Seeing The Matrix is considered a big deal. I mean philosophically, of course, not finding a link to stream that iconic late-90s sci-fi-cyberpunk movie. The planet’s smartest people discuss it on the popular podcasts: Do we live in a simulation? If so, can you see the...
You might have seen people in spiritual circles acting a little cheeky. They say heretical things like, “I am God.” Some people might even call them delusional, completely batshit crazy insane. People with a command of psycho-spiritual language would...
Look for yourself and tell me what you find. Stumble through every layer of your experience: Body — not me. Thoughts — not me. Feelings — not me. Sensations — not me. Anything that can be observed — not me. You seek and search and scour. ...
Often the words that represent the values most of us strive for or at least consider desirable, are synonyms for what we already are. Which is why we don’t need to strive for them and instead, recognize them. Freedom: Try to find the boundaries, the limits, the...
Suffering can be difficult. Being taken on a ride of existential despair may feel like vacationing in a meat grinder. (That’s how I felt anyway.) But the pursuit of ending suffering can become its own biggest trap. The initial discontent and...
Accept yourself. It’s the simplest and most profound, yet the most difficult and trickiest suggestion anyone can ever give you. It doesn’t need much to realize that it makes sense. Nothing makes more sense. But the moment you try to do it, you...