“Behind the multiplicity of forms there is a single reality.”

– Aldous Huxley –

“Behind the multiplicity of forms there is a single reality.”

– Aldous Huxley –

About the Beware Thing

Like any journey toward an unfamiliar destination, a spiritual path pursued with tenacity, honesty, and earnestness will gradually reveal some profound revelations. The mother of them all? You don’t exist the way you’ve been programmed to believe. Like apples and quarks and the jerk who cut you off in traffic, you’re an expression of the One, a life being lived versus someone living a life. So yeah, beware of the Doug [your ego name goes here]. If you need some gear for your trek, I run a sister site with resources collected from a broad collection of mystics, masters, seers and sages. Good luck!

About the Beware Thing

Like any journey toward an unfamiliar destination, a spiritual path pursued with tenacity, honesty, and earnestness will gradually reveal some profound revelations. The mother of them all? You don’t exist the way you’ve been programmed to believe. Like apples and quarks and the jerk who cut you off in traffic, you’re an expression of the One, a life being lived versus someone living a life. So yeah, beware of the Doug [your ego name goes here]. If you need some gear for your trek, I run a sister site with resources collected from a broad collection of mystics, masters, seers and sages. Good luck!

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Hummingbird

A Quest to Love

Published On: August 23, 2018

Today's post is spurred by something written by Thich Nhat Hanh on the subject of love. His statement, printed below, brought to mind experiences from a New Mexico vision quest almost exactly 11 years ago, and their role in opening this guarded, frightened heart. "When our hearts are small," wrote Hanh, "our understanding and compassion[...]

Question Everything

Published On: August 1, 2018

Comedian-sage George Carlin had a bit where he advised parents to encourage their kids to question everything. "Kids have to be warned that there is bullshit coming down the road," said Carlin. "That's the biggest thing you can do for a kid." Parents, Carlin added, are the biggest perpetuators of bullshit, which is why most[...]

alex-shutin

Leave the World Alone

Published On: June 19, 2018

If my own life experience is any kind of indication, we live in a constant state of mental comparison to others. As in, how do I measure up in the estimation of my parents or children, or perhaps by the standards of my culture or race or socioeconomic grouping? Who am I, relative to them?[...]

God Experiment

The God Experiment

Published On: May 8, 2018

What I call the God Experiment is an eye-opening adventure you won't soon forget. For 24 hours, transform everything around you into God. Replace every label and concept you have for people, places, and things with God. You do not need to be a believer to play this game - in fact, it will be[...]

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    God died the other day after a long battle with leukemia. With his death god took all the answers with him, the ones that might have helped me to understand why he bothered with the whole[...]

  • Where the Mind Goes, So Goes I

    How often I feel like a fish trapped in a bowl, a prisoner to something called life. To an outsider this sounds depressing and at times I suppose it is. But it's all I've ever[...]

  • I …

    I used to think life was about finding one's purpose, bliss, cause, etc. That we were born with a life sentence and before its end date we had this very tangible goal to achieve. I also[...]

  • Seek Until You Find

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  • A Life Sentence of Solitary Confinement

    It is said the worst punishment that can be meted out to a prisoner is solitary confinement. Lock someone in 'the hole' long enough and he starts to go mad (note the metaphorical connection between 'hole' and[...]

Hummingbird

A Quest to Love

Today's post is spurred by something written by Thich Nhat Hanh on the subject of love. His statement, printed below, brought to mind experiences from a New Mexico vision quest almost exactly 11 years ago,[...]

Question Everything

Comedian-sage George Carlin had a bit where he advised parents to encourage their kids to question everything. "Kids have to be warned that there is bullshit coming down the road," said Carlin. "That's the biggest[...]

alex-shutin

Leave the World Alone

If my own life experience is any kind of indication, we live in a constant state of mental comparison to others. As in, how do I measure up in the estimation of my parents or[...]

God Experiment

The God Experiment

What I call the God Experiment is an eye-opening adventure you won't soon forget. For 24 hours, transform everything around you into God. Replace every label and concept you have for people, places, and things[...]

“Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe. It is everywhere.”

– Black Elk –

Black Elk

“Peace will come to the hearts of men when they realize their oneness with the universe. It is everywhere.”

– Black Elk –

Black Elk beware of the doug

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My Other Sites

Perennial Way

A collection of resources (teachers, books, organizations, etc.) that may be of use to others on a similar journey.

Kidzu

Originally focused on extracurricular activities for kids but expanded to include more meaningful focuses.