“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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humility

Life: The Great Humbler

Published On: May 2, 2018

Over the previous month life leveled me. Again. And then again. The reasons why are unimportant - far too often I've gotten lost in the symptoms behind the suffering and missed the message, the GIFT, underlying the suffering. In this case, humility. Life humbles. And despite the immense pain so often associated with the humbling[...]

Human Eye

Unmasking the Label Maker

Published On: February 9, 2018

A friend recently introduced me to David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine Monk who survived Hitler's Germany, emigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s and, today, when he isn't living as a hermit, still gives inspiring talks at nearly 92 years of age. I particularly love this quote, which gets to the core of the problem with[...]

Emptiness of being

You Are NOT Your Story

Published On: February 1, 2018

In my garage sit several boxes filled with the after effects of my father's life, including hundreds of photos of unfamiliar faces stretching back to equally unfamiliar places and times. The thing is, nobody is left to interpret those for me anyway, meaning that those 'family' photos are about as meaningful as photos I'd find[...]

For sufferers

My Wish for the Sufferer

Published On: January 11, 2018

I feel compelled to start this post with yet another giant disclaimer: this blog is a confessional not meant to teach anyone anything. As the saying goes, all minds, including the one behind these words, make for wonderful servants but terrible masters. In other words, the mind can't know anything of real value. Two plus[...]

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humility

Life: The Great Humbler

Over the previous month life leveled me. Again. And then again. The reasons why are unimportant - far too often I've gotten lost in the symptoms behind the suffering and missed the message, the GIFT,[...]

Human Eye

Unmasking the Label Maker

A friend recently introduced me to David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine Monk who survived Hitler's Germany, emigrated to the U.S. in the 1950s and, today, when he isn't living as a hermit, still gives inspiring talks[...]

Emptiness of being

You Are NOT Your Story

In my garage sit several boxes filled with the after effects of my father's life, including hundreds of photos of unfamiliar faces stretching back to equally unfamiliar places and times. The thing is, nobody is[...]

For sufferers

My Wish for the Sufferer

I feel compelled to start this post with yet another giant disclaimer: this blog is a confessional not meant to teach anyone anything. As the saying goes, all minds, including the one behind these words,[...]

“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.