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

– Black Elk –

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

– Black Elk –

Why Beware of the Doug?

I’m what is known as a spiritual seeker, this site a running commentary on the journey. One important nugget I’ve learned along the way: the belief in a Doug separate and apart from the world outside it is itself the problem. So, yeah, this journey reminds me to beware of the Doug, the same one undertaking this trek. Some quantum weirdness there.

My Other Sites

Perennial Way

I’ve collected a lot of useful resources along the way and share them here for those on the same path.

Kidzu

Originally focused on extracurricular activities for kids, it’s expanding into more meaningful focuses.

Why Beware of the Doug?

I’m what is known as a spiritual seeker, this site a running commentary on the journey. One important nugget I’ve learned along the way: the belief in a Doug separate and apart from the world outside it is itself the problem. So, yeah, this journey reminds me to beware of the Doug, the same one undertaking this trek. Some quantum weirdness there.

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.

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What I’d Share With My Late-Wife Today

Published On: August 21, 2024Categories: Doug

Cleaning out my home office, I stumbled across the journal of my ex-wife, who died several years ago due to the ravages of alcoholism. I spent a few minutes scanning the handful of pages she'd written out, hoping I'd at last uncover some clues into the mysterious suffering that had for so long plagued her.[...]

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A DIY Vision Quest

Published On: July 26, 2024Categories: Doug

During my teens I'd stumbled across, and become fascinated with, the idea of a Native American-inspired vision quest. Coming from a controlling and demeaning childhood, the idea of venturing into the wilds in search of a guiding vision sounded exhilarating. Suddenly unencumbered of a job and relationships and buoyed by the idea that the something[...]

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Returning Yoga to Its Spiritual Roots

Published On: July 23, 2024Categories: Meditation, Mindfulness, Yoga

In the campy 1980 comedy, Caddyshack, disheveled groundskeeper Carl Spackler (played by a brilliant Bill Murray) relates a story about caddying for the Dalai Lama. As Spackler tells it, the game ends and no traditional cash gratuity is forthcoming. "Hey Lama," Spackler recalls saying to the holy man. "How about a little something, you know,[...]

Beware of the doug suffering

Becoming Doug: Turbulent Beginnings

Published On: July 21, 2024Categories: Doug

A great deal of my early life was characterized by the kinds of suffering to which only a powerless child can be condemned. The details of that suffering are irrelevant for three reasons: There are as many forms of suffering as there are humans to endure it. Suffering is relative - we live in an[...]

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    Genuine, lasting happiness is an internal state of being. Finding it outside oneself is a fool's errand (and, unfortunately, what a majority of humans practice). This was the verdict of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, whose observations[...]

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