I’m a spiritual seeker. I’d be tempted to say ‘professional seeker’ if there was a career to be had in it.

This site is my little offering to those who, like me, yearn for something different, something deeper or more meaningful, something that offers a real and lasting peace and the love that comes with it.

As for the name of the site….

Years ago on a lark I purchased the domain. Did nothing with it.

But in recent years, as it became clear that all spiritual paths lead to the dissolution of the self (in my case, ‘Doug’) it seemed like the perfect time to dust off the name.

So yes, I’m advised to ‘beware’ this Doug character for a number of reasons. First, there’s absolutely zero evidence Doug is real.

Even the simplest investigation reveals this body has nothing to do with whatever I am. The heart beats, lungs breathe, cells divide, hunger comes and goes, the list is endless. And I have absolutely nothing to do with any of it.

Same with the mind. Thoughts come and go, come and go, often with little rhyme or reason. I awaken each morning with a different song ‘in my head’ (is that really where thoughts occur – how do we know?). Across this life many thoughts have freaked me out, others have intrigued, most are the same old same old. And again, I don’t appear to have anything to do with them.

(As you read these words, thoughts occur in response. Did you choose those thoughts ahead of time, or did they simply materialize in consciousness?)

So there you go. Beware of [your name goes here]. Don’t fear it, don’t despise it, just approach it with a hefty dose of skepticism. Because until any of us actually find that supposed ‘individual,’ we’re basically Peter Pan trying to catch his shadow.