When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the Scriptures.

– Kabir –

When the eyes and ears are open, even the leaves on the trees teach like pages from the Scriptures.

– Kabir –

  • God Experiment

    What I call the God Experiment is an eye-opening adventure you won't soon forget. For 24 hours, transform everything around[...]

  • humility

    Over the previous month life leveled me. Again. And then again. The reasons why are unimportant - far too often[...]

  • Human Eye

    A friend recently introduced me to David Steindl-Rast, a Benedictine Monk who survived Hitler's Germany, emigrated to the U.S. in[...]

  • Emptiness of being

    In my garage sit several boxes filled with the after effects of my father's life, including hundreds of photos of[...]

  • For sufferers

    I feel compelled to start this post with yet another giant disclaimer: this blog is a confessional not meant to[...]

  • Perennial Wisdom

    So there's this thing called the 'Perennial Wisdom' that's composed of the accumulated teachings of mystics and masters, gurus and[...]

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  • As I see it, we move through this thing called 'my life' until, at some point, our sense of ownership[...]

  • Think I've shared this before, but in my early teens I kind of got swept up in stories about near-death[...]

  • So here's what I can tell you about the spiritual journey in the event you're one of those types who[...]

  • I wrote a lengthy, thoughtful, deeply meaningful post on the sages' call to silence - how only in silence can[...]

  • I read somewhere that the Truth in mystical teachings is revealed to the degree the reader or listener is ready. Until[...]

  • The truth shall set you free

    Beginning many years ago, when my suffering sent me to my knees begging god for help, I apparently was granted[...]

  • Published On: July 6, 2020

    You and I don't know what we are. Don't know how we got here[...]

  • A dog's life
    Published On: June 6, 2020

    Man oh man, did you hear about.....? And depending on what comes next, we're[...]

  • Chaos
    Published On: May 31, 2020

    In this thing called life, chaos can erupt on a micro or macro level;[...]

  • The Gospel of Me
    Published On: April 27, 2020

    As an experiment, I recently shared a 50-minute video of two ER physicians /[...]

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  • For sufferers
    Published On: January 11, 2018

    I feel compelled to start this post with yet another giant disclaimer: this blog[...]

  • Perennial Wisdom
    Published On: October 26, 2017

    So there's this thing called the 'Perennial Wisdom' that's composed of the accumulated teachings[...]

  • Published On: October 10, 2017

    As I see it, we move through this thing called 'my life' until, at[...]

  • Published On: August 19, 2017

    Think I've shared this before, but in my early teens I kind of got[...]

  • Published On: August 11, 2017

    So here's what I can tell you about the spiritual journey in the event[...]

  • Published On: July 2, 2017

    I wrote a lengthy, thoughtful, deeply meaningful post on the sages' call to silence[...]