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The Quest for Wholeness

The unholy alliance of ego, body and mind makes us less than whole. Wholeness is not moral perfection — it is proper alignment. The spirit in its rightful place, leading....

The Quest for Wholeness The unholy alliance of ego, body and mind makes us less than whole. Wholeness is not moral perfection — it is proper alignment. The spirit in its rightful place, leading.

Knowing God

If God is spirit, then God is beyond the reach of ego and the five senses. I cannot know God in the conventional way of knowing. The only true knowing of God is the experience of God unveiled in me as God....

Knowing God If God is spirit, then God is beyond the reach of ego and the five senses. I cannot know God in the conventional way of knowing. The only true knowing of God is the experience of God unveiled in me…

Love Is a Death Sentence

This journey started with a strong sense of myself. What I found was a death sentence. The cross is always the path to resurrection....

Love Is a Death Sentence This journey started with a strong sense of myself. What I found was a death sentence. The cross is always the path to resurrection.

Finding Your Rhythm

Return to me, child. Return to your centre. Move at your own determined pace — from the inside out, not outside in....

Finding Your Rhythm Return to me, child. Return to your centre. Move at your own determined pace — from the inside out, not outside in.

True Peace

The natural mind wants all the facts aligned before resting in peace. But the peace I am after does not require the storm to stop before it knows that all is well....

True Peace The natural mind wants all the facts aligned before resting in peace. But the peace I am after does not require the storm to stop before it knows that all is well.

The Ego Cannot Be Reformed

The ego cannot be reformed. It can only be understood — and then, gently, denied. Not through suppression. Through recognition. Through no longer treating its voice as the final word....

The Ego Cannot Be Reformed The ego cannot be reformed. It can only be understood — and then, gently, denied. Not through suppression. Through recognition. Through no longer treating its voice as the final word.

Truth Known, Not Spoken

I have come to see the futility of arguments and debate. Beauty is unveiled in silence, not in the multitude of words. Truth is known — unspoken, in the heart....

Truth Known, Not Spoken I have come to see the futility of arguments and debate. Beauty is unveiled in silence, not in the multitude of words. Truth is known — unspoken, in the heart.

Life in the Flow

Miracles, not magic. Grace, not works. Spirit, not might. Three anchors for a life lived from the inside out....

Life in the Flow Miracles, not magic. Grace, not works. Spirit, not might. Three anchors for a life lived from the inside out.

What If?

What if I am exactly who I am meant to be? What if I am doing exactly what I am meant to do? All stress, all striving, stems from a single source: the failure to believe the statements above....

What If? What if I am exactly who I am meant to be? What if I am doing exactly what I am meant to do? All stress, all striving, stems from a single source: the failure to believe the statements above.

It Is the Means That Matters

We have been taught to fix our eyes on the end. The goal. The destination. The outcome. The arrival. We measure our lives by what we achieve, what we accumulate, what we finally become. The end is the thing, we are told. Everything else is merely the road to get there. But what if the end has no independent substance?...

It Is the Means That Matters We have been taught to fix our eyes on the end. The goal. The destination. The outcome. The arrival. We measure our lives by what we achieve, what we accumulate, what we finally become. The end is …

Consciousness is Primary. But Not Ultimate.

Consciousness is Primary. But Not Ultimate. There is a growing consensus in contemplative and philosophical circles that Consciousness is the ground of all reality — the ultimate, the all, the One. It is a compelling framework. And it is alm…