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One of the great restrictions I've experienced is the concern about what other people think of me. It's quite remarkable to consider how this concern has limited my ability to truly enjoy my life. I have spent many moments trying to avoid the opinions of others, or expending mental energy to devise strategies on how to make others like or approve of me. All the while, I was completely unaware of how futile and impossible this activity was.

Yes, within the human experience, there seems to be t…

Is Suffering really an illusion?

• Is suffering an illusion if the person who is suffering - is also an illusion?
• If a character in a movie is suffering, is their suffering an illusion?
• If I suffer in my dream as I sleep, and I’m suffering over something that’s not really happening, is that suffering an illusion?
• In my dream as I sleep, am “I” suffering? Or, is the character of me in the dream suffering?

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For those solopreneurs out there, running a service-based business, a big question people often ask is “How much should I charge for the service I provide?” However, this "should" misses the real point and opportunity when it comes to determining the value of your time and what you have to offer.

A better question to ask is “For me to do what I love to do, and do it well, how much do I need to charge?” Ultimately, it's about what's practical. It doesn't matter what you charge because there ar…

How do you communicate something that is beyond words? Simple, you use words as a pointer, telling a story that might inspire someone to see or experience what words cannot touch. Heaven and Hell are just that, stories that point to something that is beyond words. However, human beings, with their adorable obsession with clinging to stories, miss the message almost entirely and get lost in the mind's content.

The initial dilemma here, that makes it unnecessarily complicated, is looking for …

I remember whispering to myself, "Holy shit, I don't exist," when I first saw it deeply, saw that the separate self was only an illusion. Who I thought I was, this character called "me," was a hallucination that wasn't actually alive or real. Before this discovery, the life I was perceivably living, the life of me, was 100% convinced that 'me' was a real me. Furthermore, every ounce of suffering experienced, was 100% wrapped up in this illusion of me; meaning... the suffering only existed beca…

Worry - is a funny thing. Okay, maybe not so funny when we are consumed by it. However, to step back, and look at worry from a space of wellness, the act of worrying becomes pretty darn funny. This, of course, is what meditation allows us to do, to take a moment and see things from a much more grounded and practical place. Something I think is also kind of funny, are the mind's excuses for not having the time to meditate, because... "there are so many things to worry about!" 😂 - okay... you go…

I remember so many times 🤦‍♂️ painfully thinking to myself, and even shouting out loud, "LIFE ISN'T FAIR!"

This made me so angry, so defensive, and so guarded, and underneath all of that I was so scared. I had it in my mind somewhere that Life was supposed to be fair, and if I was a 'good' person, then I would receive my fair share. Additionally, and naturally, this turned into resentment for those who seemed to have more than more, or struggled less than I did. The silly thought... "well, th…

Can we really transcend human suffering? Well, that depends on what you think that means. If "transcending human suffering" means that you will reach a place in life where you no longer suffer, and the rest of your days will only be pure bliss, then... No. If "transcending human suffering" means anything about your future, then... No.

This is such a great point to clarify because, so often, in our human obsession with the past and future, we look for these spiritual concepts to affect the p…