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Blame tends to be one of those universal behaviours that we, as human beings, naturally engage in.

I notice myself becoming more and more interested in global geopolitics of late.

What is the difference between belief and faith?

Be Here Now.

I’ve heard it said that understanding is the booby prize when it comes to spiritual growth.

A book I was reading the other day, Another Heart in his Hand by J.

So, you’re on the spiritual path and you feel like you’re getting somewhere, making progress, should you acknowledge that to fellow seekers or shut up and pretend you’re not aware of it?

Beyond happiness and unhappiness, there is a third place.

That title is a bit of a provocative one, but I don’t mean that I’m a “bad” seeker in terms of being moral judgement of right/wrong or good/bad, I just mean that I’m bad in a technical sense at being a seeker.

Service of self is inevitably dissatisfying.

Beingness is something that is all around us at every moment.

As a seeker, I had always assumed that devotion to the guru would be helpful on the spiritual path.

What value does relative truth have in our daily lives?

How does a seeker become a finder?

I recently read James Finley’s book entitled Merton’s Palace of Nowhere which is, essentially, about James having spent 6 years in a Christian monastery in Kentucky in the US with the Christian mystic Thomas Merton.

We are currently in the middle of a culture war.

In traditional Western society, let’s say during the 19th century and prior, the sacred had a big role to play in the lives of everyone in the community.

So, what do I mean by presencing the depths?

If presence, love and the depths of our experience represent the utmost of beauty available to us in this lifetime, what is the ugliness in this world?

As I lie here, breathing, one hand on my stomach and one hand on my chest, I begin to cry.