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As a Catholic growing up, I heard a lot about a place called purgatory. Supposedly the soul that is still a little “unclean” at the time of its death would end up in a place called purgatory. Supposedly you would burn in the fires of purgatory until your soul was clean. It seems apparent to me, that Earth is in fact this purgatory. The juxtaposition of suffering and joy seem only more apparent through that lens. The story of Adam and Eve and their fall is the perfect example

Schizoaffective disorder is a beast. If I’m not anxious, paranoid, or reliving trauma, I’m reeling from all three of these at once. I have to battle these effects on several fronts. Medically, emotionally, spiritually, physically, socially… My emotional state is usually wonky, but that’s the bipolar of it, sometimes I’m on top of the world, and other times I’m in the depths. The voices from the schizophrenic part of my illness are largely taken care of, not entirely, but most

Something finally clicked for me. We are always looking for the extraordinary, but of course God is hidden in the ordinary things of everyday life. We may say, “oh the sunset is so beautiful,“ but there’s a sunset every single day all around the world. And even on distant worlds. Flowers, dirt, birds, a wood floor, a footstool, a piece of art. All of these things happen every single day and happen over and over. We hardly even notice them. The beauty of music just becomes noi

I find that wherever there is a strict adherence to doctrine, there is a separation from the validity of the human person. We’re not all supposed to be exactly the same, and homogenized by asceticism, or morality, or what I call “hard doctrine.“ We need to be more fluid as we approach our awakening. I think it was Bruce Lee, who wrote the book Be Like Water. That title has always intrigued me and recently I have come to appreciate fluidity in a spiritual sense. I’m sure the b

First of all, hello. I haven’t blogged in a while, namely because I’ve been working on the book. I’ve had a difficult weekend. I dreamt of my grandmother Friday morning. She seemed nervous to see me, and she gave me a gift. It was great to see her, but I got the sense that she was sad, because she was finally leaving this world. I could tell that she was stressed over “final judgment,“ which brings me to the purpose for this blog post. Let’s not fear eternity. The longer we t

I am discovering that my description of the ego, in my earlier posts, may have been misleading. Often, I call the mind and the ego the...

Let me start by saying Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. Sometimes we forget how special Jesus really was. He has inspired many great...

We seem obsessed with all the bad that happens in the world, but to me it’s the natural evolution of an animal species into a...

If you have a meditation practice, or a silent prayer practice, get centered and consider these affirmations. Maybe they’re helpful if...

The first thing to say here is that the third eye does not look like an eye. It won’t even look like an eye in your mind when it’s right....

For sure, people like Jesus and the Buddha are forever kept in honorable places, but men like Hitler and Stalin, probably not. This is...

Richard Rohr, in his book  Falling Upward , says emphatically that the way up is “down.” Eckhart Tolle says often in his weekly podcast,...

This current election cycle has me, once again, convinced of our domination by ego. Every person, every group, every brain is occupied by...

It’s a humbling thing to admit, when our society seems so advanced, that our emotions are largely no more developed than...

The only way to know truth is through your spiritual guide. These are called angels in Christianity. The word angel means messenger, but...

On one hand, we are the person. We are Jeff or Susan or Sarah, and the history, the storyline, the thinking mind. And on the other hand,...

There’s been a lot of talk about “projection of the shadow“ onto others, People say “you see the world how you see yourself.” Likewise, I...

Anyone who loves, becomes a Buddha. If the flame goes out all you need to do to relight it is to love again. The only thing that can put...

We’re all just single drops of water searching for the ocean. We are moved, while thinking we are autonomous, by unseen currents that we...