It's all a joke. All of the most breathtaking aspects of our reality, like the Pacific Ocean, are pointless. They are meaningless. In fact, the best attempt to define the 'point' of say, Yosemite Valley, in English would be the word "entertainment." I mean, think about it. What else is it ultimately, existentially, there for? … Continue reading Vision
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What you are is a ball of light.
And that ball of light wants to express itself in the coolest way possible, all the time. The ball of light is seeking to get out, seeking to become everything it can be, to express the potential contained in every single moment. It is constantly seeking to move beyond the limitations it had hitherto been … Continue reading What you are is a ball of light.
The Only Thing
we need to take seriously is our propensity to take everything seriously. I know. Another Alan Watts look-alike essay, but really. There is nothing we need to take seriously and no matter who says it, or how many times it is said—it seems to continue needing to be said. It's pure magic. The mandate not … Continue reading The Only Thing
The Enlightened State II
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCk-5QB7aaQ Alan Watts lecture in which he describes the entire journey beginning to end... It has been said that when you are enlightened, or realized, you have 'nowhere to stand'. This doesn't sound like a very solid ground for truth, or perhaps even a worthy goal or aim. It sounds like you are aiming for … Continue reading The Enlightened State II
The Enlightened State
The enlightened state is a state of unknowing. Knowledge of the self is complete because all knowledge has been surrendered. The self is an ever-changing state, a cosmic flux, a quantum uncertainty wherein no particular frequency/value can be discerned beyond that which is apparent in the moment. Moment by moment, that is how knowledge of … Continue reading The Enlightened State
The Email
This email was written to my dad, who is an open-minded Christian and general truth-seeker who nonetheless loves attending a Fundamentalist Baptist church. An interesting set of contradictions. Here's the text: Hey, Dad! You are totally right! That picture I texted you was email material. I had a few more thoughts about God and Self, … Continue reading The Email
Practice
Practice is your number one ally. You can't actually get anywhere without practice, even though it's never the final destination. The goal of practice is clarity. Enlightenment could be replaced with the word clarity. Far from a flight of spiritual fancy or mystical 'woo woo', the end goal of spirituality is to become as real … Continue reading Practice
Journal Entry
I used to look at the night sky and see stars. Now I look up there and see a populated place, full of life and intelligence. I see the homes of my brothers and sisters, civilizations full of people, beings, races of beauty and sophistication, of enslavement and domination; a mirror of Earth. What a … Continue reading Journal Entry
Magical Thinking
Basically; if you start catching on at all; if you get out of the way just a little bit; if you allow, on idle conjecture, that anything could be possible; if you walk with any amount of wonder, or jump with a little bit of courage—grand though it may seem; the Universe, your Reality, has … Continue reading Magical Thinking
In the Ashram of Life
Your needs don’t change as you wake up. Your need to eat. Your need for fulfillment. Certainly not your need to breathe, or drink fresh water. It’s just that now you aren’t doing it for the same reasons. You aren’t doing it for the money, or for the corporate boss, or the dead father you’re … Continue reading In the Ashram of Life
The Bardo 