Are you trying to use what you know to be well, healthy, vital, vibrant, and intelligent?

When you are trying to use your mind to be well, healthy, vital, vibrant, and smart Your mind is good for mind stuff… but being well, being healthy, being vital, being vibrant, and even being smart are intrinsic values, and … Continue reading

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What you value and in what order… why you are off… and why you are unhappy, unfulfilled, living a meaningless life

A lot of why’s are answered here… why you can’t get well, why you are not happy, etc. People are the highest value in the universe. Why? Because they are able to be all levels of values, the thinking mind … Continue reading

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What you value and in what order… why you are off… and why you are unhappy, unfulfilled, living a meaningless life

Why getting well is so difficult for us, people without a Self

AR-150519989-croppedThere is never a better time to experience what you experience, than right when you experience it. This morning I was hit with a strong feeling of despair, loneliness. I didn’t have time to hang out with it, I was … Continue reading

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Religion, smart Jews, and being a good person… what do spiritual capacities have to do with it?

This article is politically incorrect, and somewhat philosophical… Not up for it? Spare yourself frustration, and don’t read it. OK… now that only the eleven or so readers that are up for it remain reading, I can be blunt, and … Continue reading

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Build your house on rock: Starting from what is, instead of a delusion

build-your-house-on-rockMy disastrous conversation with the zealous Christian on the other end of the phone opened my eye to something I could not see clearly before. What I saw is where religion, the popularized version, and where modern spiritual teacherdom overlap … Continue reading

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Against self criticism and the 4-day weekend

One of the rarest and most functional capacities is the capacity to allow… without resistance. Resistance uses a lot of energy, mostly the energy that you need to become successful, to do the right thing, to be well, and to … Continue reading

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When something isn’t working consider that it’s because there is something that you don’t know.

When something isn’t working consider that it’s because there is something that you don’t know. Whether the something that isn’t working is money, love, health, business, school… the answer is always “there is something you don’t know.” The brilliance of … Continue reading

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What else… Where else… A spiritual practice

where-elseOne of my “favorite” practices is this: I find out that I misunderstood something. It cost me… It always does. I ask the question: I wonder what else I misunderstand? I wonder what else I misread? I wonder where else … Continue reading

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Time to reinvent yourself as someone you can love

You live in a world of your own design… Time to reinvent yourself as someone you can love Your own design is like a filter you look through. You can’t see the filter, just like you don’t see the window … Continue reading

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What determines how you and your life turn out?

what you see and what you do are like the front and the back or the hand: inseparableWhat is the mechanism of the machine that you are, that is used to define your actions, your moods, your attitude? As I said in a few previous articles, your actions, your thoughts, your moods, your attitudes will be correlated … Continue reading

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