https://morganosmith.blog/2026/01/07/existence-is-not-the-measure/?jetpack_skip_subscription_popup?page_id=6717 I’ll just leave this here. Thanks Morgan for an incredibly lucid elucidation of the central truth at the core of Advaita Vedanta, and a window into the Truth at the center of Reality itself. At the center of YOU. You will see, at some point in reading this, why yogis often worship Shiva: the … Continue reading Existence Is Not The Measure: a contemplation from Morgan O. Smith
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Outside The Fence
My last blog post, entitled "The Force", became a treatise on Universal Love: the force that binds all things together, and frees them at once. This post continues on in the same vein but this time I am going to focus on organized religion, and spiritual traditions, their purpose and why we are seeing the … Continue reading Outside The Fence
The Force
This blog is a wonderful archive of my mind. For some reason, my most unhinged moments seem to get recorded here. I tend to write here when I'm feeling a little off my rocker. It feels like that's what people will want to read. Something about being unhinged feels more authentic, a little more raw … Continue reading The Force
Zen Comedy
Hahahahahaha How am I supposed to move through it all when my own internal state is unknowable to me? HAHAHHAAHHAHA What a ridiculous assumption! That I am supposed to somehow be in charge of my life really. Hahahahhahaah I know NOTHINg! Well I actually know a whole lot of things and that is the ISSUE! … Continue reading Zen Comedy
If you could do anything with your life, what would you do?
Like, what would you do if you could do anything? If you could just step outside right now and do absolutely anything? What would it be? An astronaut? Seriously? A research biologist? Okay, I don't actually know who you are and maybe those things are your honest answers. I can tell you, it would be … Continue reading If you could do anything with your life, what would you do?
I don’t want to lose it all, but what is there to lose?
What follows is my (almost) entirely unedited, unfiltered thoughts written down while I was in a café in Uttarakhand. Enjoy... I suppose integrating my time in India will take some time, and this writing will definitely be a part of it. As I allow the full weight of this journey to sink in, I can … Continue reading I don’t want to lose it all, but what is there to lose?
Two lessons I am integrating right now in the form of slogans: “Trust the Universe” & “I Know Nothing”
The integration (embodiment) of these two puts you a) in the present moment and b) at the top of a giant mountain of potential and possibility. When you think you know what’s going on right now, where it's going, and what’s happening next.. You are collapsing that mountain of potential into a very small pile. … Continue reading Two lessons I am integrating right now in the form of slogans: “Trust the Universe” & “I Know Nothing”
Confessionary
It strikes me this morning that I have been getting away from the true reason why I am doing what I am doing. Not just why I am living my life, but why I am involved in spirituality. Subtly, there has been a shift away from my why. The core why. My target crosshairs have … Continue reading Confessionary
There are no shortcuts on the spiritual journey
And then on the other hand there are only shortcuts. God is one big shortcut. That’s why the universe exists, because God wanted to take a long cut. There is something called monomania. Jed McKenna talks about it, where your entire focus of your life, your mind, and your being uhhh. Bb on one thing. … Continue reading There are no shortcuts on the spiritual journey
Ho we respond…
…to life is equivalent or proportional to the level of learning that we have integrated. To have integrated something means to have a constant state of access to it because you have become it: you are it. How do you respond? When life throws something hard or tricky your way, what is your reaction? Do … Continue reading Ho we respond…
The Bardo 