The Beginning of Wisdom: Challenging the Bedrock of Lies for a Brighter Tomorrow The beginning of wisdom lies in understanding that life is infinitely more sacred and important than the religious and philosophical beliefs we use to define our relationship with it. Our societal norms often lead to mental health Read more
The Least Read Writer in America (And Why That Doesn’t Matter) By any recognizable standard of modern success, I hold a title few would covet. Based on the overwhelming volume of what I’ve written and the stark, undeniable reality of readership numbers, I may indeed qualify as the least read Read more
The Illusion of Wealth as a Moral and Intellectual Indicator We are often spellbound by the mythos surrounding billionaires—the idea that their vast fortunes must inherently be a result of extraordinary intelligence, unrelenting hard work, or, more dangerously, a higher sense of morality. Society projects an almost divine aura onto Read more
The Perils of Judging the “Woke”: A Cultural Roadblock to Growth The word “woke,” once a clarion call for awareness and advocacy, has been twisted into a cultural weapon—a term used to mock, discredit, and dismiss individuals championing equality and progress. This hijacking of meaning has not only sullied its Read more
The Untapped Power of Compassion in Caring for the Severely Mentally Ill What does it mean to engage with someone whose reality is so fractured, whose suffering seems to exist in dimensions unfamiliar to most of us? The severely mentally ill, often relegated to the periphery of society, challenge not Read more
The Quiet Power of Compassion It is easy to grow weary in the presence of suffering. For mental health professionals, caregivers, and those within the community who seek to support others, the weight of engaging with the severely mentally ill, the profoundly resistant to healing, or the chronically spiraling can Read more
Wean Yourself, by Rumi Little by little, wean yourselt This is the gist of what I say. From an embryo, whose nourishment comes in blood, Move to an infant drinking milk To a child on solid food To a searcher after wisdom To a hunter of more invisible game. Think Read more
No More Turning Away: Awakening to Our Shared Responsibility There is a dream—a vision of a world where we no longer turn away from injustice, suffering, or the cries of the weary. This dream is not an impossible one. It is within reach, but realizing it requires more than fleeting Read more
The Parade of Death: Navigating Loss and Searching for Meaning Over the past forty years, I have stood in the endless procession of loss—a steady parade of friends slipping beyond the veil of life, one by one. All but one of my childhood friends have passed on, their laughter and Read more
Man was created in God’s Image? What does that mean? Do you want the answer based only upon modern day interpretation of ancient texts, or what the ancient scribes were actually trying to communicate, albeit rather tersely? Remember, you only see the world through your personal lens, no matter how Read more
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavern.”― William Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell Man Was Created in God’s Image — But What Does Read more
What is Truth? What is truth? This is a question posed both by Pilate and billions of other humans since language first began, one that echoes through the corridors of history, inviting reflection, debate, and, for many, bewilderment. Yet, as profound as this question is, the response from Jesus that Read more
The Unseen Truth Beyond the Texts One of the great tragedies of spiritual history is the limited transmission of Abraham’s mystical understanding into the biblical narratives. The early writings, shaped by the hands and minds of countless editors, translators, and interpreters, reflect fragments of an essence far more profound than Read more
Honor Your Feelings as Gateways to Authenticity It starts with a whisper—an ache of sadness, a flicker of anger, or even an overwhelming rush of loneliness. Too often, we dismiss these moments, brushing them aside as inconvenient or inappropriate. “Stay strong.” “Why are you so emotional?” “You’re overreacting.” These are Read more
Christmas 2024 “The world is new to every soul, when Christ has entered in”. (in the chapel at Stanford University, the passage was selected by Mrs Stanford). And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth, and laid him in a manger, because there Read more
Simple Human Circuits: An Electrician’s Guide to Our Galaxy – Living Life On The Widest Frequency In a process control theory class that I took in 1992, I observed and was impressed by how these feedback and feedforward dependent control systems resembled the functions and internal workings of our human minds, especially Read more
Self-Improvement or Spiritual Evolution for 2025? Understanding the Path You Seek The turning of the calendar is always a symbolic moment for humanity. December’s haze is filled with retrospection, and January opens the door to promises of reinvention. If the New Year were a blank canvas, millions would set out Read more
Chapter 3: How the Movement of Thought as Time Keeps Us Separated from the Infinite An Electrician’s Guide To Our Galaxy In the perpetual motion of advancement, humanity races forward through epochs and eras, each technological leap propelling us exponentially away from the starting blocks of our collective existence. However, Read more
“I AM”: The Lens Through Which We See the World and Ourselves Who are you? A question so simple, yet it carries infinite weight. For some, the answer may be mundane—a name, a job title, a familial role. For others, it becomes more elusive, swirling into abstract notions of identity, Read more
The Paradox of Truth in a Distracted Age What if the average person, caught up in the treadmill of daily life, was never meant to be handed the Truth? What if ancient sages and teachers who guarded their profound wisdom so carefully from the masses knew something we have since Read more