relationship with choice. We can authentically choose another, but … Continue reading →