The Elk and My Vision Quest
This is the story of how a former bomber pilot, [...]
Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Once upon a time during the early 1970s I lived [...]
Seek Until You Find
It's a discovery unique to the earnest spiritual seeker: one [...]
Advaita Vedanta: End Point of the Spiritual Journey
Searching for peace, happiness, truth, God, meaning, I spent years [...]
Materiality vs Spirituality: Which is Actually Real?
Spirituality is often dismissed as the domain of fantasists, the [...]
What’s Up With the Whole Beware of the Doug Thing?
I'm a seeker. I'd be tempted to say 'professional [...]
Finding the Light of Truth in the Sea of Mind
Because we spend our lives driven by thought, it can [...]
Meta-Analysis Shows High-Dose Psilocybin Effective Treating Depression
A meta-analysis of studies on psilocybin show that high doses [...]
What I’d Share With My Late-Wife Today
Cleaning out my home office, I stumbled across the journal [...]
A DIY Vision Quest
During my teens I'd stumbled across, and become fascinated with, [...]
Returning Yoga to Its Spiritual Roots
In the campy 1980 comedy, Caddyshack, disheveled groundskeeper Carl Spackler [...]
Becoming Doug: Turbulent Beginnings
A great deal of my early life was characterized by [...]